World Tower Underground (Bales + 660L)

I took a Friday off work and went out with one of the mates during his Thursday night run. We left the yard at 9pm and did a little loop through Ku-Ring-Gai and Ryde before heading into the Sydney CBD, then tipped off at Visy and finished up at 7am. I was tagging along on a Watts Waste cardboard recycling run which involved a white single axle Heil / Isuzu, previously belonging to PK Management before the company went bust.
I'd wanted to do a full night shift for a while and finally got the opportunity, which turned out to be an awesome experience, especially being able to cruise through central Sydney. I love the darkness, flashing lights, quiet streets and roaring trucks when it comes to the night shift, but being in the city is just as awesome with all the high rise residential and commercial buildings. When you go through the CBD at ground level on the main streets you don't see much apart from some 240L bins belonging to small businesses. The back lanes are where a lot of action happens, but the serious deal is found underground, which is something I love about CBD waste collections.
This night was the first time I got to go down below the busy streets and madness, with this video giving you a look at the first dock I got to see. There was plenty down there, especially those 1100Ls you get a look at on the left and then the group of 1.5m containers at the end of the first clip. All we were getting down there was a 660L and a single bale, but we threw a few extras on from another spot, so there's some sweet footage of bales getting packed by this little rear loader. We also checked out the bin room which all those loaded 1.5m bins came from - just wish I got a closer look at the compactors they get hooked up to. A Hino rear loader joined us down below during the video too, which tackled all those 1100L bins by utilising the same method shown in one of the other videos I posted of this truck.. Also hearing that Hino thunder through the dock made me wonder what an Acco would sound like :P
I saw a few other trucks out and about including two Scania rear loaders belonging to Sita and Cleanaway, then also a handful of smaller trucks belonging to Dimeo, Eco Sense and Veolia. There are so many videos I want to get from the city with a very different setting down in those docks, then all the trucks that pass through intrigue me even more! I hope you guys enjoy this footage, look out for more of this little Isuzu and other Watts Waste machines. One mistake I made on that night was not getting rest beforehand... I ended up being awake for 37 hours before I got to sleep on Friday night! haha

[@georgewuzheer]

I am fascinated by this vid, I'm sure any footage you get of trucks in the CBD will be incredible and I look forward to it!

[@westcoastrefusetrucks]

Those bales look like a pain in the ass, literaly! lol Nice footage here!

[@arkansastrash320]

Wow man now thats back hurting stuff! i bet you dread more bales when you have to lift them?Great video!! It gobbles those bales like nothing and you guys couldn't lift that one wow so strong that truck.And you guys are strong too didn't mean you weren't just the power of the compactor...

[@AussieGarbo]

@r6man2 Yeh night shift is insane, wish I could do it more often... so much I love about it. Not sure who that truck belonged to on that other dock, was a Compaction Systems / Hino though.

[@r6man2]

I watched the other video before this one, so I got the description. With that being said - that's pretty cool you got to do a full night shift. It's always cool filming at night because you don't hear anything else but the trucks! What was the truck next to yours to the right? Awesome footage,, I hope there's more!

[@AussieGarbo]

@arkansastrash320 Doesn't really worry me because I don't have to deal with them at work, definitely a bitch lifting them by yourself though. With that one we couldn't lift into the back, my side collapsed, so trying to get a good hold underneath was almost impossible. Packer handled them very well, very powerful!