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Having work as a police officer on the NY parkways for over 34 years, the main reason no trucks are permitted on them is they were built in the 1920s and the overpasses are most at heights of 10 ½ to 12 feet. These overpasses are great masonry structures but by old world craftsmen. 18 wheelers wander on the parkways on a daily basis and repeatedly test those old world structures. In my 34 years I have yet to witness a truck come out victorious. It usually very messy with torn aluminum all over the highway. Simple as that the trucks won’t fit and the parkway owners won’t raise the overpasses.
Just what I taught. Maybe old infrastructure.
My husband used to drive semi truck. He was in NYC and actually had an officer hail him on the cb as he went to stop at a stop and tell him to keep going eventhough the light was red. Hubby got to his destination and that same officer pulled in next to him and explained why he told him not to stop at the light. Come to find out they were having a problem with gangs breaking into trucks as they were stopped at lights and taking stuff out of trucks.
My uncle is a truck driver he drives through Chicago and a cop told him the same thing
70’s were great weren’t they!
Yeah that happened to me back in 1977 going to HUNTS POINT MARKET GANGS CUT MY BIG LOCK I SAW THEM AND TOOK OFF DIDNT STOP TILL I SAW A COP!! SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME😮
I was born and raised in Brooklyn and this city will be forever in my heart
LOVE THE VIDEOS AND YOUR MUSIC WATCHING FROM BYERS COLORADO KEEP ON TRUCKING
The 401 through Toronto is the busiest road in North America.
1992 last time I was in NYC in a 18 wheeler and I haven't missed it, the best way to see NYC on TV or your rear view mirrors 🙂 Thanks for the ride alone👍
That's the last time I was there too..2 too many times 😂
Man, why the heck did she send you up the turnpike, you're just paying an extra toll now. You were on 278. If were going to Long Island, I would take the Verrazano Br..instead of the Cross Bronx Expressway any day of the week
The parkways were built way back when and the overpasses are all arched very low Big truck 13.6 Cannot get under
I live in Staten Island. That traffic isn’t that bad. Try going over the George Washington bridge on the way to a Yankees game. Could be stuck there for an hour
Long Island New York is where I’m from Josh. You traveled these crazy Long Island roads like a champ- no real way to avoid any of the traffic around here.
i grew up in New England, anytime you took a trip you'd need to drive through NY. We always avoided NYC and the George Washington bridge. We'd drive through White Plains over the old Tappan Zee bridge.
As soon as you crossed the GW bridge you were in the Bronx. I worked as a firefighter there for 20 years. Glad your trip was uneventful and I bet you’re glad this run is behind you. Stay safe
Thanks for having me along Trucker Josh. That was so much fun. Wow!
When you asked, you were in the Bronx. The bridges above you folks park on because the tall building to your left and right are condos/apartments. This was one of my regular runs prior to covid.
Brooklyn, NY, baby!
I am a trucker from the Bronx. I recommend no one to park on the street or leave your truck unattended. They broke into mines and cloned the EZ pass but left it my truck to make seem like they didn’t take it and put about $3000 worth of tolls that i had to pay.
Josh try going to Hunts Point if you want too see some fun--went to the meat market a few times much fun.
NYC here. Yeah we commute in that traffic each and every day. 😂😂😂
The traffic you were in isn’t even at its peak. Gets 10x worse
Hey josh nice to see ol blue in NYC i live in the boro of Bronx NY you drove thru it......... in the video you was saying about traffic and the road above are the city streets.....btw love watching all your videos josh im also german my mom was in germany..... god bless you josh and your family keep the rubber side down and the shine part up.....
I'M FROM BROOKLYN. To be fair, the Cross Bronx Expressway is the closest thing to Fury Road from the Mad Max series.
Gps really wanted you to spend money taking you that way from Jersey to Long Island. Much cheaper to go through Staten Island from Jersey
New Jersey is very unique when it comes to roads and traffic. It's the only state I've been too where I feel confused on what's going on. You can't make left turns in Red Bank, so they have what they call, jug handles to make left turns on. So confusing.
There’s not too many receivers that say that so you got a love it when a guy says that
In New York we want everything done yesterday. It’s no surprise they took the load early.
Hey Josh. I am glad that it is not me driving there!
Love the potholes that swallow up your truck!
I have watched every episode for years. You were only 30 miles from me in NJ.
Going to wait till I get home to watch so I can watch it on the big screen
You took the long way you could've just went over 278 Verrazano narrows bridge to 495
Hopefully you don’t have a heart attack when you see the price of the toll for crossing the George Washington bridge
The reason they don't want you on the Garden State Parkway is that the overpasses up north are only 12foot high. South of Eatontown 18-wheelers are allowed to go south and north but must exit coming north at the Eatontown exit.
The parkway were constructed way back when Robert Moses was in charge of highways. They were called parkway because at one time they all started and ended at a park. New York city Is made up of 5 boroughs you won't be going into Manhattan you'll go through the bronx and queens out to long island. Born and raised on long island been trucking on the island 5 boroughs of new York Connecticut and New Jersey. Enjoy the ride josh it won't be bad at all. Be safe out there my brother
Looks like ya hit the traffic pretty lucky some days it takes hours and hours to get in and out, glad the big apple treated you decently lol good work my friend you cruised through it like a true professional 🤙
Glencove NY
you passed my exit, exit 37 Long Island Exp. Welcome to NY
Josh, the reason for no trucks on the parkway (The Garden State Parkway to be exact) has to due with the age of the parkway itself. The parkway predates the interstate highway system but about 20 years. Therefore it was built with bridges that met the requirements of the day (about 12' tall) and therefore trucks of today simply do not fit!
This also applies to the NYC area Parkways as well. NYC Parkways were built as early as the 1920's and vehicles were far smaller back then.
How that hugh apartment/office building even stands above the freeway is amazing (engineering). Brings back so many memories.... I lived in Manhattan 1992 to 1995. 23rd and 2nd. Gramercy. Super video Josh & great driving, be safe and enjoy the evening 🙏. " 🌴Lol"
Wow a lot of your subscribers eighter live or have lived in area of NY /NJ .🤟
Hello Josh,
thanks for the nice video.
I can't understand why the truck traffic is forced through the small streets.
Since a highway bridge was closed here due to dilapidation, 10,000 trucks and 23,000 cars have been rolling through our town every day for two years. All the residents are very angry. In the meantime the bridge has been demolished and it is hoped that at least part of the bridge will be passable in two years' time.
Born and live in the Bronx my whole life and work as a delivery driver for Amazon unfortunately in queens so I deal with the traffic all day
Happy the weather was on your side for this trip otherwise this video could easily have been derailed..
The parkway in Jersey and New York have a bunch of low underpasses
Hi 👋 Josh Well Done 👏
I was watching your video now just to see when you went under that bridge. That's mislabeled. That's the cross Bronx expressway I went through there few years back for the first time in a semi truck and freaked out when I saw that sign other truckers that you were kind of laughing at me.... I am from New York City, born and raised borough of Manhattan Manhattan... Washington heights which is the northern part of the island
Yeah, you think that’s a lot of people waiting to you get right through the boroughs of New York City. I’d love to go to New York City as a tourist but to I don’t think I’d want to drive a truck through it.
My husband drove a flatbed for several years and had to deliver a load to a construction site right in the heart of NYC.
He told his dispatcher he would never take another load anywhere close to that place no matter what it paid! Lol!
🍭SWEET🍭😆EEEEE-GADS!!! If I had to do that NY run again….🤔… I think I’d sell the truck, buy a little donkey 🐴& ride him into the nearest desert never to be seen again🤪Your a brave soul Trucker Josh (and a true professional I might add)! Good Job! God Bless & Protect You🙏🏼💖👍🏻🌞
It was never a place I liked to be been there often but that doesn't mean I liked being there,the people were always nice ,thanks Josh for the memories.
Welcome! Been a fan for years, I live in lower Manhattan. It’s a jungle driving around for sure. Take care!
I was born and raised on long island but i drove transit buses in Queens and Manhattan
Why does your video quality look better than Some of your older videos I watched? I was trying to figure out if it was your video or my different tablet. Either way here's a comment for the algorithm
Northern New Jersey and the NYC area have no trucks allowed on all the parkways. Been that way since 2001 at least. That's when I started driving.
A lot longer then 2001! Try whenever they built lie.
Grew up in New York City, lived in Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens😱😱😱
wow thats quite the Vlog. I went through there in a car many years ago. That was enough. Still not as bad as the 401 though.
Went to long island with my Dad in the truck back in 2001, brought back some memory's!
Prairie boys don’t belong in the big cities … been to NY twice and Philly once …. So many people and cars and congestion … nice to visit but even better to leave to get back to flatlands lol … Be safe out there T/J 🫵🏼👍🏼👊🏼
I drove a stagecoach and a curb bumper in New York for 41 years
HOly Sh8 ... how lucky were u to go thru GWB with NO traffic? u were blessed cause usually GWB always traffic 24/7
Trucker Josh I live in Manhattan right by the GWB the wonderful buildings above the highway and I travel on the cross bronx every day and trust me you get use to the traffic and learn the street routes to avoid it and the bridges above the cross bronx are not highways its regular streets and people park there good thing you didn't cross the GWB during rush
When I watch Josh's video, I dream of becoming a Canadian truck driver. Thank you Josh~~ Currently, I live in Jeju Island.🎉🎉🎉
Super job. Driving there. Not 4 me.
I like the woods.
I know Happauge live near there !
For all the places you go, it makes me think that Keystone Western must be a pretty good company...a lot of customers, happy customers. And perhaps when they're on the phone setting something up they say, "If you can, can you have that Josh guy pick up for us again?"
Great job Josh, you're experience is reflected in the video.
My Dad grew up in The Bronx NY....My Grandparents lived there till they died...Been there a few times as a kid, then later as an adult, working as an otr truck driver like you, once making a delivery...That was nerve racking but I made it in and out unscaived...
I used to run those two gps's at the same time too...always fun listening those two fight it out....But in the end I was the Captain of my ship thus having the final word on which turn to take....lol...Travel safe Trucker Josh....
Go Josh Go! Nerves of steel! You are a brave man sir! Best regards, Chuck
Thanks for the ride Josh!
God was good to you Josh by coordinating both deliveries in one day! The Big Guy is looking out for Trucker Josh!!🙏. You would have never slept 1 wink at the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop……if you got a parking spot. Safe Travels!!🇺🇸
Glad you made it in and out of the apple
Stay safe, you're almost out of the woods.
Trucks are allowed on the Parkway below exit 105 all the way down to Cape May. Where you were unloading was exit 136, the underpasses on the north end are too low for trucks to get thru. It was like that since they started building it. Where the Parkway crosses the Raritan River, 8 km down, the Parkway is 8 lanes wide in each direction. The southbound bridge is 7 lanes wide...but you get the idea.
Hey Josh, great video. I was born and raised in Queens, NY. and now living in Montreal... I've never seen you go to long island in your videos since I've been subscribed to you ever since diesel was a puppy....... and yes, I don't miss the NYC traffic.
Been a lot of years since I drove that exact route on to Long Island but looks just like I remember it.
If you lived in that area your taxes would be $8-12g a year easy. I live in Pa not far from Delaware Water gap. Drive by the TA all the time, the cheapest diesel is exit 4 rt46 1/2 down on the left.
12ft 11 is measures from the center of your axle to the top of your truck. Not from the ground.
The song at 11:00 is nice 👍
I am watching you going west on 95, you skipped a lot between 495 and 95 ,you were getting me lost ....almost, oh by the way you never came close to NYC.
Wow now I drove threw NYC with Josh 😂
i live on long island i work in the city my commute is about 1hr to drive just 30miles
Great video, the garbage everywhere is disgusting, shame on the mess
I am from New Jersey and I am use to it
I live in Queens, New York, right next to the Throgs neck bridge you will see apartment buildings if you go over the Throgs neck bridge
You will hit the overpasses and the parkways no trucks or buses a lot on parkways
Don’t take the parkway Josh stay on the LIE all the way through
Josh, I was sitting here enjoying watching your trip to Long Island was hoping you would leave at night as the traffic would have been bad in the morning. For bridges being marked lower than what they really are I was told when the snow n ice build up that is the real height.
Wow Josh, you cut out a huge portion of the trip, which bridge did you cross to get to the island? That would have made a good visual over sound or past the airport. I think you found out why truckers avoid the New York Metro area.
You handled that like a real pro! Glad you got outta there safely! So with two ladies in your truck telling you where to go, do they ever get into a cat fight? If so, please get that on video. LOL
Great vlog Josh, I'm from NJ I now live in west Jersey you drove past exit 19 on RT 80 in NJ, but I grew up in Bergen County NJ, worked for New Jersey Transit for 25 years going in and out of NYC, if you ever need to go to Long Island again the best way to go from NJ is to use RT 287 to I87 cross Westchester Express Way to I 95 South to the Throgsneck Bridge, going both ways, you would avoid all that traffic for the GW Bridge, and Cross Bronx Expressway, you did a great job navigating the metropolitan area. Safe travels.
Omg I need to go take some more anxiety meds to calm me down I could not do NY wayyyy to many people etc my wife wants to visit one day I’m not looking forward to that at all give me small town IS or anywhere for that matter thanks Josh
I live on Long Island Josh, about 20 minutes from your drop. In our area, we use time to describe how far away we are from points. It could take you an hour to go a mile, depending on traffic. You did great with our Metro area traffic! Be safe, travel safe, God Bless.
Hauppauge...you said it right ! ( Hop-Pog )
I see you are on Stiles st, you are going to 1&9, which will take you to 278. from there you don't have to go to the GWB, you should go over the Goethals Br, to the Verrazano Br, then right after you go over the Kocsiuszko Bridge you get on the LIE, and go to exit 55, Hauppauge. Funny, i used to to the NYCB bank runs in NJ, I would head to Cranford, pick up all the other bags and take em all to Hauppauge.
Back before 911 we used to drive on the lower level of the George Washington Bridge. First few times I thought I would loose the top of my trailer. Always had a love/hate relationship with NYC running to Hunts Point. It was like the wild west back in the mid and late 80's. Darn good food though.
I am originally from Brooklyn New York Now I live in Birmingham, Alabama.
I lived in Brooklyn from birth until I was 34 then moved to Long Island been here since.
Some people love the hustle and bustle of the big city. Give me Wyoming or Montana any day . Where you’re living would be good also.
There are alot of highways you can use in that area...US 1 & 9, US 22, I-278, I-78, I-287, I-95....You just can't use the parkway. also, alot of those small industrial parks were built long before houses were there.
Been watching you forever, live in NYC
Oh my, good luck with the parking spot. Sending prayers 🙏🏻
Hi Josh just like Paris, keep on Trucking
I have been across the Cross Bronx Expressway with a Volvo VNL and a 53 footer....Yep Chaos is the right adjective. Great video as always... safe travels.
Bless you Josh. You are indeed a brave man going into that urban jungle!! Thanks for taking us along with you.
Great driving. Even driving a four wheeler on the Cross Bronx Expressway can be a nail biter!