First time Driving through NYC

Brett, you're a workin man for sure. Other LTL jobs in the city are better, hopefully you get in a better groove. I used to do auto parts deliveries in the 5 boroughs with a day cab and 45' or 48' liftgate trailer that was 12'6" high. Didn't have much difficulty once I got the hang of it, I was able to get under the elevated railways and turn corners. Once I got used to the stops it was smooth - like the ones you're talking about, sometimes you have to come up one side of the street or the other, and if you don't know which side you can end up having to make a 20 minute trip around the block with people cursing at you. I had favorite bakeries that I knew I could park in front of on certain days - I'd roll in to 5 parking spots just as the street sweeper left and they weren't giving tickets, but the cars hadn't come back yet. Sending you in with a highway rig for multiple stops is rough. Good luck, be really careful. The most common tickets there in my experience are seatbelt and being off the truck route. They'll post a cop at a certain spot and assign him to give seatbelt or truck route tickets all day. Get the free truck route map from the NYC DOT website. It doesn't tell you where low bridges are, but if you stay on the highlighted routes to the closest point by your delivery you'll avoid tickets.

 

olhand is rite , nyc isnt for everyone nor is foodservice work but the good thing about your job brett is you are not going to get fat anytime soon and after doin nyc for awhile not much intimidates ya .
plus theres always that sence of accomplishment as ya cross back into jersy .
stevens transport used to send a lot of trainees to the bronx market that were lost and wide eyed with fear as they crawled down leggett ave at 1am and i would help the ones that would listen ..it was good training for them and im sure alot of them became very good drivers .

 

Got the same looks when I looked 16...course I WAS 16...lol....jus told em old man was in bunk...things were different back then...and trust me you put your time in there keep your nose&record clean..hit the age where the ins company will let someone use you...youll have your pic of gigs...and jus to clarify...its the Today Show at Rock Ctr...Fox is over on Broadway....lol..Ive intruded on both of em a time or 5...LMAO

 

Willow Run Foods out of Kirkwood' NY? Would McLane out of Jessup PA be closer to you? They are always looking for drivers and probably treat you better than Willow Run. Just my opinion.

 

I know this is an old thread, but the info Brettj3876 is feeding about taking a 53' trailer to NYC with Wilow Run is BS. Brettj - Explain to me how you are doing food service work in a DRY van? Willow Run only has dry van trailers that are 53' in length. That would make keeping the freezer and cooler goods intact pretty difficult don't you think?

 

@andy are you the owner of willow run and know every single trailer your company owns? Maybe these leased one of those xtra 53 foot reefers. My company only uses 49s but we do keep a leased 53 reefer in our yard for backhauls. Not trying to call bs on either of you guys, irregardless I wouldnt want to deliver NYC in a 28 or even a box truck

 

@duckdiver - I am not the owner, but I have been with the company for nearly two decades. We have never used a 53' reefer. There are two 53' dry vans in the fleet and they only get used for paper goods by the linehaul division since 2011. For him to say "...they only bless you with a 53' when the case count is super high, usually 1 out of 3 trips weekly" is a complete fabrication. We deliver fast food. Can you imagine the carnage of trying to pull a 53' trailer into a Wendy's parking lot? It's hard enough with a 48' trailer!

 

I was going to say 53' is not a common size at all for customized food service. 48' is much more industry standard well 48 or less. I know McLane has a few 33' around.

Our chain guys use 50' which are a bit odd, but we do have a fair share of over night chain runs that use 28'. Our trailers also are only 13' high were a little shorter and we don't run sleepers at all.

I know the loads get heavy but from what truck guy said usually 53' would be over weight any how if they wanted to pack it all in so it's usually a no go. Heck 48' trailer usually gets over weight enough.