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Turnpike Doubles, what's it like?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Infosaur, Dec 21, 2018.

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  1. Dec 21, 2018 #1
    Infosaur

    Infosaur Road Train Member

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    Admittedly I honestly don't know how your industry works, but I was curious when I'd see you guys running in upstate NY on the Thruway.

    Do you guys just go from Yonkers to Buffalo? Who takes the trailers from the lots at the exits? Is there a schedule you have to conform to? What happens if the final mile guy is late? Is the pay good or bad? How many time can you go end to end in a shift? Do you spend the night at the far end or flip? Or do you possibly get 1.5 flips in a shift.

    This also applies to Ohio/Ind Tpk, the PA Turnpike, and possibly others.

    Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen doubles on the NJ Turnpike, unless they were a pair of pups.

    (For the record, we're talking Turnpike Doubles. Two 53's. Not regular doubles like FedEx & UPS seem to pull. I think there's restrictions on triples too, because I only see them in Ohio.)
     
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  3. Dec 21, 2018 #2
    4mer trucker

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    I've never seen Turnpike Doubles on the PA Pike
     
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    JC1971

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    I can't remember ever seeing any in the U.S. The only places I've seen them are the prairie provinces of Canada.
     
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  5. Dec 21, 2018 #4
    racemaxx24

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    The doubles you see are twin 48’s, as far as I know twin 53’s aren’t legal in the US
     
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  7. Dec 21, 2018 #5
    buddyd157

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    a buddy of mine pulled them from the compound in MA to the compound near Albany.

    many time, he'd take a trailer from our terminal up to MA, then hook up with another trailer, someone from the Boston terminal took to the compound. then off to Albany...then once there, he would have to disconnect, and go back and forth to the Albany terminal to drop off each trailer, and also haul back loaded ones, bound for, maybe the Boston Terminal or mine.

    each trip to whichever compound, got him $20...

    at the Boston (Weston) compound, there is a highway access over pass from one side to the other, he'd get $20 for each trip over the highway..

    i cannot recall what he got per mile, as he was linehaul like me, but he did get a higher set-up/breakdown pay then the rest of us pulling pup trailers.

    he had to get a NYS doubles endorsement, the company paid for that.

    when a bad snowstorm would hit, and the turnpike was closed to the long doubles, he had to find a rest area plaza, and break them apart, and travel Rte 20 in MA, back and forth, made for a VERY LONG night...

    he did this job for quite a few years, now he works city P&D..

    and all he could pull were 48' doubles...

    longer combos like triple 53's, 55's, and (i think) 57's are legal in the lower states (NM, NV, maybe AZ,), on (i think) I-40
     
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  8. Dec 21, 2018 #6
    Infosaur

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    I could be wrong about the NY Thruway being twin 53's, they might be 48's but they are noticeably longer than 28's.
     
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  9. Dec 21, 2018 #7
    Texas_hwy_287

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    The turnpike in kansas you can pull twin 53ft.
     
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  10. Dec 21, 2018 #8
    buddyd157

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    maybe now on the NY thruway, they can pull twin 53's, i can't say, i ain't even been anywheres near the MA pike in years. and i have lost touch with my former co-worker.
     
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  11. Dec 22, 2018 #9
    Nothereoften

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    Use to pull them in Canada, and triples occasionally but you have to have 3 really short trailers. I think the longest was 1 32' with 2 28's. Or 3 29's
     
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  12. Dec 22, 2018 #10
    Dan.S

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    In that case, illegal 53’ doubles are a regular occurrence on the Mass Pike and NY thruway.
     
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