Where to fuel on Long Island?

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  1. windsmith

    windsmith Road Train Member

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    So yesterday my truck decided to pump all of its engine oil onto the Cross Bronx Expressway via a turbo lubrication line. My company had another tractor brought to me, but they didn't think to check the fuel before the wrecker dragged it out of the yard. So I now have 25 gallons in the tank, and my delivery / pickup schedule won't get me past any of the major fueling chains that I know will accept Comdata / Comchek payment. So where on Long Island or in NYC can I grab some fuel and pay for it with a Comchek? My dispatchers have no idea, and I've never put myself into a position where I needed to find out.
     
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  3. pattyj

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    Hopefully someone can help you.When you find place I would drop the trl and bobtail there.They may accept comdata but not big enough for a semi.How about your company using their credit card?Sometimes desparate times call for desparate measures.
     
  4. pattyj

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    Ask your dispatcher to help you out alittle bit and look for you.If they don't seem concern then if it was me I wouldn't be concerned either.You got that trk with very little fuel and you're suppose to stress over it,I wouldn't.
     
  5. fortycalglock

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    25 gallons should get you back to the Vince Lombardi service plaza in NJ. If not for some reason, drop your trailer for a few minutes at the receiver and go to nearest station with diesel. Have the company load some money as a cash advance, pull money out of ATM and pay for fuel. This is an easy question really.
     
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    There's some places out on Staten Island, along the 440 towards the Outerbridge Crossing and a service Plaza going north from there on the NJT and there should be some places in Brooklyn, and the Bronx, I have seen several in Brooklyn. Probably have to drop the trailer.

    I ended up going into Brooklyn low on fuel because of a deadline and card not working, and I checked the tanks several times and actually made it Bordentown to get fuel, 187 gallon into 2 hundred gallon tanks. Alternatively, on NJ 439 to US1/9 in Elizabeth, there are some more, US 22 in Hillside, and some actual truckstops with scales at Kearney.
     
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  7. Chinatown

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    One time I had a similar problem; pulled into an RV diesel pump and used my own personal credit card and pumped about 50 gallons.
     
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  8. FLATBED

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    There is a Truck stop in COMMACK NY , North of the 495 off the Sunken Meadow Parkway ( sort of middle of Long Island )
     
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  9. windsmith

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    Trying to avoid doing that. Once I start the personal credit card / reimbursement game, it will only escalate.

    The card that I have is assigned to the truck itself, not to me. This particular truck is a rental, and we also slip seat. So I'm not sure if cash is able to be loaded onto it. I didn't think about Lombardi, as it is a little out of route (80W) and I wasn't aware that they accepted Comdata / Comchek. Just never considered fueling there, really. That might be the best option. Although 85 miles loaded in NYC afternoon rush traffic might be cutting it close on 25 gallons. I don't really want to be That Guy that runs out of fuel on 95 South on the approach to the GWB at 5:30 in the afternoon...

    Hah. Dispatch is so busy, understaffed and time limited (they are forbidden from working any overtime) that I'm lucky to get someone on the phone most days. Yesterday I was given the phone number for the leasing company's breakdown service and told to handle it. I sat parked on Lafayette Avenue in the Bronx in a day cab from 1:30pm until 10pm waiting for the replacement tractor. At least there was a Target one block away.
     
  10. windsmith

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    Perfect. I'm doing a drop/hook in Brentwood, and that place is less than a mile off my route.
     
  11. fortycalglock

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    Out of the way? If you're coming across the GWB anyway, it's what 5 miles at most south? I think Flatbed gave you the winner though. If you're coming out the bottom side you have a a few choices.
     
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