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<p>[QUOTE="anondriverne, post: 11534273, member: 321719"]<u><b>Quick Reviews</b></u></p><p><b>Highway 84:</b></p><p><b>TA - Montgomery / Maybrook NY</b> - Very spacious outdoor parking and fuel island area, fuel pumps are very fast but don't print receipts and you may have to stand in line to get a paper receipt (I have made suggestions they get a self-service kiosk for drivers to print receipts), there is a <b>Blue Beacon Truck Wash</b> next door and a Shoprite plaza nearby</p><p><b>Pilot - Newburgh NY </b>- decent stop but gets crowded very fast on some days, you can get stuck turning in the back if it's too congested so be careful when driving in you might not get out, there is extra parking allowed across the street at the Stewart Airport Diner, paper receipts are inside</p><p><b>Pilot - Montague NJ / Port Jervis NY / Matamoras PA </b>- smaller stop, not much room to park but there is a Shoprite Plaza across the street</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Thruway 87:</b></p><p><b>Ramapo Travel Plaza NY </b>- Spacious outdoor parking and indoor eating area, be careful of the yellow barriers on the side of the middle fuel island as some drivers get stuck in there, there is another pump further down</p><p><b>Sloatsburg Travel Plaza NY</b> - Spacious outdoor parking and indoor eating area</p><p><b>Pilot - Mahwah NJ</b> - small truck stop</p><p><b>Kings Mahwah / Sunoco <b>- Mahwah NJ </b></b>- small truck stop</p><p>The rest I don't know much about, you'll have to read online and ask around for details<b>.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Quick Notes</b></u></p><p>DOT inspections are done on 84 both ways in the Middletown/Montgomery NY area when the signs before the rest area are flashing.</p><p>Sometimes you'll see both of the Highway 84 TA & Pilot stops overflowing onto the side roads with trailers.</p><p>You would think in such a busy intersection corridor of two major highways there would be better conditions. I have called and submitted suggestions online for some of these stops for more parking space, snow removal equipment, receipt kiosks, etc. Some of the managers already did the same years ago to corporate but as you know it takes a long time or nothing gets done.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also contacted <a href="https://www.loves.com/en/location-and-fuel-price-search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.loves.com/en/location-and-fuel-price-search" rel="nofollow">Love's</a> as they don't have many stops in the Northeast, maybe putting one in Middletown NY off Highway 84 would work since the TA and Pilot are close by and get overcrowded so maybe that would offset some of the traffic there. Or maybe siting another stop outside the HV area would help to spread out the congestion.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you cross the Newburgh Beacon bridge into the Beacon / Fishkill area you will pay for the bridge going Eastbound. Westbound is unpaid, so siting another truck stop here in the HV may be tricky since the Hudson river splits the area in two so you could also site a truck stop in Dutchess or Putnam county along 84.</p><p><br /></p><p>In such an area where the 4 states of PA NY NJ CT and 2 major highways 84 & 87 converge maybe we need another truck stop or the existing places need expansion/renovation? More knowledgeable drivers and highway engineers can offer their opinion as I'm not an expert.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Snow Removal</b></u></p><p>Occasionally 84 will close completely in a major snow storm and this gets on the local and state news. Some years the roads are plowed in a timely manner, sometimes they aren't.</p><p>None of these stops above have snow removal services for truck/trailer roofs to the best of my current knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Blue Beacon & TA have the most extra room to expand and may be the "best candidates" for front loader truck brushing and/or temp/perm stand alone roof scraper setups. Every year I make the suggestion for snow removal setups at these locations as some drivers do not get the support they need from the companies they work for and more laws have been passed in this region that ticket drivers but more importantly you don't want anyone to get injured or worse from snow and ice flying off a truck/trailer roof.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example NEMF in Montgomery NY had a roof scraper on their property but they went out of business, and smaller companies either can't afford such equipment or are cheap and will leave the driver to get in trouble - you have the right to refuse to drive an unsafe vehicle and can file a safety complaint with the FMCSA, DOT & OSHA if you are not supplied the equipment to clean it or even allowed to do it safely. I will post more about snow removal in another thread as it's already been discussed over the years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anondriverne, post: 11534273, member: 321719"][U][B]Quick Reviews[/B][/U] [B]Highway 84: TA - Montgomery / Maybrook NY[/B] - Very spacious outdoor parking and fuel island area, fuel pumps are very fast but don't print receipts and you may have to stand in line to get a paper receipt (I have made suggestions they get a self-service kiosk for drivers to print receipts), there is a [B]Blue Beacon Truck Wash[/B] next door and a Shoprite plaza nearby [B]Pilot - Newburgh NY [/B]- decent stop but gets crowded very fast on some days, you can get stuck turning in the back if it's too congested so be careful when driving in you might not get out, there is extra parking allowed across the street at the Stewart Airport Diner, paper receipts are inside [B]Pilot - Montague NJ / Port Jervis NY / Matamoras PA [/B]- smaller stop, not much room to park but there is a Shoprite Plaza across the street [B]Thruway 87: Ramapo Travel Plaza NY [/B]- Spacious outdoor parking and indoor eating area, be careful of the yellow barriers on the side of the middle fuel island as some drivers get stuck in there, there is another pump further down [B]Sloatsburg Travel Plaza NY[/B] - Spacious outdoor parking and indoor eating area [B]Pilot - Mahwah NJ[/B] - small truck stop [B]Kings Mahwah / Sunoco [B]- Mahwah NJ [/B][/B]- small truck stop The rest I don't know much about, you'll have to read online and ask around for details[B].[/B] [U][B]Quick Notes[/B][/U] DOT inspections are done on 84 both ways in the Middletown/Montgomery NY area when the signs before the rest area are flashing. Sometimes you'll see both of the Highway 84 TA & Pilot stops overflowing onto the side roads with trailers. You would think in such a busy intersection corridor of two major highways there would be better conditions. I have called and submitted suggestions online for some of these stops for more parking space, snow removal equipment, receipt kiosks, etc. Some of the managers already did the same years ago to corporate but as you know it takes a long time or nothing gets done. I also contacted [URL='https://www.loves.com/en/location-and-fuel-price-search']Love's[/URL] as they don't have many stops in the Northeast, maybe putting one in Middletown NY off Highway 84 would work since the TA and Pilot are close by and get overcrowded so maybe that would offset some of the traffic there. Or maybe siting another stop outside the HV area would help to spread out the congestion. If you cross the Newburgh Beacon bridge into the Beacon / Fishkill area you will pay for the bridge going Eastbound. Westbound is unpaid, so siting another truck stop here in the HV may be tricky since the Hudson river splits the area in two so you could also site a truck stop in Dutchess or Putnam county along 84. In such an area where the 4 states of PA NY NJ CT and 2 major highways 84 & 87 converge maybe we need another truck stop or the existing places need expansion/renovation? More knowledgeable drivers and highway engineers can offer their opinion as I'm not an expert. [U][B]Snow Removal[/B][/U] Occasionally 84 will close completely in a major snow storm and this gets on the local and state news. Some years the roads are plowed in a timely manner, sometimes they aren't. None of these stops above have snow removal services for truck/trailer roofs to the best of my current knowledge. The Blue Beacon & TA have the most extra room to expand and may be the "best candidates" for front loader truck brushing and/or temp/perm stand alone roof scraper setups. Every year I make the suggestion for snow removal setups at these locations as some drivers do not get the support they need from the companies they work for and more laws have been passed in this region that ticket drivers but more importantly you don't want anyone to get injured or worse from snow and ice flying off a truck/trailer roof. For example NEMF in Montgomery NY had a roof scraper on their property but they went out of business, and smaller companies either can't afford such equipment or are cheap and will leave the driver to get in trouble - you have the right to refuse to drive an unsafe vehicle and can file a safety complaint with the FMCSA, DOT & OSHA if you are not supplied the equipment to clean it or even allowed to do it safely. I will post more about snow removal in another thread as it's already been discussed over the years.[/QUOTE]
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