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  • @donaldmcarthur8735
    @donaldmcarthur8735 10 месяцев назад +29

    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.

    • @Shadeza1373
      @Shadeza1373 9 месяцев назад +1

      Just what I taught. Maybe old infrastructure.

  • @timmyangeltlc4888
    @timmyangeltlc4888 10 месяцев назад +47

    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.

    • @shorty20020
      @shorty20020 10 месяцев назад +3

      My uncle is a truck driver he drives through Chicago and a cop told him the same thing

    • @Torsee
      @Torsee 10 месяцев назад

      70’s were great weren’t they!

    • @joeprocopio494
      @joeprocopio494 9 месяцев назад +2

      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😮

  • @bryantrivera1852
    @bryantrivera1852 10 месяцев назад +5

    I was born and raised in Brooklyn and this city will be forever in my heart

  • @plumhollow5850
    @plumhollow5850 10 месяцев назад +8

    The 401 through Toronto is the busiest road in North America.

  • @homelite3392
    @homelite3392 10 месяцев назад +13

    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👍

    • @wilE6764
      @wilE6764 10 месяцев назад +1

      That's the last time I was there too..2 too many times 😂

  • @donnaharmon9025
    @donnaharmon9025 9 месяцев назад +1

    LOVE THE VIDEOS AND YOUR MUSIC WATCHING FROM BYERS COLORADO KEEP ON TRUCKING

  • @stephensutcliffe6649
    @stephensutcliffe6649 10 месяцев назад +13

    The parkways were built way back when and the overpasses are all arched very low Big truck 13.6 Cannot get under

  • @JohnSeifert-if8pl
    @JohnSeifert-if8pl 10 месяцев назад +9

    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.

  • @vwager
    @vwager 10 месяцев назад +13

    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.

  • @OneHardCharger
    @OneHardCharger 10 месяцев назад +10

    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.

  • @larrygorst8749
    @larrygorst8749 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for having me along Trucker Josh. That was so much fun. Wow!

  • @Blessyou3x
    @Blessyou3x 9 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @Christopher-df1om
    @Christopher-df1om 9 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @midnitevoom1969
    @midnitevoom1969 9 месяцев назад +1

    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.....

  • @powerchairtrucker894
    @powerchairtrucker894 10 месяцев назад +5

    There’s not too many receivers that say that so you got a love it when a guy says that

    • @nyc1keeper
      @nyc1keeper 10 месяцев назад

      In New York we want everything done yesterday. It’s no surprise they took the load early.

  • @richardthomas1743
    @richardthomas1743 10 месяцев назад +7

    Hey Josh. I am glad that it is not me driving there!

  • @TheTruthseeker707
    @TheTruthseeker707 10 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @joshsalmons1867
    @joshsalmons1867 10 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @b61mack56
    @b61mack56 10 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @MoMan.88
    @MoMan.88 10 месяцев назад +1

    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 🤙

  • @njd82
    @njd82 10 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @Torsee
    @Torsee 10 месяцев назад

    Love the potholes that swallow up your truck!

  • @russelljack5790
    @russelljack5790 10 месяцев назад +4

    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.

    • @StalloneSiciliano
      @StalloneSiciliano 10 месяцев назад +1

      A lot longer then 2001! Try whenever they built lie.

  • @parrott350
    @parrott350 10 месяцев назад

    Go Josh Go! Nerves of steel! You are a brave man sir! Best regards, Chuck

  • @SamuelManaole
    @SamuelManaole 10 месяцев назад +1

    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"

  • @ShawnPatterson402
    @ShawnPatterson402 9 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @tiddums1151
    @tiddums1151 10 месяцев назад

    Great job Josh, you're experience is reflected in the video.

  • @todddewell6314
    @todddewell6314 10 месяцев назад

    Bless you Josh. You are indeed a brave man going into that urban jungle!! Thanks for taking us along with you.

  • @ac2fv
    @ac2fv 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @isawthelight
    @isawthelight 10 месяцев назад

    Went to long island with my Dad in the truck back in 2001, brought back some memory's!

  • @komit73
    @komit73 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @madmartigan4948
    @madmartigan4948 10 месяцев назад +4

    Going to wait till I get home to watch so I can watch it on the big screen

  • @jeffg3800
    @jeffg3800 10 месяцев назад

    I appreciate you filming your travels. I enjoy them.

  • @janetwalz4516
    @janetwalz4516 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @joepoppenhagen5694
    @joepoppenhagen5694 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the ride Josh!

  • @theurbancamper5410
    @theurbancamper5410 9 месяцев назад

    Brooklyn, NY, baby!

  • @OneHardCharger
    @OneHardCharger 10 месяцев назад +1

    Oh my, good luck with the parking spot. Sending prayers 🙏🏻

  • @dave1880
    @dave1880 10 месяцев назад

    Greetings from Europe Josh.
    Been a long time subscriber to your vlogs.
    Currently watching whilst en route with my truck from Germany to England on the ferry from Amsterdam Holland to Newcastle England. 17 hour crossing.
    Keep your stick on the ice, dude 👍

  • @rudedog551
    @rudedog551 10 месяцев назад +1

    Josh I was born in Queens NY in 1955 and later moved east to Massapequa (south shore).In 1992 moved to Colorado in a rural town....no traffic or congestion. Tuff place to live and commute ,keep the great videos

  • @gingerboy120
    @gingerboy120 10 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @jesseharbold2394
    @jesseharbold2394 9 месяцев назад

    Welcome! Been a fan for years, I live in lower Manhattan. It’s a jungle driving around for sure. Take care!

  • @eagleeye5890
    @eagleeye5890 10 месяцев назад

    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....

  • @tannerrobinson5110
    @tannerrobinson5110 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @jamieo8653
    @jamieo8653 10 месяцев назад

    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!!🇺🇸

  • @WayneTesta4444
    @WayneTesta4444 10 месяцев назад

    On the Garden State Parkway trucks are allowed below Exit 105 Southbound. From exit 105 on up northbound is restricted no trucks except deliveries to the rest areas I used to live in NJ and traveled The GSP many times to go on fishing trips.

  • @eagleeye5890
    @eagleeye5890 10 месяцев назад

    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...

  • @brucekimmel7475
    @brucekimmel7475 10 месяцев назад

    Glad you made it in and out of the apple
    Stay safe, you're almost out of the woods.

  • @timothysmith7700
    @timothysmith7700 10 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @wilfredjones3008
    @wilfredjones3008 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @gordon8797
    @gordon8797 9 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @mikewhitley6769
    @mikewhitley6769 10 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @dirkgently1008
    @dirkgently1008 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @dekr3415
    @dekr3415 10 месяцев назад

    Great video, the garbage everywhere is disgusting, shame on the mess

  • @janetwalz4516
    @janetwalz4516 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @how358236
    @how358236 10 месяцев назад +1

    I drove a stagecoach and a curb bumper in New York for 41 years

  • @Robert-oe3ig
    @Robert-oe3ig 10 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @Donald_Shaw
    @Donald_Shaw 10 месяцев назад

    I've been two New York City twice on business and you're right, Trucker Josh, it's complete chaos with crazy drivers. Even sidewalks are packed with crazy people all going someplace/anyplace in a huge hurry. I still have to admit, it's a wonder and vibrant place to visit. Drive carefully Trucker Josh.

  • @FourWheeler1234
    @FourWheeler1234 10 месяцев назад

    Great driving. Even driving a four wheeler on the Cross Bronx Expressway can be a nail biter!

  • @wilE6764
    @wilE6764 10 месяцев назад +1

    You took the long way you could've just went over 278 Verrazano narrows bridge to 495

  • @pammiedoodle8693
    @pammiedoodle8693 10 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @JanesDough855
    @JanesDough855 10 месяцев назад

    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

  • @janetwalz4516
    @janetwalz4516 10 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @bostarbird5282
    @bostarbird5282 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @how358236
    @how358236 10 месяцев назад +1

    Grew up in New York City, lived in Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens😱😱😱

  • @dylangroff9333
    @dylangroff9333 10 месяцев назад +2

    Hopefully you don’t have a heart attack when you see the price of the toll for crossing the George Washington bridge

  • @randymitchell393
    @randymitchell393 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @SamuelManaole
    @SamuelManaole 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wow a lot of your subscribers eighter live or have lived in area of NY /NJ .🤟

  • @sumnerkinney2166
    @sumnerkinney2166 10 месяцев назад

    I sure have enjoyed your trip to NJ and NYC. I am a long time fan.

  • @Nick-nw6zg
    @Nick-nw6zg 10 месяцев назад +1

    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

    • @Nick-nw6zg
      @Nick-nw6zg 10 месяцев назад

      You will hit the overpasses and the parkways no trucks or buses a lot on parkways

    • @Nick-nw6zg
      @Nick-nw6zg 10 месяцев назад +1

      Don’t take the parkway Josh stay on the LIE all the way through

  • @b61mack56
    @b61mack56 10 месяцев назад

    12ft 11 is measures from the center of your axle to the top of your truck. Not from the ground.

  • @jillotto5762
    @jillotto5762 10 месяцев назад

    Hi Trucker Josh looks like a busy couple days but the videos have looked great me and my husband Ron have family that live on Long island on and never knew how to say the proper way to say it we never have been to long Island yet but one of these years after my husband Ron retires we plan to see some of his side of the family then go see mine in Florida me and my husband Ron couldn't live in a city like that it's way to busy but just to visit family then go home great video as always

  • @davypeugeot
    @davypeugeot 10 месяцев назад

    Nice video Josh ....I couldn't do that traffic everyday..... But I did drive through Washington DC at rush hour a couple of times , its tricky ,been Irish an everything on the wrong side of rd for me 🤣....but I got
    her done

  • @meinasalon
    @meinasalon 9 месяцев назад

    Been a lot of years since I drove that exact route on to Long Island but looks just like I remember it.

  • @AllenChandler-jx2uf
    @AllenChandler-jx2uf 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @Tonythetrucker1979
    @Tonythetrucker1979 10 месяцев назад +1

    I could feel my blood pressure and anxiety going up watching you drive through the Bronx. I took the 95 across twice, and that was enough for me, lol

  • @JayJayCross14
    @JayJayCross14 9 месяцев назад

    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

  • @아라곤-z6f
    @아라곤-z6f 10 месяцев назад

    When I watch Josh's video, I dream of becoming a Canadian truck driver. Thank you Josh~~ Currently, I live in Jeju Island.🎉🎉🎉

  • @waynewalker8603
    @waynewalker8603 10 месяцев назад

    Great job Josh! That was intense.

  • @delriv5238
    @delriv5238 9 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @joeprocopio494
    @joeprocopio494 10 месяцев назад

    Trucker Josh im shocked the GWB TRAFFIC WAS MOVING SO WELL AND THOSE WERE APARTMENTS YOU WENT UNDER AFTER YOU CROSSED THE BRIDGE!! GOOD LUCK BUD!!😅😮

  • @mikewhitley6769
    @mikewhitley6769 10 месяцев назад

    Wait until you get on the cross bronx right after you come of the gwb and go under the apartments it gets tight under there. Sign will say no trucks in left lane but on the cross bronx it's the lane to be in moves the best

  • @davidhbingham6812
    @davidhbingham6812 10 месяцев назад +1

    BTW: Parkeays ARE NOT Freeway's, 99,% are TOLL ROADS & in both NEW YORK and New Jersey have LIMITED CLEARANCE issues & FINES & Towing to get an Overheight Truck backwards to the ENTRANCE RAMP is NOT CHEAP ❗

  • @Skullitor
    @Skullitor 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great video,Josh. 🎉 Please post total toll costs for this trip.

  • @anthonyklein1879
    @anthonyklein1879 10 месяцев назад

    I was born and raised on long island but i drove transit buses in Queens and Manhattan

  • @mickbrown942
    @mickbrown942 10 месяцев назад

    Happy the weather was on your side for this trip otherwise this video could easily have been derailed..

  • @frankfatone4601
    @frankfatone4601 9 месяцев назад

    Hauppauge...you said it right ! ( Hop-Pog )

  • @powerchairtrucker894
    @powerchairtrucker894 10 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @shaneswayze6228
    @shaneswayze6228 10 месяцев назад

    Great video..your a good driver man.

  • @ladyslipper4647
    @ladyslipper4647 10 месяцев назад

    My heart went out to you driving in NYC. you did great though.❤

  • @darwingon777
    @darwingon777 10 месяцев назад +1

    i live on long island i work in the city my commute is about 1hr to drive just 30miles

  • @janetwalz4516
    @janetwalz4516 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @lxzmbrn69
    @lxzmbrn69 6 месяцев назад

    Glencove NY

  • @abstech1
    @abstech1 10 месяцев назад

    I lived in Brooklyn from birth until I was 34 then moved to Long Island been here since.

  • @ThomasKern-k2q
    @ThomasKern-k2q 9 месяцев назад

    you passed my exit, exit 37 Long Island Exp. Welcome to NY

  • @krizington85
    @krizington85 10 месяцев назад

    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?"

  • @bh1567
    @bh1567 10 месяцев назад

    Been waiting for this one to drop, did not disappoint

  • @rawrsince718
    @rawrsince718 Месяц назад

    I'M FROM BROOKLYN. To be fair, the Cross Bronx Expressway is the closest thing to Fury Road from the Mad Max series.

  • @hawk4174
    @hawk4174 10 месяцев назад +2

    They build the residential area's around the industrial areas Josh. Ya got it backwards😂😂😂

    • @Trucker_Josh
      @Trucker_Josh  10 месяцев назад +2

      Then they forget to build truck routes to the industrial zones 😆

  • @j.b.reefer9051
    @j.b.reefer9051 10 месяцев назад

    Been watching you forever, live in NYC

  • @alpenrudyalpenrudy
    @alpenrudyalpenrudy 10 месяцев назад

    Hi Josh just like Paris, keep on Trucking