Nice post,.. thanks!! I'm sitting in Bethpage waiting for a load outta here, that after telling my dispatchers when I was hired in July I don't do NYC or NJ. Freight is so slow that when the dispatcher asked me if I'd run this load on Saturday and I didn't hesitate to say "yes"!

Now all I have to do is find some PIZZA!!


Roy

If you know your going to be getting a load going into any of the 5 ( ManHattan,Bronx,Brooklyn,Queens,& staten Island ) not including Long Island. set back in the bunk and read the map, buy a NYC map if you have to and preplan your trip even if it takes an hour or two. as once you get there getting to the side of the roads are like not happening. learn it and do it. after you have gone there several times it will become normal. I have been there done it. But to be honest, my betterhalf who also drives is from the CITY, she tought me what I know about NYC, believe it or not. you want to see a woman drive big rig fully loaded into the city call her up she will get you in and out for a large price tag LOL

[quote=CornCob;548591]I think that they mark the overpasses a foot lower than they really are in NYC. I always remember that on the BQE, I-278, by Atlantic Ave, it was marked 12'6" or 12'8" and 13'6" could clear it.


Now ya tell me.

I believe the signs preceding that ( is it a tunnel under buildings? I never got that far) Say all trucks over 12'6" MUST use Atlantic Ave. I have been doing the "through the city route" every time I take the BQE on my way home. With a 48 foot spread axle it isn't easy going through the city.

I knew bridges were marked 12" lower than they are and that Tunnels are marked what they are. So WHY Do they put all those signs telling everyone to get off if 13'6" will fit? The sides are 13'?

There is a spot or two on the cross bronx going north that usually get my attention too. I usually slide to the center lane just to make sure. While we are on that subject of the Cross Bronx Express Way, the signs that say no trucks in the left lane arn't fooling, though no one else seems to see them Cross Bronx is an animal unto its self. I am sure the cross bronx is the reason all the out of town truckers look back on and say "Never again go to NYC". I am sure the BQE would do that too at certin times of the day.

Next time guys take the get-a-round 287 to the Tapenzee is a free road anyway and the bridge is $10 cheaper than the George Washington.

It seems to me a lot of drivers are using GPS for cars. They are always snagging the bridges on the Merrit ( RT 15 in CT ) too.

Rosie

Remember in NY trucks use expressways NOT parkways

I do NYC 1-2 times a month and I never trust the 1 foot rule as stated here it is 1 foot more than stated most of the time but not all. If it says less than 13 6 I always go slow and look. Rule in NYC is if you don't think so take it slow. It's usually just the super truckers that crash into stuff. Use common sense and you will do pretty good. Slide the tandems up and take your time. I've had ordinary people help me make a u turn when my GPS sent me the wrong way. I find the people (blue collar) to be very nice and helpful if you ask them.

John

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yeah i clear them all running that b4,i wonder do those new gps system warn you of the clearance in the apple?....im born and raise there but never but once or twice had to really drive a truck through there

I remember the first time i ran the B Q E i kept getting off and on, reading the 12'6" signs i was shaking thinking i was going to rip the roof my sleeper. Then a driver told me just look at all the parking lots going down there, made me feel much better. Still i can do without any N Y to much tax and tolls just run 287 to go to work or on my way home (boston) thats enough N Y for me.

Ran the GWB yesterday then down to the tri-burrow. I have to say it wasn't AS BAD as I expected, but I never want to go back again. There were several narrow streets that I couldn't make my turns without smashing things so I was hitting the flashers, backing up a little jacknifing the rig, then going again.

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it's no longer the triboro it's the rfk bridge they wasted $5 million to change all them signs!

Where I crossed and leading up to it still said triburrow. I know because it's what I was told to watch for and I was paying very close attention. went over it down to grand and then on over to metropolitan. For the most part it wasn't that bad, except the street address was their local drivers exit, so I had to make the block (some tight corners) and go around across a SMALL draw bridge or whatever those things are called that split in the middle lol. Anyways the clearance was marked 13'5 if I remember right and all the trucks that went across it had # least a foot of clearance.

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