Oklahoma Pike Pass?

I take hwy 69 to bypass I44

 

on my last trip out of houston we went up I45 to us75 to 69 then caught I44 to springfield

 

As a solo reefer driver I'm only on that toll road a handful of times a year. Less in Kansas, e

 

Maybe once a year in Florida. Never in Texas, never around Denver, and almost never in CA.

You can say all you want about what you did with your trainer... But honestly, unless you team or live in CA, you aren't going out there much... If at all. A lot of the runs you did with a trainer you will never see again unless you team or become a trainer. You just aren't going to be rolling down that toll road all to often to be a pain in the wallet for a couple days waiting for reimbursement.

Yes, CA has toll bridges. Denver, Dallas and Houston have bypasses that are tolled.

DTB, it's gonna be a fact of life for you, unfortunately because you live in OK.

I know it bothers you but.... What about when he has 4 loads in a week times four $9.50 scale tickets he pays for out of pocket. Or the $40 washout because the local guy is not an account and it gonna kill time to go 40 miles (or further) and back to the closest Prime account washout. Light bulbs, or little parts , rather than wait for TA or Petro to get a message back from Prime Road Assist thru E-shop to authorize the charge.

All of these out of pocket expenses get reimbursed... It a lot of situations it's a whole lot easier to do it yourself, get the money back on the next check, meanwhile saving time on your log book.

 

you can run the pike pass one and you have 7 days to go online and pay it if you are short on cash

 

DragonTamerBrat...

They put an advance ballance on JCWs ComData card with every trip. That advance ballance is specifically meant to be used for cash tolls, scale tickets - whatever you need to pay cash for to run the truck. You just get a PO via the QualComm when you do your trip paperwork, and scan the receipt for reimbursement. No "mountains of paperwork." Its a rather good solution for dealing with petty cash with so many drivers scattered across the country.

As far as the many different types of toll transponders in use across the country... each one requires an administrative fee for use. EZPass covers much more territory than just the occasional trip down I44 or the other toll roads in Oklahoma. I doubt the number of trips through OK justifies the expense of procuring and maintaining "PikePASS" or whatever it is. Many of the more expensive toll roads and bridges in the east also provide significant discounts if those tolls are collected with a transponder.

 

Well, that's not good news for a guy living in Michigan who has kids in Oklahoma City. Getting there to see them is more important to me than getting to my own domicile. I might have to rethink this....

 

You souldn't havetrouble getting to OK city. It's off I40. That's a major truck route.