Carmel Marina Corporation

Located at 11240 Commercial Parkway in Castroville, California is Carmel Marina Corporation. This yard houses roughly 80 trucks and has serviced Monterey County for over 40 years. The video starts out with several drivers demonstrating their trucks for me. First, we have Sergio in a 265014 (0:07). Watch as he demonstrates how his Curotto Can works. Fun fact, Sergio is one of the fastest drivers in the yard – and as a matter of fact, he was the first one done with his route the day before the tour. Next up, we have Chris in 104354 (1:56). Watch as he demonstrates how his McNeilus ZR works. Following behind is Ceaser in 632772 (3:14). Watch as he demonstrates the features on his Amrep Stinger. Last is Anthony in 506424 (3:56). Watch as he explains and demonstrates the features on his Wittke Express (a unique 60/40 split). A big thanks to all these friendly employees for the demonstrations. Throughout the rest of the video, you will see a pretty decent variety of garbage trucks that this yard has. With so many different models, it’s easy for non-Southern California fans to enjoy, as they have some trucks they can relate to from their regions. A list of what this yard has to offer: Autocar ACX McNeilus FELs Peterbilt 320 McNeilus FELs CCC LET Wittke FELs (ex-PASCO) Freightliner Condor Leach/Wittke FELs Autocar ACX McNeilus ZR ASLs (mini and full size) Peterbilt 320 McNeilus ZR ASL Freightliner Condor McNeilus Autoreach ASLs Volvo WX64 Wittke Crocodile ASL Autocar ACX McNeilus MSLs Freightliner Condor McNeilus MSL Volvo WXLL Wittke Express MSLs Freightliner Condor Wittke Express MSLs Volvo WXLL Amrep Octo MSLs Freightliner M2 Heil Retriever MSLs Mack LE Wittke Express MSL Autocar ACX McNeilus RELs Freightliner Condor McNeilus RELs Autocar WX McNeilus RELs Volvo WXLL McNeilus REL Autocar ACX Amrep(?) Roll Offs Freightliner M2 Container Trucks (CNG) Ford F350 Amrep Stinger Trucks Being a former USA Waste Services facility, this yard had many goodies that the company used to run, and at one point, Amreps dominated this yard (let me know if you would like to see some pictures of the old fleet and I can post some shots to Flickr). These days, brand new McNeilus equipment has slowly trickled in over the past couple of years. By 2016, this yard will be completely CNG. Because they lost the seven peninsula cities, some 30 drivers will transfer to the new company when the contracts start and that will most likely cause the rest of the Diesel rigs to be scrapped or transferred to other yards. I want to give a huge, huge thank you to the Carmel Marina Corporation staff. Some employees I would like to thank are district manager Felipe Melchor and route supervisor Les McGaster (45 years at Waste Management, and was one of the founders of WM Port-O-Let service), as well as all the drivers I met during the tour: Sergio, Chris, Anthony, Ceaser, Danny Molina (whom I met on my previous trip to Monterey County and is a 42 year veteran at Waste Management), Six-O, Patricia, Armando & Eddie (both with 25+ years to the city of Carmel alone; both drive the WX/McNeilus RLs seen here and before that, they drove identical Volvo WX/McNeilus RLs that many of you have seen in BNSFBJ’s videos), Jose (20 years at WM, and is one of the 30 moving to the new company unfortunately), and several others who helped make this tour very, very memorable. The question for you viewers is: which truck in the fleet was your favorite? Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy this tour as much as I enjoyed filming it! Tour date: December 30, 2014. Waste Management: These videos are meant for entertainment. Please do not use these videos against the employees, but instead use them for improvement when necessary.