The city that never sleeps.. aka drivers worth nightmare at night. First time in NYC, BRONX 

Roads aren't fixed because tax dollars and toll fees are lining pockets!!

No Gps back in the day but sure did have some wild adventures . Could tell ya 1000 stories. Hammer down OTROOKIE

You’re in my neck of the woods (NYC)... you got extremely lucky with this trip. Even at 2am there can be lots of traffic! The GWB was barren considering it normally is packed. The roads are a mess because they would have to tear up the existing roads and place new ones. If they just pave over them, they risk changing the already tight clearances. Some of these signs mess you up. In NY, yellow signs post about a foot less than what you actually have. So a yellow sign that says 13’2 really equates to 14”2. Not sure, GOAL. Better than can opening lol. White signs are legit. When taking curves, go about 10mph under the yellow signs (sign says 40mph, take it at 30mph). Your life> people’s rushing. I’d list the bridges you can take and whatnot, but there’s too many. NEVER TAKE A TUNNEL. You won’t clear. Good job on this though!

This was a great visual learning tool. Thank you for sharing this ride with us Rasim!! Good stuff. I hope you aren't stuck there half of the day tomorrow.

Thank you for always uploading and giving insight for our generation of drivers.

I love this video.... Make more like this, in the night, the ambience of the cabine and all urban/industrial places around its super cinematic!!

Definitely more videos like this and this long lol. Really loving the content. Kinda using your videos for reference so when I get my CDL I know what to kinda expect

You are at the Hunts Point market. You were given good directions. That was a smooth ride in. In fact I learned a new route from you. I usually come in off 87S onto the Bruckner then right turn onto Tiffany. It's only a nightmare when you Don't prepare and get lost.... personally I hate driving in the Bronx and I'm local and drive a straight truck... Good job!

They put the lower heights on bridges and overpasses to accommodate for heavy snow loads in the winter.

Loved your vid mate it gives me a insight of new york from a Truckers eye,, safe driving job well done 👍👍

Great Vlog .. Admire you being REAL with your Nervousness .. Keep them Coming

hey bro keep making these vids it definetly brings back memories from when i used to drive, im now working on the railroad. great vid of new york bronx stay out of manhatten, its 10x worst it felt

sitting at home, retired, never thought I'd miss it all - but your vids get the feel of the thing across so perfectly, brings it all back to me, but know what? I still don't miss it

Its fun to ride along thanks for the videos. I miss riding shotgun with my old man back in the day. Those were the days

I rarely leave NY, so it's nice to hear an out of towner's perspective.

Hey man. I go here all the time. Welcome to my side of things. I was actually on your side this week travelling from Alabama through Arkansas and Missouri.

Also, for any of you interested, if you have to go to The Bronx or anywhere similar, sometimes it’s worth it to go to the Tappan Zee Bridge. It’s up about 20 mins or so from the GWB, but it’s beautiful and the tolls are significantly less and you beat the traffic (which can sometimes be 1 1/2 hours 🥵)

By walking around looking things over rather than drive in blind possibly jamming things up shows you're a conscientious driver. Nice vid.

My first OTR trip ever was a load of tomatoes out of Nogales bound for Hunts Point. This video brought back some memories!

One time was enough for me! Also in the Northeast, they detract that measurement from the bridge due to snow buildup. Usually around a foot, at least that's what I heard.

Great video. The real deal. New York City is one of those places that separates the real truckers from the "steering wheel holders"

Love your channel keep on trucking

I cross that bridge 8 times a day running Linehaul, you did your thing 💪

Good job buddy. I just started driving 2 weeks ago and your videos gives me helpful stuff. In New York, truck height is measured from wheel hub to top if I remember it. And if bridge height is 12.6”, it’s actually 13.6” for example. For your gps, plz get bigger tablet and hook it in there so you have better visual. And also truck Atlass is helpful. Keep on trucking buddy 🤟

Thanks for these videos.

Good video. Heard stories about people going into the Bronx . Not everyone's favorite place to go I heard.

Just heard you’re Bosnian bro. That’s so dope. Happy to see our people out here.

I've seen worst traffic in Birmingham, Al bro,lol You picked a good time for that trip. I go through the little country Mayberry looking towns in Ny, but never there thankfully. You'll be a vet before you know it. Thanks

13:07 😂😂😂 I say the same thing in that exact spot. I was waiting to see what you were gonna say.

I like this guy, he just keeps it real.

I use to go into Hunts Point all the time in late 90's. I would leave Carlisle PA about 1:00 in the morning and be there to make my drop. It was wild and fun back then. The meat market had a great little restaurant /bar in it.

Thanks for the ride😁

I was a cube truck delivery driver for Aarons Furniture, and I found that when I have the voice/volume on on my phone/google maps it helps a lot. I saw your Bronx nightmare video. a regular gps is junk just update your phone and use that. from someone that has driven way less miles, it has saved me a lot of stress, may not help in ny but it makes it safer because you don't have to keep looking at your gps as much, and it could one day save a life.

Good job Rasim! Bronx NY check : ). Don't stress out too much, if trucks go there you'll be fine, you went in at the right time. Looks sketchy going in but then you get there and there's a couple hundred trucks in there. Pay tolls, pay to cross the GW, pay to get into the customer, and probably pay to get it unloaded, ridiculous...

my dads very first trip was from cranston print works in MA..back when people actually made fabric and designs. It was to Macys downtown. He had a mack v8, short hood (rare), with the 40 something foot of that era. A heavy hauler dual purpose to haul machinery for their mill. loud and hard old mack went faster than a lot of the traffic.. His very first ride out, someone full speed ran into the back of him, while in front of macys.. the clothing rolled out by otself onto the car and sidewalk. Very expensive. In the same day someone ran a light into the side of him. He came home, said he got the wrong job very upset.. my mom changed his mind. that was 1978. He is still driving today.. 42 years, 6 million miles loaded written. owner operator for 33. Never give up. Trucks are beautiful today.. been that way for long time now.

OMG I remember when the toll over the GW was $20. Insane!

Great guy keep on trucking god bless0

Do more of these videos man. I'm not a trucker. But love watching your videos. This is an area in the Bronx is what New Yorkers, like myself, call Hunts Point. This area and the complex you're in is one of the central zones to trucks delivering food to supermarkets in the state of New York. The area is sketchy. But when you're on the complex, you're fine. Also, New York City is a great place to live. Despite the high tolls and the messy road, New York is expensive for a lot of people. But if my family and others with SOME money can make it happen, others can make it happen as well. Last, George Washington Bridge is owned by Port Authority of New Jersey and not New York (haha). Also, the Bronx is not on an island. And Bruckner Expressway is the ABSOLUTE worst highway in the state! You should take up a trip where you deliver to Long Island. I don't think they'd pay you much. But at least you'll have some experience seeing what New York looks like. And one day, after coronavirus pandemic, park your truck, hop on the train, and spend a day exploring New York City! Take in what this great (but expensive af) city has to offer. Grab some pictures, eat, and enjoy New York.

Odličan video!!

Back in the eighties I used to Park at a 76 Truck Stop in Bartonsville Pennsylvania. I would leave about 8:00 at night going to Long Island and then make it back to New Jersey PA line before Rush Hour

Lol. 19:39. "I'm just going to wait for green light right on the pedestrian crossing"

Tyrants in NY charging people $100+ to cross a damn bridge... ridiculous

We basically have one toll bridge in Denmark connecting the eastern and western part of the country. Only other option is ferries. Toll stretch is 11 miles. The price (discount included) is: 90 dollars for trucks up to 33 feet. 140 dollars for trucks between 34 and 66 feet. (absolutely most trucks in Denmark are in this category) 210 dollars for trucks longer than 66 feet, but lighter than 100 metric tons. 720 dollars for trucks longer than 66 feet and heavier than 100 metric tons.

yea that radio would drive me nuts. i always dim all my dash lights at night

No other city in the nation like "Detroit"....you want an 'education", come to the Motor City!!!, the relic rolls on minus "cruise", be safe, enjoyed the video....relax though, rough life you share...

Also, don’t worry about anyone honking at you. They just like to hear their horns a lot here lol

I use to deliver once a week in the Bronx to hunts point market with produce from Cali or Nogales. 2 places I hate as a trucker. New York, Southern California, and maybe for a third Chicago..lol

I feel ya, i run out onto the island quite a bit delivering buildings. The roads suck and i run a long wheelbase daycab on 56000 springride! Running oversized is soooo much fun. Start lining up at the gw for the usual 8pm bridge shutdown to get us all across to the throgsneck then wait in a line for that closure at 10ish. Then hit the LIE and roll. Fun when its dark as hell and your running at 98 to 100 feet long. Just gotta hope your escort drivers know their way around.

I liked your video.

Use to go 5 boroughs all the time ....I DONT MISS IT....

Most drivers don't mess with NYC in any circumstance.

Hate running NY loads. I never accept those

You were in The Bronx. I'm in The Bronx. If you ever go back there, hit me up. You went to the Hunts Point market.

My Dispatcher would send me a load proposal and every time they said "Proposed next load (insert shithole city here), NY. and my reply was always literally "Fuck off, next load please"

It doesn't look so bad, once you get in there. I believe that's Hunts Point Market.

That city sucks..I was dispatched there on my 3rd load as a solo driver..after my training was up..I was told dont stop at red lights at night bc the thugs would be waiting to pull your release lever on your trl..so they could steal what was on it..especially if it were electronics or cigarettes..lol. didn't have it happen..but refused to go back there..haha

Hey buddy it's ok to be cautious but don't worry so much because you always handle it . It's not worth getting your anxiety worked up . YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!

Crazy seeing the highway I drive on all the time

Good job 👍

I might be going to New York hopefully I see you

nice video i remeber my first time in big rig going through ny not fun

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It's taken me over 7 hours to get from the Connecticut line to New Jersey.

Next time stay on Express lane upper level to GWB and 12'6 is 13'6 to go to the place you going to next follow the signs for hunt point market and turn left on tiffany blvd that's the easiest way

thank you for the "worth" nightmare video

I’m in jersey city right now picking up to Orlando fl. I always try coming up I81 so I don’t have to go I95. I hate NYC. Been there, done that!

Good job. I'm based out of Jersey n you right on point about the turn signal, usually the only way to get over is to bully your way in. Usually you'd wanna get out of NY no later then 4am but like the other commenter stated any hour can be a disaster especially when they do roadwork on the bridge. I've sat for 3hrs at 1am trying to get back into Jersey. *Did you have to pay to get in the gate?

Got me fucked up paying to drop a trailer 😂

About your height limit on bridges. I’m not sure for other states, could be national but the bridges are a foot taller then the posted sign. So anything 12’9” and up, you’re good.

Looks kinda like my radio. With my radio you just have to hold down the display (dsp) and it will give you the option to lower the brightness

You hit the nail on the head as far as the corrupt nature of the tax and toll system. It’s a joke and to think what seems like the majority of the people want MORE taxes and MORE government intervention in our lives....

I give you all the credit in the world taking loads in the New York

most routes you'll do will go to The Bronx or Brooklyn. They are the industrial hubs of America.

Cool, Hello from Russia

Driving through New York City is no fun. Been on George Washington bridge upper level and been through the Bronx on highway.

greetings from eastern europe!

I live in New York city and it is hard to drive a full size semi there. I have a hard time navigating there. They are designed for day cabs and 48 foot trailers not a full size sleeper cab and a 53 foot truck

you could’ve took the express lanes . in the express lanes, stay right for NYC. one over the bridge, everyone merges.

Right at the end, there was a big gap between those trucks. Probably because of the fire hydrant, would be my guess.

I been in that joint hundreds of times im retired now I was where you were at when they had the power outage that was a fucken nightmair the tool booth couldn work they just left me go through I was going to hunts point vita foods got there and they couldn't open the freezer hahaha

i learned years ago to not stop at red lights when driving threw there at night,slow down and roll threw if yu can.

I never, ever go to New York. Especially after going to Chicago so many times in the past, I can’t imagine me going to New York.

Never been myself bro but sounds like you went to hunts point.

I live about 3 hours away, but I go to NYC for the week to work ( I do HVAC) then come back home on the weekends. I HATE IT. I hate the prices, the traffic, also parking is brutal. Most stressful things ive ever had to encounter, and im not even talking about the job its, just being there. EDIT: We leave at like mid-day on Fridays just to make it home in 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Otherwise you leave later then that and your screwed. I left at 3pm once and didn't get home till 9pm …. ;/

It's one toll to get in and out. No toll to get out

The city so nice they named it twice New York New York😆

It doesn't matter where I'm driving on the east coast. If I need to change lanes, they get 10 flashes of the signal, then, I'm coming over. I'm bigger, I WILL win, so don't start a pissing contest! I DO try to avoid going east of Pittsburgh but it can't be avoided sometimes. Luckily, I haven't had to go into the city in nearly 20 years. I'd love to visit NYC and Philadelphia as a tourist though.

Wear a reflective vest or jacket when outside of your truck especially at night. You won't regret it.

I still love NY even if its a mess right now .

Your radio looks similar to mine. If so there should be an option to change the color of the radio to something like dark red and it makes it much less distracting.

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Don't you just Love N Y City!!!

We drove through New York to get to Westport Connecticut and crossed the G. Washington Bridge it was crazy busy and very expensive. TFS! How’s the work going on the Mercedes?

I would advise you to ONLY drive into NYC at night, if you can help it. That's the only time you can expect to get some semblance of a break on the traffic, especially if you go through the Bronx. That Cross Bronx Expressway is a nightmare!

Why the heck would the toll be that outrageously expensive ?!?! I thought the Bay Area was bad with $6 to cross the Oakland bay bridge and I think $10 for the golden gate.

2am on our motorways aka highways maybe 2 cars every 20km must good for you 2 have less traffic considering the congestion use get over there truck on I say mean vid bro

damn i hate driving anywhere near there with a CAR lmao i would be so stressed

Hello Rasim! Too Bad you didn’t get to Cross the Bridge during Daylight Hours so you could see what your $ 80.00 (with Easy-Pass) is Paying for. 😬 👍

Dat turbo tho

I think every load I took into NY city had a corresponding story because nothing is routine there. Actually I've made better time on some highways around there though than other cities and I think it's because so many New Yorkers use public transportation compared to other cities. You have to learn the peak times and try to avoid those. I would never go there with an 18 wheeler if I had load choice as a driver.