After much anticipation on Wednesday the fresh fleet of 5 new trucks hit the roads of Newcastle done up the with the sky blue Cleanaway colour. It definitely a culture shock to see something other then the regular Solo trucks picking up yellow tops in Newy.
Cleanaway has rolled out 5 brand new trucks and 2 spares sourced from other contracts. The new trucks are numbered SL01718-22. These are new Gen6 29m Buchers fitted on a Dennis Chassis. Majority of drivers are newbies to the industry resulting in slower pick ups therefore delayed or missed collections.
Here we see an Ex Solo driver (who was already at the company before the contract change) smashing out his area of Waratah on Thursday. He says the grabs are quite delayed hence why so maybe bins where pinch or incorrectly grabbed. I assume that will loosen up over time.
Got plenty of years with these trucks now so won’t be in any rush to upload a lot of it.
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Nice video of these new Dennis
Ive been waiting for a video from u. I couldn't wait to see what these new trucks looked like. Great vid mate, cant wait to see more vids. Is there any new trucks in the fleet that aren't Dennis's.
Awesome love the clean look
I could get used to them
Looks a lot more like a 35m?
honest thoughts: i like it, i like it a lot. there seems to be this culture of hating on cleanaway before a contracts even started but i like this. i like the cabs and these things sound great with the volvo d8k engines (saves costs for cleanaway because of technical specs of it), good arm speed.
gotta break the culture of hating a truck or company because they are doing whats best for them. good luck to the newbies, missed collections will be a thing going forward from what ive heard due to the transport industry in general struggling heavily.
top stuff
aint even that bad tbh, elite 6’s are quite nice
Newwy is getting some ex Adelaide (we got them ex tho) dennises
Great video mate! I've been keen to see a video of these new trucks. Defo gonna be a bit strange to see some big blue Dennis' running around instead of old big green Acco's. Still find it a shame that Solo lost that contract, but defo like the new contract as they're using Buchers.
um akshully the colour is called "cleanaway blue". Most Buchers have a slight delay between the joystick inputs and actual movements and take some getting used to if you have come from other trucks, especially SPAKs.
Hi GP500 👋 they say that a change is as good as a holiday and some say that change is unnecessary and a curse. I will be looking to your videos to see which of these is correct. I really enjoyed this video and your well written and informative description. Well done GP500 👍 👏
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Awesome video mate.
I must say these new truck look good but I don’t really like the Dennis elite I would much prefer Dennis eagles but Anyway nice vid max
I was excited for the new contract and while it's sad to see Solo go, it is good to see a new company coming in nice and fresh. I must be honest, I don't like the Dennis/Bucher combination but in suburban areas like where this truck is, it works well and I assume the drivers don't mind them. I am keen to see what spares they have! Well done on finding one of the new trucks and I hope to see more!
Good for a change, something a little different, I'm quite a fan of these Elite 6's They run pretty nice, keen to see the spares, I think I was told 772, the Ex CCC is working up there now, if so Would be keen to see that in action. Keep 'em Coming.
Arh so Cleanaway now have the Newcastle recycling contract! So council still does garbage, organics and cleanups from what i see. Good looking new Dennis Buchers i have to say.
Wow such a nice video
rip srr in newcastle (they also had the same signage as bbsc in vic)