Truck info for NYC.

I went through Queens last week and got stuck at the shipper so I got to leave at 5pm on a Friday night. I went to go over the bridge I came across on the way out and it said no trucks. So I took a quick right on to the truck route, to find out NYC truck routes mean pickup truck . I got a 10mi tour of quite a few nice and apparently very popular shops as both sides of the two lane roads were parked on, and I also found out my 13'6" trailer could fit under a 12'1" overpass. Once I finaly made it to NJ I sent my manager a qualcom to that if he ever routed me through NYC again he would have a Recovery in NJ. I have not heard back from him yet.

 

I think someone would make a ton of money if they had a few lots outside of NYC and charged $30-50/hr for a local driver to deliver the load. I know I would pay it. They could get it there and back quicker than I could, are less likely to hit something (as they know the route) and I don't have to deal with it. Even better allow me to park for 10hrs with free wifi, I would pay that in a sec.

 

Awhh dat rook so nice dare I wanna move dare shrimp fried rice

 

Do u haul van or reefer samething for long hood do u haul van or reefer. Use to live in nebraska lot of the o/o out there just haul 2 nyc an then back an make a very nice salary doin it

 

I don't understand why they don't just put proper signage on all overpasses with the big yellow diamond style clearance signs and cut the bs out of the equation.



That's one thing I really appreciated about Dallas. Pretty much every underpass had one.

 

Cause they want rookies to freakout when the see a sign that says 12'2" and they are 13'6" until a local guy goes around them and under said underpass at 13'6" with a big smile on his face.

 

Because the clearance at one end of the bridge might be lower than the other.. ( think of an arched bridge) They put the lowest clearence so as to cover there butt when someone hits it..

 

Lol

 

I'm a G. Hildebrandt driver, new to NY I've been to NYC once with a 30 yr vet from NYC and I quote (@#$$%& #$%% &%#@#$ @##$%% %%#@@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Trotti was born there. Furthermore his advice to me was just be patient watch your turns and know where your going things will be fine.

 

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/trucks.shtml#routes

http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/tm3trucksignprog.pdf

http://knowledge.fhwa.dot.gov/cops/...F1852575CE006B36DB&Group=signs&tab=DISCUSSION

Bridge clearance signs are yellow, therefore warning and not regulatory.
However, if you are carrying an oversize load, you need a permit and are
obliged to follow the conditions of the permit. If your permit designated a
route and you deviated from it, you're stuck with the ticket. If the low
bridge was on the permitted route, the office that wrote the permit needs a better process to update their information but you should be able to contest the ticket.

These NYR signs are regulatory, black-on-white, and a driver can get a ticket for "failure to comply with a traffic control device". The clearance listed on these signs is (by law) 1'-0" less than the actual clearance of the bridge. So a 13' high truck could drive under a bridge posted at 12'-6", but still get a ticket.