About the Competition

The SWANA Northwest Regional 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 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. Many of the SWANA Chapters hold an annual local Chapter Road-E-O event. Competitors from both the public and private sectors are welcome to participate. There are three separate competition divisions—landfill equipment, trucks, and
equipment/truck mechanics.

The event typically features four truck events: roll-off, front loader, automated side loader, and transfer trucks. It will also include the mechanics category and four landfill equipment events: landfill compactor, articulated dump truck, articulated front end loader, hydraulic excavator and dozer. Competitors may compete in multiple divisions, but may only compete in a single event in each division. All competitors complete a written test, CDL pre-trip inspection, and either a driving obstacle course or troubleshooting exercise.

Competition winners are determined by the highest combined score for the day’s events. Awards will be given to the first, second and third-place finishers for each truck category, for the mechanics event, and for each of the landfill equipment categories. In addition, the overall winner of the competition will be crowned the Top Gun and presented with a belt buckle and the Barry McCoy Memorial Trophy. The first and second-place winners of each classification will be eligible to advance to the annual SWANA International Road-E-O event which pits the winning drivers from the various Chapter events against each other.

As with all SWANA events, there is a high level of professionalism. The Road-E-O is one of the only events strictly for the front line employees. The friendly rivalry, networking and educational components make the Road-E-O a winning combination!

2022

This year’s Road-E-O took place on September 9th & 10th at Knott Landfill in Bend, OR.

It featured three truck events, roll-off, front loader, and automated side loader, and four landfill equipment events: the landfill compactor, the articulated front-end loader, hydraulic excavator and the dozer.

2022 Competition Results 2022 Photo Gallery

Thank You 2022 Sponsors

2022 Competition Results

Overall

a person holding a trophy — **Glade Nielson**
*Rogue Compost*

a man holding a trophy — **Arman Seib**
*Rogue Disposal & Recycling*

Roll-Off

a man standing in a kitchen — **Arman Seib**
*Rogue Disposal & Recycling*

Front Loader

a man in a yellow suit — **Mike Manwill**
*Cascade Disposal*

a person standing in front of a desk — **Mitch Lowry**
*City of Olympia*

a man holding a box — **Samuel Sanchez**
*Rogue Disposal & Recycling*

Side Loader

a man wearing a hat — **Scotty Donaca**
*Cascade Disposal*

a man wearing a yellow shirt — **Nicholas Reuter**
*Cascade Disposal*

Articulated Front End Loader

a man holding a book — **Roy Perkins**
*Southern Idaho Solid Waste*

Dozer

a person standing in a room — **Amy Gibson**
*Marion County PW*

a man wearing a white shirt — **Tim Sing**
*Marion County PW*

Compactor

a man wearing a hat and holding a gun — **Joshua Hesse**
*Dry Creek Landfill*

a person wearing a hat and holding a sword — **Tyler Whitesell**
*Southern Idaho Solid Waste*

Excavator

a man in a red shirt — **Glade Nielson**
*Rogue Compost*

2022 Photo Gallery

Two smiling event workers in brightly-colored safety vests sit at a table with clipboards and pens.

Course judges conferring in an empty parking lot with safety cones

Several contestants posing for the camera

An articulated front-end loader pushing a white barrel between two safety barrels

A man in a safety vest posing with a seated woman, who

A garbage truck maneuvering among safety cones in an empty parking lot

Three contestants posing for the camera wearing safety vests and jeans

A group of people in safety vests talking in the middle of a dirt competition course

Three contestants posing for the camera, with a hydraulic excavator in the background

Three people in safety vests posing for the camera, one giving a thumbs up

Several contestants sitting under a sun shade with a table of snacks

A hydraulic excavator maneuvering between orange cones while a judge in a safety vest looks on

A hydraulic excavator picking up a basketball

Several competitors sitting under a sun shade.