Tolls

[OntarioVanMan]

RM...you never knew about the photo radar in construction zones? there are warning signs and they've had it for a couple years now.

Tip #1: Ny Thruway. Sprinters get tagged for height, nice increase...If you have an EZ Pass I use the cash car lanes they don't have the detectors...saves a good bunch.

Tip # 2: NYC... Gothics $5 I think..Verazanno inbound is free Trogs Neck 9 bucks GW free outbound. Counter clock wise total $14.00 Clockwise total $28.00

 

[rmctt2]

OVM..
Never benn through that area on 294 before..
I am too much of a newbie...
Do not think I saw any signs about cameras,either..May be posted but did not see any..
AS far as NY goes..
1st trip was to Brooklyn, 2nd was to Queens...
Boy, I do dislike NY...LOL
Anyways...
Need to get EzPass...
Save $$$ and time...

 

[ConfusedMuse]

I am impressed... someone has counted the tolls through Chi town area, I averaged them because sometimes we get off early, sometimes we go through them all. I have found that the route only gets remembered IF we drive it more than once, and then only if it's within a time frame of recently.

Hope to see you all soon upon the road, looks like we will be rolling by the end of the week.

 

[JohnO]

Don't go to NY !!
Went twice last week..
1st trip was $21.00 in and out..
2nd was about $23.00 in and out >>
Depends on where one goes..
I paid $9.00 to go over one stupid bridge....
No wonder I dislike NY so much !! LOL
RMCTT2



Growing up in the surrounding area I just accepted that going any where in the 5 Boroughs of NYC was going to take longer and you were going to pay higher tolls.

With Landstar they soften the toll and traffic headache with a $200 bonus for all loads picking up or dropping off in NYC.

For those runs that go through the 5 Boroughs that aren’t either picking up or dropping off the tolls are on you, so a sure fire way to eliminate these tolls is as follows.

1. duct tape license plates
2. duct tape truck number
3. duct tape company name & dot number
4. wear Halloween mask
5. put the pedal to the metal and be a rebel

Just in case this system doesn’t work as planned a good friend of mine is an excellent lawyer, he will represent all EO’s at a discount.

 

[rmctt2]

John;
Your too funny !!!
Your right , there isn't much one can do about the tolls there except not go into NY!
Just wonder what they do with all the $$$$ they get... Sure as hell not fixing the roads there !!! LOL

 

[Falligator]

I was in NY too! got a run from Pittsburgh, pa to happague, NY. took 6$ for the G.W. and another 9$ for some other bridge I cant remember. If you are rated at 9400 which (of course) I am since I have a ford e 350, I had on another trip (another day) I had to pay
18$ just for the Verizzano Bridge (1 way). Talk about Highway Robbery....Pun intended. It seems like everytime I go to NYC or to that area there aren't any vans there ( I wonder why???????!!!!) It will definitely suck the funds right out of your pocket. That reminds me....which do ya'll prefer EZ P****or IPass....being that I am in both places a lot and Chicago definitely has a lot of toll booths I am wondering as to which route to go. Thx!

 

[Turtle]

EZPASS and IPASS are interchangeable, and have been for, what, a couple of years now, I think. Used to be you had to have both, but now doesn't matter. Wherever one is accepted, so is the other one.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

As Turtle said they are interchangeable...you get the discounts with both passes and you can get online statements. A lot easier then counting up 762 toll receipts!

 

[TeamCaffee]

OVM you are exactly right it is so much easier and faster to have a transponder. Just think of it this way hopefully you are so busy fulfilling your HOS that you will not have time to enter each receipt separately. I also hate to keep track of all of our food receipts as the Standard Meal Allowance take care of this. Keeping track of all those little tickets is a pain in the behind.

 

[Turtle]

I like it because I don't have to fiddle with cash, especially coins, while approaching the toll booth. I try to make sure I've always got a $20 on me to cover my in and out of Canada, but other than that I don't usually carry any cash at all.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

I figure from I 80 up 294 to 290 to 90 thru to S. Beloit..the transponder saves about a half hour of time...to those solo straights this is a good savings of time on the old log book.