Navigating the Tight Streets of Downtown Syracuse, New York With a 73 ft Semi!! No GPS?

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  • Опубликовано: 12 июл 2019
  • Filmed July 13th 2019

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  • @michaelrobinson9639
    @michaelrobinson9639 4 года назад +7

    This ride was better than watching an adventure movie! Very skillful driving! maneuvering on city streets are a challenge for experienced drivers and a nightmare for rookies. A lot of the bridges in cities have a lower clearance than trailers can pass safely.

    • @Ex-WolfandFox
      @Ex-WolfandFox Год назад

      As a native, these roads are baby mode, trust me

  • @Snowtruckdriver
    @Snowtruckdriver 5 лет назад +26

    Retired Owner Operator here. Live about 5 miles from that Pilot Truck stop. Do Uber on Friday and Saturday nights. Pick up drivers there often to take to movies, or dinner or a club on weekend layovers. Thanks for the videos. 4 million miles accident free here under my belt over 40 years.

  • @Ras7685
    @Ras7685 5 лет назад +10

    Mike, 73' ,skinny street, no spotter and you backed that thing in that driveway...impressive !

  • @kmg365315
    @kmg365315 4 года назад +2

    My dad was a trucker. We lived in Syracuse. Companies used to call him down to New York City to back rigs into very tight places. "Ya either got it - or ya don't."

  • @beckyshock3099
    @beckyshock3099 4 года назад +1

    I've had to rescue quite a few drivers using GPS, as well as dispatcher directions!!!! Because neither one knows all about the local terrain.... I even let one driver sleep in his truck in my front yard, he was looking for the ramp to get BACK on the interstate. but he was wrong, after feeding him...... he got out the next day. Really nice guy. That was about 1981..... midnight, springtime in central WV.

  • @David-yh5po
    @David-yh5po 4 года назад +2

    Thanks again for sharing this video with us. I always look forward to seeing more.

  • @charlesferebee4875
    @charlesferebee4875 5 лет назад +1

    Glad that you made it to the Cuse. It was never ever easy to to deliver here when you had to go downtown. Good to see you get out of town without getting lost. You went past my house at 40.20 of the video. Have a good trip south. STAY SAFE. ! 🏁🏆

  • @MrKandu4u
    @MrKandu4u 5 лет назад +1

    You did a great job at navigating those streets. I'm originally from Syracuse and in fact just left there a few weeks ago. And, I'm going to put this video in my favs so when I get homesick I can watch it and remember the old hood. Keep up the great job "Riding Shotgun" 10-4 Good Buddy catch you on the flip!

  • @sandyb8994
    @sandyb8994 5 лет назад +3

    Hi Mike! Not too long ago I found your channel when you were driving by Coeur d'alene, Idaho & now you're in Syracuse, NY. That's so awesome! I enjoy your videos! Take care Mike & God Bless!

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Sandra.. you picked a cool area to jump in.. thanks for watching..

  • @virginiawilkinson8780
    @virginiawilkinson8780 3 года назад +1

    Very nice...taking care of my home town...get out and look ..best advice ever! Stay safe Driver.

  • @joannford5860
    @joannford5860 2 года назад

    Awesome to see you drive in the City. Pretty ruff streets, your doing a Great Job Mike.

  • @hewittgordon8843
    @hewittgordon8843 5 лет назад +3

    Keep the vids comin, truly enjoyable.

  • @philglover2973
    @philglover2973 4 года назад +1

    Excellent video Mike thanks bud stay safe out there professional you are 🕊🕊

  • @nwscrew63
    @nwscrew63 5 лет назад +3

    Church bell size ball's driving around the city like that! Awesome driving skill's!!

  • @931thumbs
    @931thumbs 5 лет назад +1

    thanks for the ride...you are awesome!!

  • @SAHamel_
    @SAHamel_ 3 года назад +1

    Mike, you backed it in there so well. and in such a tight spot! Impressive.

  • @mrjlbarrett5556
    @mrjlbarrett5556 5 лет назад +7

    Look I've been driving sense 1972 . I run with my CB if other drivers dont l7ke it all well .
    It's good you know how to use aCB . I am old school

  • @kbhay1915
    @kbhay1915 3 года назад +1

    Syracuse it's like big Highway comparing to Brooklyn and Queens,, and the best part it's their confusing low bridge signs, Great video Mike , stay safe

  • @patsmeal6814
    @patsmeal6814 5 лет назад

    Wow, those streets in Syracuse are narrow and terrible at the same time. You did some great driving around there. And backing into the hotel from that narrow street was unbelievable. You are the man.

  • @garycutshaw5246
    @garycutshaw5246 5 лет назад +4

    Thought your last vid was great! All that cb squak was funny as hell, lol. Keep up the great job.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +2

      Thanks Gary.. wasn't too sure of that vid over all.. but i'm going to leave it up..

  • @rockinpiano1
    @rockinpiano1 5 лет назад +2

    I found out a long time ago that they don't make cities for trucks.......................................and they're getting better at it all the time with the roundabouts and crosswalks that stick out in the road..................especially at corners!(real tire getters)

  • @chrishodgson1968
    @chrishodgson1968 5 лет назад +2

    Great video again. The CB in the last video was good. Maybe do it every other video? It’s also great to here you ta
    K about the journey etc.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      thanks Chris,, Ill do the cb here and there.. Thnaks for watching!

  • @HyperActive7
    @HyperActive7 3 года назад

    Syracuse is an interesting city and you made it look easy.

  • @bobcalgarycanada8582
    @bobcalgarycanada8582 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks for the Ride Mike

  • @13699111
    @13699111 4 года назад +1

    CB radio talk is normal even sometimes interesting some seem to find a fault in everything sadly . Thank you for posting the videos great ride along .

  • @charleskesner1302
    @charleskesner1302 2 года назад

    You are a good and patient driver.

  • @stuartroland9605
    @stuartroland9605 5 лет назад +3

    Hello Mike ,glad to see you make it out of suracruse.We are not familar seeing you this far East .I was not worried about you being able to navigate these thight drive ways . take care , be safe PEACE

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      thanks Stuart.. appreciate it.. always doing the homework on new highways..

  • @drkenleahlifechangersnatur9508
    @drkenleahlifechangersnatur9508 5 лет назад +1

    I read the Comments before we watch ur vids. DARN. enjoy Atlanta traffic. Sundays and early Mondays are OK usually around I-285 W and I-20 W. We hear the big rigs on 285 all the time. LUV it... Take care. ...

    • @LB-rc7jp
      @LB-rc7jp 3 года назад

      @@BrianPacini you’ve got a lot of time on your hands.

  • @SuperBassman55
    @SuperBassman55 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks for the ride!

  • @garykidd4468
    @garykidd4468 5 лет назад +3

    If you take I-81 into Virginia and then take I-77 into charlotte NC, get some footage going down Fancy Gap with full Jake on. It'll be like the Rockies but smaller. Still fun if you haven't been there before. And then if you come out of Atlanta up I-75 north you can catch I-24 westbound in Chattanooga and you will get the Monteagle experience at Milepost 134. I'll be in Atlanta Monday afternoon myself.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      I will be taking the 77 so I'll look up the Fancy Gap. I've taken Mount eagle a few times its kind of fun.. long..

  • @edwardjones9631
    @edwardjones9631 5 лет назад +2

    MMMike- another nice ride around the Lower 48! Glad you're healthy & on the move! Do check out that tropical storm Barry! It's a real rainmaker! Barry could be in your path if you head west out of Atlanta! You may beat it? Enjoy Penn's Forrest! THKS for the shotgun ride! Peace!

  • @charlesgomez4218
    @charlesgomez4218 5 лет назад +2

    All the upstate NY cities have very small and narrow streets,be safe great maneuvers 👍👍Driving with just cars is
    hazardous 👍👍

  • @mikioni
    @mikioni 5 лет назад +4

    Excellent driving skill

  • @donaldhenderson8194
    @donaldhenderson8194 2 года назад

    Watching you go through Syracuse, NY, reminds me of the streets of San Luis Obispo, very tight streets. I see that, everybody wants in the same place at the same time.

  • @garykidd4468
    @garykidd4468 5 лет назад +3

    Finally you're far enough east for me to see an Interstate number that I've actually been on. I get a lot of miles on I-81 every year. Never seen 25 or 15 or 70 and 80.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      right on Gary.. I like 81.. first time on it.. thanks for watching!

  • @annbell6453
    @annbell6453 4 года назад +1

    I wanted to see this video because I had my first apartment up near the university, and boy, how the area has changed..house where I had apt. knocked down and probably an apt. building built there. Traffic then was bad, and I can see how driving a semi through there would be as you put it a "challenge", lol. I'd call it a nightmare. Then you headed south on 81 and almost got to where I grew up, and moved from...good old Tully NY. I wish you could have gone just a tad further so I could have seen the Tully exit. The valley you mentioned not long before you finished the video, was Tully Valley, at least for a certain distance up towards Syracuse. And getting down there are very steep hills, depending on the road you go. But aside from the yearlong potholes and persistent rain, it was a pretty nice place to grow up. (living in Ohio now :)

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  4 года назад +1

      Hey Ann. I thoroughly enjoyed that area when I was up there.. thanks for watching ☮️

  • @ronp.731
    @ronp.731 5 лет назад +3

    Excellent job, sure sign of a true professional. Here in the Buffalo area, if you get off the beaten track, you sometimes will encounter some very low clearances also. We do like are green spaces in the urban areas here in NY state. Yep are roads are terrible in the spring from freeze lift from the winter.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +2

      yup.. just like the roads in Grand County.. but if i pay a toll.. they better be better,, right?

    • @ronp.731
      @ronp.731 3 года назад

      @@BrianPacini are you a part time or full time idiot?

    • @thetree6481
      @thetree6481 2 года назад

      @@ronp.731 What do you mean?

  • @mariabedell3198
    @mariabedell3198 3 года назад

    I drive those streets daily. You were in the university area. One of the nicer spots, but really tight streets. Good drivin!

  • @lyleloomis3493
    @lyleloomis3493 3 года назад

    Next time up here and got some time try Some fishing on the lakes up here , some great bass and walleye,and perch fishing. Great fishing on Oneida lake

  • @martinforrester8249
    @martinforrester8249 3 года назад +1

    English oldtimer again. Wow, the distance from your home you've travelled is mind boggling for and Englishman! Is this one of the longest trips Mike ? Best wishes.

  • @happyhighway106
    @happyhighway106 4 года назад

    #141 Mike, as a seaman, I have assisted the unloading of cargo off port and onto a "Lighter" or small cargo vessel, sometimes referred to as "Tenders" and let them deliver into tight Ports. So maybe a major shipping dock shout get the load, and a smaller box truck deliver the load.

  • @davecunningham5285
    @davecunningham5285 5 лет назад +2

    I bet your glad that you have probably left the east by now and heading back to God's country and all those great open spaces. Enjoyed your latest video , keep em coming

  • @fuzzywuzzy588
    @fuzzywuzzy588 4 года назад +1

    Great driving skill there .

  • @johnfremault2442
    @johnfremault2442 3 года назад +2

    I live here and the way you drive that rig is just out of sight! true driving skills! Total respect for the truckers. I wish the stupid people would just give you guys the NEEDED space to get around town on these REALLY narrow streets (and the hills) Go orange

  • @brightstar3355
    @brightstar3355 3 года назад

    Towanda Pa is about 120 miles east of where I grew up..Beautiful Area..I Sure do Miss those hills/forest

  • @charlesschmidt2886
    @charlesschmidt2886 5 лет назад +2

    If you're ever looking for an adventurous ride, try driving a long wheelbase Peterbuilt pulling a 53 ft trailer behind you in Manhattan, NY during the middle of the day. Been there, done that. 😵

  • @joesphbest3120
    @joesphbest3120 5 лет назад +2

    Good job, nice can tell you know what your doing.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Joepsh.. been in a few tight spots before,, lol.. thanks for watching!

  • @charleshanna3123
    @charleshanna3123 4 года назад +1

    Awesome wow you are great

  • @brandonvoll9986
    @brandonvoll9986 5 лет назад +3

    To add to the fun they're planning on turning that part of I81 you were on into a street level boulevard.

    • @mariabedell3198
      @mariabedell3198 3 года назад

      @@BrianPacini kato in 2000 left a gun on a playground/basketball court here in syracuse, the report says it was stolen from his car. The southside will tell you "Kato let the gat go" that gun was later used in a robbery that killed 2 people.

  • @royrpatterson1759
    @royrpatterson1759 4 года назад +1

    Hi Mountain Mike just went to Syracuse N Y with you and that is why I stopped going there. By the way I sure like your Volvo,

  • @tazmod7272
    @tazmod7272 5 лет назад +3

    Ever since you talked about down shifting and using the “jake” brake verses the brakes I have been watching truckers on I-5 from Albany to Salem, Oregon. It is the route I go on the most. There is a nice hill with a dip on that road. It seems to me the drivers are applying their brakes too often.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад

      could be.. too many drivers don't really know what they are doing anymore,, it seems like

    • @Rhaspun
      @Rhaspun 4 года назад

      Either they don't know how to look for that sweet spot combination of speed, jake brake and gearing or they're too lazy to do it.

  • @Snowtruckdriver
    @Snowtruckdriver 5 лет назад +2

    Welcome to our city this morning. East Genesee next to Crown Plaza Hotel on left. Then right on Irving ave. Must be headed to Hotel district. I worked new England new york city and philly for last 15 years. good times.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Paul.. I thoroughly enjoyed your City and look forward to another visit.. wasn't as bad as i thought it would be!!

  • @onthefarside2096
    @onthefarside2096 4 года назад +2

    wow, this is the first time I've seen you in the east.

  • @mjb47pappy
    @mjb47pappy 5 лет назад +2

    Hey I live in Syracuse and I walked down that same street 2 days ago.

  • @nejator
    @nejator 4 года назад +1

    Another Bravo-Bravo-Bravo............Mıssıon accoplıshed :)

  • @jonb8137
    @jonb8137 5 лет назад +1

    East Gennessee Grand hotel! I was in charge of plowing and salting that lot last winter.

  • @colty7764
    @colty7764 5 лет назад +2

    I-81 down into Virginia, the Carolinas (going to Atlanta) very nice scenery later in your trip down there. Southern Appalachians are actually mountains, not hills. Very humid in mid July though down there.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      I'm taking the 81 to the 77 and then they 85..

    • @colty7764
      @colty7764 5 лет назад

      @@ridingshotgun1251 Very muggy this time of year, especially with a tropical storm in Louisiana pulling up Gulf of Mexico humidity... just a heads up. lol

  • @drkenleahlifechangersnatur9508
    @drkenleahlifechangersnatur9508 5 лет назад +1

    Mike, we live 5 minutes from the Petro on I-285 W one exit from I-20 W in Atlanta !!! Hubby and I wld LUV to shake ur hand and tell u how much,we appreciate ur vids.. When will u be in Atl? It's now 5:40 Sunday. We'll buy u a Coke! Atl is Coke's hm ofc.

  • @doingitwithnothing
    @doingitwithnothing 5 лет назад +3

    Wow good ride ... tight as an old girlfriend... she was from Syscruse too ... 40ty years ago. Lol

    • @justwondering786
      @justwondering786 5 лет назад +1

      Wayne Johnson ; that was funny 😄 I don’t care what they say

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +2

      Lol

    • @robo08ify
      @robo08ify 4 года назад +1

      Wayne Johnson Don’t you mean, ‘tight as a NEW girlfriend’? 😂

  • @truckerron
    @truckerron 4 года назад +1

    I'd like to see you do that in a Peterbilt 389 280 inch wheelbase! 8-)

  • @Rhaspun
    @Rhaspun 4 года назад +1

    "Now everyone wants to show up all at once" and right after you say that the maroon color SUV decides to make a right turn to join the pack.

  • @tazmod7272
    @tazmod7272 5 лет назад +2

    No need to apologize. That is part of trucker live. Just like some Nomads always painting a pretty picture of the Nomad life.

  • @all_smiles
    @all_smiles 3 года назад

    Are you giving CDL classes? You're a good driver 👍🏼💸

  • @danharp3009
    @danharp3009 Год назад

    The yellow house at 29:37 was my bothers fraternity house while going to Syracuse University in the 80s

  • @billman6364
    @billman6364 4 года назад +1

    MM Mike did you film the trip to ATL. I live near there, lotsa traffic here.

  • @stevenstrauss759
    @stevenstrauss759 5 лет назад +2

    You might as well slide those tandems now. The roads ain’t getting any better when you get here to PA.

  • @katherinekinnaird4408
    @katherinekinnaird4408 3 года назад

    Syracuse reminds me of Monterey Park California you don't want to take a big truck through there either.

  • @mahed82
    @mahed82 3 года назад +1

    My home city

  • @billybellend1155
    @billybellend1155 5 лет назад +3

    Tight streets? You should come drive in the UK.

  • @WaltANelsonPHD
    @WaltANelsonPHD 5 лет назад +3

    Syracuse pavement looks terrible. Are most roads in NY that bad? Great vid, BTW. Get ready to park your truck in the left lane on the Perimter and wait till traffic clears. ATL aka malfunction junction.

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +2

      im going to southwest ATL,, im going to try to sneak in Sunday night and leave mid morning monday,, wish me luck.. lol

    • @WaltANelsonPHD
      @WaltANelsonPHD 5 лет назад +1

      @@ridingshotgun1251 Will do! Under His wings thou shalt trust.

  • @thetree6481
    @thetree6481 2 года назад

    You and BigRigTravels are amazing. Also I have been here when going to Buffalo, but never really paid attention to this city, Rochester, and Binghamton, I have only stayed in Buffalo, NYC, and Albany for vacation.

  • @carlloar7519
    @carlloar7519 5 лет назад +2

    Cooper-fit has a glove. That u may, like. They are to help ur hands not get so tiered.

  • @craigparker3434
    @craigparker3434 5 лет назад +1

    Big difference in fuel prices from California.

  • @mikeservais888
    @mikeservais888 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks Mike whew you made it now back to the mountains???

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +1

      not yet still out east.. fixn to head back to Denver monday

  • @juniatapark54
    @juniatapark54 4 года назад +1

    Certainly more pedestrians than in Casper WY.

  • @kingmike40
    @kingmike40 5 лет назад +1

    I agree with you on the hill assist being a pain. The automated trans are not perfect yet. I also hate driving in large cities I went to Oakland CA about two weeks ago and I don't know why anybody would want to live in that shit hole. They should bulldoze the whole city.

  • @DCBELLAFAIRY
    @DCBELLAFAIRY 2 года назад

    You know driving for a living it has made me think of something that I hadn’t really thought of, certain folks always seem to be somewhere at the wrong place wrong time I wonder if that’s been their case their whole lives 🤔 because it seems like every time I need to make a turn go up a long hill and there’s a lot of snow some jack wagon gets in my way either walking or driving and I always end up saying seriously no one around and this dip comes out of know where 🤣 and I had to go up a hill in the dark here’s this dude walking his dog right in the middle of the hill in the dark and man oh man there went my momentum because McFly was walking in the middle of a hill right smack in the middle not the top nor bottom I said he’s definitely a wrong place wrong time dip 🤣

  • @harleyhawk7959
    @harleyhawk7959 5 лет назад +1

    window company. just saw a comment, some guy called them Mtns🤣🤣😋

  • @riab6021
    @riab6021 3 года назад

    Not sure if you will see this comment or not. But if you heading back to Syracuse" NY I can tell you one road to avoid due to height restrictions. You would be surprised how many commercial drivers MISS ALL the YELLOW SIGNS and Warnings for it. DOT even banned commercial plates vehicles on the road. Liverpool Onondaga Lake Parkway Railroad Bridge will WIN EVERYTIME!! Built like a tank!!

  • @rickpowell4048
    @rickpowell4048 5 лет назад +2

    Recon USA got speed limits on vids.!. Them limits on Cars causes bunchin imo. like from 50:34. As for the CB you can flip through if it offends.

  • @DCBELLAFAIRY
    @DCBELLAFAIRY 2 года назад

    In “Fried Green Tomatoes they said “ To Wanda “

  • @stantheman9689
    @stantheman9689 5 лет назад +2

    When you're in New York,,
    Overhead wires and overpasses are a standard tractor trailer height Unless,
    When you see a yellow sign under or before and overpass ,,
    that's when you start To Shit ,
    When you're in the five boroughs guaranteed you'll take down cable TV wires LOL,
    Not Your Fault😙

  • @theodoredugranrut8201
    @theodoredugranrut8201 4 года назад

    Atta-boy pice of cake
    Thanks

  • @ghodgeco
    @ghodgeco 3 года назад

    Juwanna Mann and Jeld-wen manufactures doors and windows.

  • @adambrunt7290
    @adambrunt7290 4 года назад

    Mike the movie is called juwanna man

  • @rosewhite---
    @rosewhite--- 3 года назад

    what camera do you video with?

  • @clustertrucker8453
    @clustertrucker8453 5 лет назад +2

    Curious, why do you have a lift gate on your trailer since it restricts your loads?

    • @ridingshotgun1251
      @ridingshotgun1251  5 лет назад +2

      The lift gate folds under the trl. We needed it to unload the furniture.. still have an empty 53. But it does take away from the load weight and certain docks.

  • @wschmrdr
    @wschmrdr 4 года назад +1

    1:30 Street in front of you is a landfill.

  • @oldlady6229
    @oldlady6229 5 лет назад +2

    They have potholes like CA. I wonder if they have gas tax/highway tax to fix them up too and never gets done...haha. I don't think I would like driving in Syracuse....tight streets and those hanging traffic lights...yuk.

  • @patriot2164
    @patriot2164 4 года назад +1

    Need a new truck after that ride , Suspension gone , Thanks NY

  • @DLSWV
    @DLSWV 4 года назад +1

    👍😉

  • @bigdog8891
    @bigdog8891 5 лет назад +1

    It’s calf a French cleat

  • @trailridescj7528
    @trailridescj7528 2 года назад

    Coleman’s up on tip hill or dinosaur bbq

  • @mrjlbarrett5556
    @mrjlbarrett5556 5 лет назад +3

    Look if they do want to listen Dont

  • @hewittgordon8843
    @hewittgordon8843 5 лет назад +3

    Jeldwyn is a window company

  • @christinesales2276
    @christinesales2276 4 года назад

    Nobody would pay those CB radios no mine. Just part of the background.

  • @jafo766
    @jafo766 4 года назад +1

    FINALLY a ride EAST , take us by the FINGER LAKE'$ via Rochester , KODAK & our American friends $ADLY mi$$ed.
    There is a nice 4 lane HWY close to Lake Ontario and goes HALF WAY to Rochester west to east outta Niagara Falls ...then ENDS , word is that is was constructed after WWII , Eisenhower make work program that apparently ran out of FUND'$ halfway ?...or the DEMOCRAT'$ $TOLE the other half the $$$ ???

  • @vernwallen4246
    @vernwallen4246 5 лет назад +1

    🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧

  • @tazmod7272
    @tazmod7272 5 лет назад +4

    If any place you need a camera in your rid, that is it. See all those nice bicycle green zones. I wonder if that is part of AOC’s “New Green Deal”.? You must love the pot holes. How about all the streets that say “No Truck Traffic “ I hate those towns. Narrow streets. One way streets. Lots of traffic. Bad parking lots. Etc. you should get “war zone” pay.

  • @bigdog8891
    @bigdog8891 5 лет назад +1

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