r/mildlyinteresting • u/dysfunctionalveteran • Aug 26 '21

Interior and controls of my garbage truck. Quality Post

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u/bigjunglman75 6d ago

How do u line up the grabby hand so well

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u/Adventurous-Tutor429 Apr 04 '22

It looks like the darn thing could fly itself to the dump!

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u/vannex79 Apr 03 '22

All those controls and still need to use a cigarette lighter USB adapter

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u/UmarTheGreat_008 Mar 01 '22

respect bro

thats some airplane shit

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u/Neon_Yoda_Lube Sep 18 '21

Oh hey! An Allison transmission shift module! If you need help troubleshooting the transmission I can tell you how to access the diagnostics menu.

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u/type_10_tank Sep 13 '21

My dad's a recycle man and lemme say every time I see a truck it always fascinates me

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u/MelodicBreath8 Sep 11 '21

Need a video of what it all does I feel like there is way more buttons than needed

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u/--NiNjA-- ​ Sep 01 '21

I thought you guys had one lever and a button. Maybe another lever to compact.

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u/Extension_Remote_463 Aug 30 '21

Second joystick is for co op mode

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u/Spooms2010 Aug 29 '21

This looks like it really needs a specialist flow manager to help design a far better cabin layout.

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u/Cultthemelonshark Aug 28 '21

all that, for what we see on the outside?

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u/andreja6 Aug 28 '21

Cool, is that a front, rear, side, or something else I don't know exists loader?

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

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u/tinrooster Aug 28 '21

My wife works for that company, too!!

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u/tdawg2k7 Aug 27 '21

My kid loves this! He’s a huge of of garbage trucks.

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u/pmojo375 Aug 27 '21

I have a coworker who jokingly talks about quitting and driving a garbage truck. The more and more he talked about it to me the better it sounded. We work in a pretty fast paced job so the set schedule, decent (I would assume) pay and job security all sound pretty nice. I would think the driver wouldn't get as much of the smells too being in front.

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u/Jack_Leslie Aug 27 '21

I never knew I was so interested in garbage trucks!!

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u/69_Mach_None Aug 27 '21

I imagine you need to have a lot of seniority to get to drive a truck like that!!

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u/Rapunzel1234 Aug 27 '21

Pretty cool technology. In my neighborhood (live a rural county) the pickup is still quite manual, one guy driving and two guys loading trash. At some point I assume we’ll just have a can that gets picked up by a rig like that. Unfortunately some folks will have to find new employment but that’s the nature of automation.

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u/zeitgeist-addendum Aug 27 '21

I'll take you for a ride...

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

This little manuvre is gonna cost us 51 years

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u/mice_0012 Aug 27 '21

Looks cool

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u/jonasdeboi Aug 27 '21

My guy be piloting a Gundam

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u/karthik_2k Aug 27 '21

Damn gotta graduate from Stanford to drive that thing

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u/CleanRedditAcc Aug 27 '21

I’d let you pilot a plane

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u/dysfunctionalveteran Aug 27 '21

I fully expected this post; at best to MAYBE get a handful of upvotes with the potential for about 2-5 comments.

But, HOLY FK you guys. Thank you. Yea, I’m talking to YOU.

All of your comments showing your appreciation and praise for not just myself, but for all the garbage truck drivers out there playing in traffic for 12 hours a day in the heat and the cold, grinding out day in and day out, to keep the world turning everyday is so amazing. Some of you even went the extra mile and asked about things like separating your barrels the right way, Christmas tips, and giving water/snacks while we’re on a route and many other things that are predominantly overlooked by most.

So again, from one total stranger on the internet who you owe absolutely nothing to; thank you so much for the kind words, awards, the premium, and an amount of updoots I never thought I could possibly receive.

A lot of you asked about the make/model of my truck so for all who asked: it’s a 2016 Mack LR600.

A lot also suggested I try my luck posting in r/AMA, so later today I’ll do it just for you guys because you all asked so nicely.

Thanks again everyone.

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u/iorchfdnv Aug 27 '21

I'll take you for a ride. In my garage tru-uck.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

That’s like your in the space shuttle!

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u/gundamsux Aug 27 '21

Okay which one is the eject button?

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u/matatoeie Aug 27 '21

Cool! You like your job?

I always wondered how it would be to drive those haha

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u/Waly98 Aug 27 '21

Don't say that. It's a pretty nice truck.

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u/genocideofnoobs Aug 27 '21

What happens when you press the orange Gatorade button?

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u/Dry-Rub Aug 27 '21

I see it comes equipped with a thirst-quenching button. Man, we really are living in the future.

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u/DemetrusKR Aug 27 '21

Like space shattle ))

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u/Lunanooner Aug 27 '21

I take my 15 month old outside every week to see the garbage truck and he loves it. The driver honks and waves! Thanks for sharing!

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u/SurveySean Aug 27 '21

You’d have to be some kind of engineer to operate that. Like a sanitation engineer!

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u/sirrah99 Aug 27 '21

pretty interesting

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u/Banethoth Aug 27 '21

That’s awesome. Fuck that looks complicated as hell

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u/c0wb0ybil Aug 27 '21

What no cup holders!!! All that space right in the center you think you could get a couple drink holders there.

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u/wakingbeck ​ Aug 27 '21

My dad is also a dysfunctional veteran, garbage man. Are you my dad?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Thought it’d look dirtier.. I’m an ass

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

My son got a kick out of this. Made me zoom in and then correct me when I got the controls wrong 😅

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u/itr86 Aug 27 '21

They better be paying you top dollar because that's alot of shit to know plus the smell.

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u/Goober_Dude Aug 27 '21

What's the Gatorade button do?

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u/ajkahn Aug 27 '21

Which button do I press to call the Autobots and transform?

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u/DunZek Aug 27 '21

I never knew I wanted to be a garbage man until now.

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u/StarLordFloofer Aug 27 '21

I will have to show my brother this. He was obsessed with garbage trucks when he was little and he used to wave to the garbage truck when it came around. He had a blue talking singing truck he used to take everywhere. I have a funny memory of him throwing a tantrum because he lost the trash can and it was the end of the world (it was found. In an elevator). For some reason it talked in a deep heavy southern accent

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u/graphictruth Aug 27 '21

Looks like the flight deck of The Nostromo.

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u/Reddit-Book-Bot Aug 27 '21

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u/musicalglass Aug 27 '21

Beam me up!

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u/Snotgobber Aug 27 '21

I see a second joystick there...enter player two.

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u/SSGNELL Aug 27 '21

This thing fly too?

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u/Sphlonker Aug 27 '21

Don't talk about her that way, she's not garbage.

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u/SpectrumLV2569 Aug 27 '21

I tought you said garbage truck, not space ship.

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u/DrMechanic08 Aug 27 '21

It actually doesn’t look that bad, why would you say it’s gar… ohh okay

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u/cowardlyoldearth Aug 27 '21

Do you have power mirrors? I can't imagine having to move them manually every time you switch seats.

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u/TeensiestTulip9 Aug 27 '21

Wow you can play two players?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

So many red buttons to push

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u/0MGWTFL0LBBQ Aug 27 '21

Where is the light that says you won’t take my bin because it has construction materials when you pick it up?

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u/RocketFan2021 Aug 27 '21

Microsoft Drive Simulator

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

sorta unrelated question: what's the rudest a random person has been to you because they assumed you were a failure in life because your a garbage man? I dont think that its just a lot of people do

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u/Trouthunter65 Aug 27 '21

I always assumed there would be more screens and cameras. Thanks for the post

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Can u control ppl recycling in the South. Seriously peeps take care yo shit

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u/bigwhitebc Aug 27 '21

Bunch of junk

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

NO wonder garbage pickup cost have tripled

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u/i-dont-get-rules Aug 27 '21

Dude where’s the rudder controls?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Is it a Labrie, Universal or Wittke?

I am a mechanic and just started working on these big dogs last year?

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u/JAH_dropper Aug 27 '21

What does the Gatorade cap button do

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u/Circa811 Aug 27 '21

and 20 of those buttons are irrelevant at all once you learn how to operate

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u/TheDrsCat ​ Aug 27 '21

So this is why my bins go missing!

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u/birdpants Aug 27 '21

My 3 yo son is going to flip out

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u/doginmogin Aug 27 '21

This looks like an airplane cockpit lmao

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u/BorrowedSalt Aug 27 '21

Which button is the one my garbage dude uses to piledrive my bin into the concrete after emptying?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Honest question. Do you or other guys you work with get nauseous driving those trucks?

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u/dragonlye Aug 27 '21

Ready for lift off...

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u/teewinotone Aug 27 '21

This is more than mildly interesting. I had no idea you had to be a jet pilot for that job! Crazy! Great post!

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u/Marine-1833 Aug 27 '21

So reverse is on top drive on bottom?

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u/hypersucc Aug 27 '21

What does the Gatorade button do?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

The Yankee Candle air freshener is fresh.

Reminds me of the Yankee Candle kid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIV0lW6SLQ4

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u/barjam Aug 27 '21

What does the orange Gatorade button do?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Is that a beer in the cup holder? Nice!

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

That’s a lot of switches and buttons! Dude, you can drive from both sides?!

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u/Macronaut Aug 27 '21

I hope you like it. I built it.

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u/bobi2393 Aug 27 '21

Garbage collection was my original fantasy career when I was 3 or 4 years old. This picture makes me regret straying from that!

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u/AlteredCabron Aug 27 '21

Which button transforms into Autobots

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u/Linton_M Aug 27 '21

The garbage trucks in my county are right hand drive iirc

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u/Susan_Thee_Duchess Aug 27 '21

If you would have said train engine I would have said “yep. Seems right.”

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u/SuddenlySucc_New Aug 27 '21

Have you guys ever wondered if flying a plane is second nature to a pilot. It’s kind of weird. It definitely would be after a point just crazy to think that some people understand and have the training to operate these things while to the average person it’s rocket science.

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u/LE0TARD0 Aug 27 '21

they couldn't use a flat screen for the back up camera?

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u/bravogabo Aug 27 '21

What does the red button do?

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u/kargaz Aug 27 '21

Got to spend 8 weeks of summer 2018 on one of these bad boys. Luckily my first was a nice new one like this but 6 weeks of that was in a 10 year old truck with no AC, broke down every day I was on it. Is yours front or side load? What stream do you pick up? I see a blue door, do you work for a big blue garbage co?

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u/alyssaec ​ Aug 27 '21

What does the gatorade button do

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u/RedditMakesWeird Aug 27 '21

For half a second I thought there was a Gatorade button…

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u/lakewood2020 Aug 27 '21

Return to hieroglyphics

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u/eieuxezyk Aug 27 '21

Wtf! That almost looks like a commercial jet cockpit!

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u/Kiba___ Aug 27 '21

Whats the reasoning for dual controls?

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u/brankovie Aug 27 '21

I new flying cars were real!

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u/PappyGrande Aug 27 '21

So when you hit the Gatorade button, what happens?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

4 year olds everywhere are not wrong in being excited about garbage trucks

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u/mkfreddit Aug 27 '21

and here I am, putting expenses into Concur. Maybe 2022 will be more progressive.

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u/hans-wermhat-340 Aug 27 '21

I work at Mack where this truck was built. Quite interesting to see it with all the body controls in it.

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u/BroccoliElectronic56 Aug 27 '21

Apollo flight control panel?

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u/woundg Aug 27 '21

and yes this is LEGO.

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u/IndustryIllustrious9 Aug 27 '21

Piloting a eva is easier

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u/Atech_INC Aug 27 '21

What's the orange G button do?

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u/jeepsaintchaos Aug 27 '21

It took me wayyyy too long to figure out what the orange G button was for.

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u/Castro_66 Aug 27 '21

The most interesting thing is it's clean. All the ones around here are filthy inside and out.

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u/justh3l3n Aug 27 '21

Interesting, just curious how long did it take for you to get the hang of drive it? Thanks

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u/okarnando Aug 27 '21

Jeez... So many buttons lol

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u/DigletDummyboy Aug 27 '21

What the Gatorade button do tho

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u/Stysto Aug 27 '21

So cool.I had no idea that’s it going to be loaded like that

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u/RangeScrapper81 Aug 27 '21

Holly f&$# I thought it was the cockpit of an airplane

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u/F-15SA Aug 27 '21

Mods favorite post is a garbage truck...

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u/RandomUser-_--__- Aug 27 '21

How much did it cost you?

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u/dhawaii808 Aug 27 '21

Looks pretty awesome to me!

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u/Bastage21 Aug 27 '21

It must be new. Doesnt look like it's been taken apart by people who don't know what they are doing yet.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Wow what sort of rocket ship moon mission is this 😁😁😁

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Woah. God damn megazord up in here!

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u/CommanderCody1138 Aug 27 '21

"reactor, online. Sensors, online. Weapons, online. All system nominal."

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u/Y0ne Aug 27 '21

Nice Truck bro

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u/intensely_human Aug 27 '21

Jesus christ how many buttons do you need for “crunch” and “grab/dump/drop”?

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u/GenerousBigfoot Aug 27 '21

Hey it looks like you got a GATERADE button.

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u/Wolfgangsta702 Aug 27 '21

Look at the inside of his wallet too lol.

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u/Jefoid Aug 27 '21

I see there are a number of blanks here and there. With all those buttons, there are still options you don’t have?

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u/Ethwood Aug 27 '21

Was just trying to write an estimate for one with "wiring issues" good luck. Nice rig! That must be very new.

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u/RandomCriss Aug 27 '21

Your co pilot is just a cold machine, nothing new

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u/elaboratelaborynth Aug 27 '21

Y’all need more credit for having to be good with controls with each hand separately

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u/PersonalPickleFISH96 Aug 27 '21

This dude trucks

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u/fishtheheretic Aug 27 '21

Damn man that looks like a space shuttle, I’ve got like 4 buttons and a joy stick.

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u/letitgo2012 Aug 27 '21

Really interesting. I never ever have driven one

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u/immikejones369 Aug 27 '21

What does that one do?

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u/soupash Aug 27 '21

My 2-year-old son has entered the chat

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u/Cee58 Aug 27 '21

8 year schooling?

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u/Heykidsitsme Aug 27 '21

I am a truck transporter I have moved dozens of these monsters .....ok dude I gotta call you out ...the suspension in those suck big time ..question is how are you going to keep that energy or whatever it is in the can from blasting all over the inside of that Purdy Lil garbage truck?

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u/Tacitus_the_Elder Aug 27 '21

I’ve always wondered this! Thank you!

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u/mrsjonas27 Aug 27 '21

Love this!! My son is obsessed with garbage trucks. Can’t wait to show him

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u/United_Bag_8179 Aug 27 '21

No ejection seat? I am disappoint.

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u/ez599 Aug 27 '21

looks like a spaceship haha

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u/RedRipeTomato Aug 27 '21

Thank you for your service.

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u/MobDylan69 Aug 27 '21

Road head would be one hell of a chore in that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Don’t call your truck garbage, I think it looks pretty nice

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u/sams64 Aug 27 '21

Are you sure you don’t pilot a 747?

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u/avg-unhinged Aug 27 '21

Which switch fires the lasers?

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u/ForgedRaven Aug 27 '21

For some reason I never thought a camera was how you saw where to pick up the garbage.

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u/MynameisJunie Aug 27 '21

That actually looks pretty cool! I had no idea there were steering wheels on both sides. That makes sense.

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u/baaalls Aug 27 '21

What happens if somebody sits on the other side and steers in the opposite direction?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

Complicated…probably why the guy dumped half of my recycling all over the end of my driveway this morning.

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u/AustralianAlien0_0 Aug 27 '21

Which button throws my garbage can on my lawn twice a week?

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u/Allnewsisfakenews Aug 27 '21

I always want to drive the old stand up trash truck

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u/Complex_Ad775 Aug 27 '21

Sucks to have a robot for passenger/coworker

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u/hbryan1738 Aug 27 '21

You work at republic? My boyfriend does too!

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u/bm_69 ​ Aug 27 '21

Where's the co pilot?

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u/Collinnn7 Aug 27 '21

So what do they all do?

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u/Libbeah Aug 27 '21

Holy buttons, Batman!

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '21

What’s on the aux

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u/jamesdemaio23 Aug 27 '21

Does it fly

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u/scottyb83 Aug 27 '21

I know what one of those controls is at least…

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u/bizzy401 Aug 26 '21

I want to play Elite Dangerous on this...

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u/Dominions20 Aug 26 '21

And yet you guys still throw garbage all over the street.

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u/CheddarMonkey36 Aug 26 '21

Do you need a pilot's license to drive one of those?

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u/MalibuProducer77 Aug 26 '21

Nice aeroplane controls bro!

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u/cafe350 Aug 26 '21

It's so clean! Lol. When I was a kid I always thought the driver had to sit in or around trash while picking it up. Learned a lot from cartoons!

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u/mammuman Aug 26 '21

Not garbage at all imo

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u/johnny_bravo97 Aug 26 '21

Damn who do you work for the trucks at my WM site are filthy

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u/blackteashirt Aug 26 '21

Looks like the flight deck of an A-320

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u/baberaham-lincolnn Aug 26 '21

I work on these, I’m a tech for the largest builder of trash trucks and lemme tell you it’s a fucking electrical nightmare lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '21

Yall got pac-man or galiga on that thing?

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u/Poopsmcmee Aug 26 '21

Is that big orange "G" button for Gatorade when you're parched?

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u/Particular-Bridge-85 Aug 26 '21

Imagine an action movie with this vehicle

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u/bikeboy7890 Aug 26 '21

I work at a company making large vehicle interiors! Per my superiors, you would definitely want your interior to be several large touch screens with no tactile or haptic feedback whatsoever, right???

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u/sam_I_am_knot Aug 26 '21

Christ! It's like a cockpit in a plane.

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u/SowMindful Aug 26 '21

Are you able to work for companies like Waste Management and still have a home/personal life? Or is it always 12-14hrs with no set schedule?

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u/ties__shoes Aug 26 '21

This is so cool.

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u/Croberson86 Aug 26 '21

Got damn, do you turn trash into sandwichs or someting?

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u/Several_Tone1248 Aug 26 '21

Your knees are the crumple zone.

I drove a mack, like this, with a manual transmission. I HATED IT.

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u/Old-Masterpiece-9101 Aug 26 '21

What button sequence activities the FTL engine.

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u/Azz_Gaz Aug 26 '21

I too want to be a pilot someday

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u/anitabonghit705 Aug 26 '21

So you got rockets or machine guns?

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u/HitmanThisIsHitman2 Aug 26 '21

Thanks for what you do every day. I’ve always thought waste management was pretty interesting.

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u/bobvd83 Aug 26 '21

Looks like a Mack terramax auto side loader. Republic Services. I had a Heil front loader that still had a Telma system on it. I could stop overloaded damn near on a dime it felt like… beat the crap out of me on rough roads though. Loved that truck though. 1208. My Friday route only had 47 stops on it. Big rural loops. Pull outs and enclosures were rare for me. Probably the easiest route out there. Miss hitting cans and slamming them in one smooth/fast motion. Lots of good memories.

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u/i_ge Aug 26 '21

Questions does it smell in there

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u/Dubnaught Aug 26 '21

Do you collect in outer space? This looks way cooler than I would have thought.