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Ah here we go:

NYCDOT - Oversize/Overweight Permits for Commercial Vehicles and Trucks

Anything over 96" wide and combo of 55 feet or longer is considered "oversize" and needs a day pass.

more specific:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/permits/commperm.shtml

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/vehdimen.pdf

Quote:

Originally Posted by allan5oh (Post 456981)

Yet I still don't see where you can and cannot go with a 53 trailer/sleeper truck combination. Nothing on the maps say, they just say where commercial vehicles can go. So where is this law that you can't have something that size in NYC?

Here are the max dimensions without getting an oversize/overweight permit: NYCDOT - Size and Weight Restrictions

Good job and excellent pics man!

Nice pictures..........

Nice shots. Put a 780 and a 53'-er right into Times Square...

Balls I tells ya. BALLS...

You got MY RESPECT...

Rick

Quote:

Originally Posted by SickRick (Post 457994)

Nice shots. Put a 780 and a 53'-er right into Times Square...

Balls I tells ya. BALLS...

You got MY RESPECT...

Rick

Yeah, I 2nd that. On a survey for drivers that would probably be right at the top of the list of places no one wants to go. You didnt just go into the city,you went INTO THE CITY! Nice job on getting in and getting out.

Scott, looks like you are living the life. Who is your travel agent??? haha Load It

Better than me.

Last week I accidently found myself on an onramp for the Southern Beltway in Brooklyn...

Ooooopss. Too late now.

Oh...Only 2 exits to the Home Depot , yeah I can make it...!

Wrong! 50 yards later around the curve was a little itty bitty yellow sign...(Truck Restriction 400 feet)

Railroad overpass. Middle of the arch marked 10'9".

Oooops again.

Hmmm....This Prostar (w/flat) is only 11'1". Maybe if I dump the suspension, take off my hat, and squinch my eyes I can squeeze under...lol.

Nope...parked on the shoulder with the 4-ways on and contemplated my dilemma.

Within 5 minutes a nice NYC cop stopped to assist.

"Think you can make it up this grassy hill to that road over there?"

Hmmmmm....80 to 100 yards up a grassy hill (I wouldn't ride a mower lengthwise across) w/ 48,280 on the back? Nope...don't think so.

I asked and he told me that he was PRETTY sure those overpasses were marked LOWER than actual height

I said....good...I'll dump my suspension and go thru the middle.

He said "I was afraid you'd say that...you go slow and I'll go out here and piss off three lanes of traffic."

Whew...made it thru and my antennas didn't even touch.

He didn't let them go till I got off at the next exit and disappeared outta his sight.