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SWANA Oregon Chapter Road-E-O 2010
May 15, 2010
Volcanoes Stadium, Keizer, Oregon
Yee haw! Trash
truck operators compete like rodeo riders
Official Press Release here
Photo Gallery
Instead of 1,000 pounds of horseflesh beneath their
saddles, these riders – or drivers, in this case –
had 15-tons of garbage truck under their seats.
On
Saturday, May 15, Oregon’s first-ever “SWANA Truck
Road-E-O” event let front-line employees in the
solid waste management field – truck drivers –
demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a friendly
competition at Keizer Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer,
Oregon.
The drivers had to maneuver industry-standard waste
hauling trucks through a preset course that
challenged the drivers’ skills at starting and
stopping the vehicle, negotiating the road, and
backing up the vehicle while exhibiting general safe
driving skills.
 Some
of challenges included parallel parking, negotiating
a serpentine route between three orange barrels
spaced just 37 feet apart, and driving the truck’s
right-side tires between two close-set lines of
tennis balls set on Dixie cups without knocking any
over. Contestants also completed written and oral
tests similar to the tests commercial truck drivers
are required to take to be licensed.
The competition included roll-off, front-end
loading, and automated side-loading vehicles.
Drivers were awarded points for the written and oral
portions of the competition, as well as for driving
portion of the competition.
The Road-E-O event was put on by the Oregon chapter
of the Solid Waste Association of North America.
Each year, numerous SWANA state chapters host
similar events across the country, with the
first-place and second-place finishers in each truck
classification being eligible to compete at the
SWANA International Road-E-O event typically held in
September of each year. For 2010, the International
Road-E-O will be held September 4 at the
University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Winners,
SWANA-Oregon Road-E-O
May 15, 2010
A complete list of contestants and scores can be
viewed here
Roll-off
1st place - Jason
Thomas, Pride Disposal, Tigard
2nd place - George
Gray, Dahl & Dahl, Toledo
3rd place - Terry
Parsons, Hood River Garbage Service, Hood River
Side loader
1st place - Scott
Nelson, Sanipac/Waste Connections, Inc, Eugene
2nd place - Jim
Tracy, Allied Waste of Clackamas County,
Wilsonville
3rd place - Tim
Tycer, Allied Waste of Corvallis, Corvallis
Front loader
1st place - Jeff
Alford, Cascade Disposal, Bend
2nd place - Wayne
Peterson, Sanipac/Waste Connections, Inc, Eugene
3rd place - Bill
Gillman, Rogue Disposal and Recycling, Central
Point
Overall winner –
Top Gun
Scott Nelson,
Sanipac/Waste Connections, Inc., Eugene
Top Gun - Scott Nelson,
Sanipac
Thank You Sponsors:
SWANA Oregon would
like to thank our sponor without whom the Road-E-O
would not have been a success:
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Allied Waste
of Metro Area
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Brattain
International Trucks,Inc.
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Bridgestone
Tires
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Cascade
Disposal, WCI
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DSU Peterbilt
& GMC, Inc.
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Finley Buttes
Regional Landfill
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General
Equipment Company
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Heiberg
Garbage & Recycling
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Heil
Environmental
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Hudson Garbage
Service, WCI
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Impact
Plastics
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IPC USA
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Kell, Alterman
& Runstein, LLP
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Loren's
Sanitation / Valley Recycling & Disposal
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McCoy
Freightliner
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McNeileilus
Truck & Mfg
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Michelin North
America, Inc.
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Multi-Seal
Corporation
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Oliver Rubber
Company
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ORRA
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Pacific Power
Products
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Rehrig Pacific
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Toter
Incorporated/Wastequip
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Wasco County
Landfill
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Weaver Boos
Consulting, LLC
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Wessco
What is a Road-E-O?
The Road-e-o is a great
opportunity for the “front-line” employees in
the solid waste management field - truck
drivers, heavy equipment operators and mechanics
- to obtain education through formal training
and networking. The Road-e-o also gives these
front-line employees a chance to display their
on-the-job skills in a competitive arena.
Click here for
details.
Example truck driver test
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