Uploaded February 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
As many of you may remember, several years ago Scott and I found our way up into Visalia to get some video of their unique trucks. After returning home from that trip we both found ourselves wishing we'd gotten a little more video of their split trucks. Well, recently I had the opportunity to do just that.
Fellow YouTuber and great friend of mine, Bryn of Thrash 'N' Trash Productions decided it was time to get back down to Southern California and made the nearly 1300 mile drive (one way) to Temecula. For a solid 2 weeks we made our way through SoCal finding and filming many of the unique trucks to this region. This truck, filmed on a Monday of week 2 wasn't even in the plans at all, however our morning in Bakersfield started out so quickly and everything just fell into place, having found the couple trucks we'd been seeking out by 9am leaving us with the rest of the day to just aimlessly wander.
Many, many miles and a couple trucks later we find this truck, an excellent example of the Formula 7000 split-body, designed for divided carts. An extremely fast operator behind the wheel shows that these aren't all destined to be slow as many filmed in the past have been. And to top things off, Visalia has their unusual method of splitting waste. They're single stream as virtually everyone else is these days, but one side of the cart is for trash and the other recycling.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this footage of what has to be one of my favorite 7000s out there. The city also took ownership of a handful of Peterbilt 320 Split Body F7000s as well in late 2010 or early 2011 and to my knowledge, those were some of the last ones Heil made before completely discontinuing the body. The city is looking into going with the industry standard 3-cart system in the future, but it's my understanding that no solid plans have been put in place just yet. It'll likely happen as soon as these trucks come up for retirement I'd imagine. Visalia is known to keep trucks for a good 15 years or more, so I don't expect anything to happen for a few more years personally.
Thanks to the driver, and to everyone for watching. This truck was definitely one of my favorites of my most recent filming trip.
As many of you may remember, several years ago Scott and I found our way up into Visalia to get some video of their unique trucks. After returning home from that trip we both found ourselves wishing we'd gotten a little more video of their split trucks. Well, recently I had the opportunity to do just that.
Fellow YouTuber and great friend of mine, Bryn of Thrash 'N' Trash Productions decided it was time to get back down to Southern California and made the nearly 1300 mile drive (one way) to Temecula. For a solid 2 weeks we made our way through SoCal finding and filming many of the unique trucks to this region. This truck, filmed on a Monday of week 2 wasn't even in the plans at all, however our morning in Bakersfield started out so quickly and everything just fell into place, having found the couple trucks we'd been seeking out by 9am leaving us with the rest of the day to just aimlessly wander.
Many, many miles and a couple trucks later we find this truck, an excellent example of the Formula 7000 split-body, designed for divided carts. An extremely fast operator behind the wheel shows that these aren't all destined to be slow as many filmed in the past have been. And to top things off, Visalia has their unusual method of splitting waste. They're single stream as virtually everyone else is these days, but one side of the cart is for trash and the other recycling.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this footage of what has to be one of my favorite 7000s out there. The city also took ownership of a handful of Peterbilt 320 Split Body F7000s as well in late 2010 or early 2011 and to my knowledge, those were some of the last ones Heil made before completely discontinuing the body. The city is looking into going with the industry standard 3-cart system in the future, but it's my understanding that no solid plans have been put in place just yet. It'll likely happen as soon as these trucks come up for retirement I'd imagine. Visalia is known to keep trucks for a good 15 years or more, so I don't expect anything to happen for a few more years personally.
Thanks to the driver, and to everyone for watching. This truck was definitely one of my favorites of my most recent filming trip.
