scared to go places

https://www.dot.ny.gov/about-nysdot/faq/are-53-foot-long-trailers-allowed-in-nyc

Brooklyn is NYC

 

Thank you for the Geography lesson... us truck drivers usually don't know what City or State we are in.


http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/oversize.shtml

You should take a trip someday to Hunts Point in the Bronx and sit there and count the number of 53' trailers that pass you in an hour and then multiply that by the permit fee, multiply that by 24 and then that by 365 and then again by 2 and maybe you will start to figure out why thousands of 53' trailers are permitted to make deliveries into the 5 boroughs every day.

P.S. - The Bronx is NYC also

 

OP, do you ever have nightmares about tight docks..?

 

one trick I discovered for tight docks in dark places...you know, it's bright and sunny outside, the dock is in the building and because of the sunlight glare, everything inside is black...or simply at night in unlit areas where you can't see nothing behind you- I got a hand sized LED bike light, they are super bright use 2 AAs and strobe, I put that strobe on the edge of the dock pointing straight out and that shows up in my mirror, I can even see if my trailer is straight because the flash will carry on along the side- it is one thing that really works well. the light itself is usually less than $30

 

Sammy in time you'll feel more comfortable.What makes you think being an owner operator you would have less tighter backing.Sure you can pick you're own loads,but if you refuse a load because or the backing you'll be making less money then company driver does.With reefer get use to tighter backing,they have alot of grocery warehouses they deliver to.If you want less tighter backing then find a dry van company.

 

Back when the Lumber Industry was a driving force in the economy of the West I ran Maxies and Super B flatbeds w/ a extended hood Pete. A lot of the Mills were built when 40 foot trailers were being pulled w/ a cab over. Even the roads to these Lumber towns were narrow crooked goat trails. Are you starting to see the problem? Put enough miles in and you will learn tricks to maneuver a truck. One of those tricks is never drive into a situation you can't drive out of. If that means getting out and walking then do that. The next trick is have a Plan B! It will get easier I promise.

 

no need to get snippy bub; didnt know you were a know it all, sorry, I digress. but they dont give out permits for everything ...

.... I asked for one once and was denied and was told by the DOT "Don't give out permits to freight that can be transported by a smaller truck"

PS - So is Staten Island and Queens

 

There was also no reason to ask me a question and then attempt to discredit the answer. I assure you my carrier has around 2000 trucks on the road, mainly reefers, and we haul a butt load of meat and produce into NYC on a daily basis and deliver directly to 4 of the 5 boroughs with 53' trailers and it is all under permit and all perfectly legal.

If you are going to question my answers at least know what you are talking about.


As far as being a know it all, if you don't want to hear the answers I have, don't ask the question. I don't claim to know it all, but I can assure you I know what I am pulling, what I am hauling and where I am going.

 

Just in case you need further verification here:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&...=us&ei=fR2YUZvoEaTA0gGAsIHQCA&ved=0CB8Q8gEwAA


If you look you will see two 53' trailers waiting in front of the receiver on Fountain Ave where the "A" marker is. If you look jut to the north of the first truck, you will see a little bit of the brick building that extends out further than the other. That is where I backed into, across those four lanes of traffic and over that median.

 

Flatbeds and tankers still back up alot, try backing into a building when its sunny outside, inside is just black and hard to see what you might back into.