WIDE Cats on tilt trailers - Any special preparations?
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Let me tell you about a trip we took a few years ago, and attempted to play by the "rules"..... Goes something like this.
Get a permit for a wide load for NY. It's a hassle, but not impossible. Then we're get told it requires travel only in daylight hours, sun up to sun down. OK, we can do that.
Then get told that the NY permit is not valid in NYC....
What? Isn't NYC part of NY?
Yes, but they have their own "rules", and permits, and fees!
Then get told that the NYC permit for a wide load requires travel only after dark, from sun down to sun up!
So, in other words, if we wanted to be completely legal, we would have had to leave LI during the day, try to avoid rush hour (impossible!) and then when you get to the NYC line, stop. Then wait for sundown to continue the few miles through the city, and when you get to the end of the city boundary, stop again and wait 9 - 10 hours for sun up to continue the trip to upstate NY.
So, what normally takes 4 hours from Long Island to my home in Upstate NY, would take at least 13 - 14 hours just to be legal, according to the permit requirements.
Government in action! Sheesh!
We decided to do without the NYC permit and just screw it. Traveled during the morning hours and arrived home in the very early afternoon.
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Try hauling a wide load from Long Island NY through NYC into Upstate NY, and you'll soon realize how stupid the permit laws are....
Let me tell you about a trip we took a few years ago, and attempted to play by the "rules"..... Goes something like this.
Get a permit for a wide load for NY. It's a hassle, but not impossible. Then we're get told it requires travel only in daylight hours, sun up to sun down. OK, we can do that.
Then get told that the NY permit is not valid in NYC....
What? Isn't NYC part of NY?
Yes, but they have their own "rules", and permits, and fees!
Then get told that the NYC permit for a wide load requires travel only after dark, from sun down to sun up!
So, in other words, if we wanted to be completely legal, we would have had to leave LI during the day, try to avoid rush hour (impossible!) and then when you get to the NYC line, stop. Then wait for sundown to continue the few miles through the city, and when you get to the end of the city boundary, stop again and wait 9 - 10 hours for sun up to continue the trip to upstate NY.
So, what normally takes 4 hours from Long Island to my home in Upstate NY, would take at least 13 - 14 hours just to be legal, according to the permit requirements.
Government in action! Sheesh!
We decided to do without the NYC permit and just screw it. Traveled during the morning hours and arrived home in the very early afternoon.![Party Smiley 020](/forums/images/smilies/party-smiley-020.gif)
Let me tell you about a trip we took a few years ago, and attempted to play by the "rules"..... Goes something like this.
Get a permit for a wide load for NY. It's a hassle, but not impossible. Then we're get told it requires travel only in daylight hours, sun up to sun down. OK, we can do that.
Then get told that the NY permit is not valid in NYC....
What? Isn't NYC part of NY?
Yes, but they have their own "rules", and permits, and fees!
Then get told that the NYC permit for a wide load requires travel only after dark, from sun down to sun up!
So, in other words, if we wanted to be completely legal, we would have had to leave LI during the day, try to avoid rush hour (impossible!) and then when you get to the NYC line, stop. Then wait for sundown to continue the few miles through the city, and when you get to the end of the city boundary, stop again and wait 9 - 10 hours for sun up to continue the trip to upstate NY.
So, what normally takes 4 hours from Long Island to my home in Upstate NY, would take at least 13 - 14 hours just to be legal, according to the permit requirements.
Government in action! Sheesh!
We decided to do without the NYC permit and just screw it. Traveled during the morning hours and arrived home in the very early afternoon.
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Try hauling a wide load from Long Island NY through NYC into Upstate NY, and you'll soon realize how stupid the permit laws are....
Let me tell you about a trip we took a few years ago, and attempted to play by the "rules"..... Goes something like this.
Get a permit for a wide load for NY. It's a hassle, but not impossible. Then we're get told it requires travel only in daylight hours, sun up to sun down. OK, we can do that.
Then get told that the NY permit is not valid in NYC....
What? Isn't NYC part of NY?
Yes, but they have their own "rules", and permits, and fees!
Then get told that the NYC permit for a wide load requires travel only after dark, from sun down to sun up!
So, in other words, if we wanted to be completely legal, we would have had to leave LI during the day, try to avoid rush hour (impossible!) and then when you get to the NYC line, stop. Then wait for sundown to continue the few miles through the city, and when you get to the end of the city boundary, stop again and wait 9 - 10 hours for sun up to continue the trip to upstate NY.
So, what normally takes 4 hours from Long Island to my home in Upstate NY, would take at least 13 - 14 hours just to be legal, according to the permit requirements.
Government in action! Sheesh!
We decided to do without the NYC permit and just screw it. Traveled during the morning hours and arrived home in the very early afternoon.![Party Smiley 020](/forums/images/smilies/party-smiley-020.gif)
Let me tell you about a trip we took a few years ago, and attempted to play by the "rules"..... Goes something like this.
Get a permit for a wide load for NY. It's a hassle, but not impossible. Then we're get told it requires travel only in daylight hours, sun up to sun down. OK, we can do that.
Then get told that the NY permit is not valid in NYC....
What? Isn't NYC part of NY?
Yes, but they have their own "rules", and permits, and fees!
Then get told that the NYC permit for a wide load requires travel only after dark, from sun down to sun up!
So, in other words, if we wanted to be completely legal, we would have had to leave LI during the day, try to avoid rush hour (impossible!) and then when you get to the NYC line, stop. Then wait for sundown to continue the few miles through the city, and when you get to the end of the city boundary, stop again and wait 9 - 10 hours for sun up to continue the trip to upstate NY.
So, what normally takes 4 hours from Long Island to my home in Upstate NY, would take at least 13 - 14 hours just to be legal, according to the permit requirements.
Government in action! Sheesh!
We decided to do without the NYC permit and just screw it. Traveled during the morning hours and arrived home in the very early afternoon.
![Party Smiley 020](/forums/images/smilies/party-smiley-020.gif)
To obtain a permit in Ontario was impossible & that's when the Fu@kit card came out. They wanted me to get my truck relicensed for commercial use and apply for a CVOR. What a pain in the ass.
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