Empty cable reels picked up in Rancho Cucamonga

What gets made in Rancho Cucamonga

Rancho Cucamonga was once a wine district; the old Cucamonga vineyards ran across this slope below the San Gabriel Mountains. The city incorporated in 1977 from the communities of Alta Loma, Cucamonga and Etiwanda. Route 66, now Foothill Boulevard, crosses it east to west.

Its industrial district lies in the south of the city, between Foothill Boulevard and the 10 and from Haven Avenue east to the 15, with manufacturers, distributors, food and beverage plants, and contractors. Many of the buildings are large and modern.

Southern California Edison serves the city. Housing and commercial growth on the north side, toward the 210, keeps building-wire reels coming from contractors.

Etiwanda, on the east side, still has stretches of old vineyard, and the historic Thomas Winery building at Foothill and Vineyard Avenue recalls the district's wine days. Most of what we see now is cleaner: reels from automated lines, labs and newer warehouses.

Rancho Cucamonga's district is a cleaner, newer cousin of Ontario's. Manufacturers here run production lines and automated warehouses that are rewired as they change, and those projects empty 24 to 48 inch reels steadily. Construction along the 210 adds building wire. The Inland Empire run passes along the 10 and the 15 at the edges of the district, so stops here are easy to add.

Where Rancho Cucamonga's empty reels come from

Manufacturers and automated warehouses

Production and automation rewires empty 24 to 48 inch reels.

Construction along the 210

Housing and commercial projects empty building-wire reels.

Food and beverage plants

Process and refrigeration work empties mixed reels.

How the Inland Empire on the 10 run reaches Rancho Cucamonga

The Inland Empire run reaches Rancho Cucamonga from Ontario, north on Haven, Milliken or Etiwanda, or from the 15 at Arrow Route or 4th Street. Most stops are in business parks with docks and forklifts.

Other stops on the Inland Empire on the 10 lane: Chino, Ontario, Jurupa Valley, Fontana, San Bernardino, Redlands. Reels from Rancho Cucamonga can share a deck with any of them.