Truck Weigh Station Map

Toy trucks!

That's one busy place.  Neatly mapped out.

Great shot Charles.  

That's an amazing orthophoto of the weigh station Charles.    The number of trucks that pass through that weigh station annually has to be astronomical.  

Depp Posted at 12-27 22:11
Toy trucks!

Looks like they are very small here. We wore reflective vests to avoid getting run over. Very busy there.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-28 02:23
That's an amazing orthophoto of the weigh station Charles.    The number of trucks that pass through that weigh station annually has to be astronomical.

The movement doesnt stop. There has to be a few hundred daily

BetterBizTech Posted at 12-28 04:58
The movement doesnt stop. There has to be a few hundred daily

If it is anything like the one near Miami it is open 24/7 and the lot is rarely if ever not full.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-28 05:03
If it is anything like the one near Miami it is open 24/7 and the lot is rarely if ever not full.

Same here there there's food, showers, fuel, a weigh station and overnight parking. Constantly busy.

BetterBizTech Posted at 12-28 05:39
Same here there there's food, showers, fuel, a weigh station and overnight parking. Constantly busy.

No doubt meets the needs of most truckers.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-29 07:26
No doubt meets the needs of most truckers.

Its a rough life.

Great shot

BetterBizTech Posted at 12-29 12:03
Its a rough life.

We had a second class petty officer (a Seabee) that drove the Navy Recruiting eighteen-wheelers around the US on recruiting visits.  When his enlistment was up he went to driving his own truck over the road and after 3 years he said he was burned out of living in the cab of his truck.  He made great money but he said eating crappy food, riding on many bumpy roads which made his hemorrhoids act up and always having to be on alert 24/7 wore on him.  The last I heard he was up in Alaska hauling heavy equipment over ice roads.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-30 12:35
We had a second class petty officer (a Seabee) that drove the Navy Recruiting eighteen-wheelers around the US on recruiting visits.  When his enlistment was up he went to driving his own truck over the road and after 3 years he said he was burned out of living in the cab of his truck.  He made great money but he said eating crappy food, riding on many bumpy roads which made his hemorrhoids act up and always having to be on alert 24/7 wore on him.  The last I heard he was up in Alaska hauling heavy equipment over ice roads.

I had a trucking business for about 7 years. I didnt enjoy it.

BetterBizTech Posted at 12-30 12:45
I had a trucking business for about 7 years. I didnt enjoy it.

I don't think I would have liked having to be on the road all the time.  The way that some of the people drive these days is something else.  If I had been in a semi I probably would have just plowed right over the top of them and not looked back.  Just kidding, but the people that drive 50 in the far left lane where the speed limit is either 65 or 70 really get my goat.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-30 14:28
I don't think I would have liked having to be on the road all the time.  The way that some of the people drive these days is something else.  If I had been in a semi I probably would have just plowed right over the top of them and not looked back.  Just kidding, but the people that drive 50 in the far left lane where the speed limit is either 65 or 70 really get my goat.

I drove daily in the 5 boroughs of NY. It wasn't fun. I had cold cut routes for delis and supermarkets. Delivering in the South Bronx was an experience.

BetterBizTech Posted at 12-30 16:55
I drove daily in the 5 boroughs of NY. It wasn't fun. I had cold cut routes for delis and supermarkets. Delivering in the South Bronx was an experience.

Just driving a car through the boroughs can be quite the experience at times so I can only imagine what it would be like to navigate a truck through them.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-31 05:32
Just driving a car through the boroughs can be quite the experience at times so I can only imagine what it would be like to navigate a truck through them.

It was a challenge at tines.

BetterBizTech Posted at 2024-12-31 15:34
It was a challenge at tines.

A challenge is a great way to describe it but I bet it was a bit frustrating at times also.  

I really like these!

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-1 06:32
A challenge is a great way to describe it but I bet it was a bit frustrating at times also.

Many different experiences  t's a neighborhood of characters, personalities and more. It's one of those things you get threw and say I'm glad I don't have to do that any more, But you've gained from the experience.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-1 11:05
Many different experiences  t's a neighborhood of characters, personalities and more. It's one of those things you get threw and say I'm glad I don't have to do that any more, But you've gained from the experience.

I was talking to a moving van driver at the local truck stop a couple of days before Christmas and he was telling me some pretty tall tales about moving people out of different parts of NY and NJ and down to FL.  He said the streets were so narrow that he was sure he was going to scrape cars as he was trying to squeeze through.  He mentioned one place that they had to take a van in with all their packing material and boxes.  Pack it all up into the van and make around 40 trips to the main tractor trailer to reload it there as they couldn't get the big truck down to the house without blocking the road for hours on end.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-2 10:16
I was talking to a moving van driver at the local truck stop a couple of days before Christmas and he was telling me some pretty tall tales about moving people out of different parts of NY and NJ and down to FL.  He said the streets were so narrow that he was sure he was going to scrape cars as he was trying to squeeze through.  He mentioned one place that they had to take a van in with all their packing material and boxes.  Pack it all up into the van and make around 40 trips to the main tractor trailer to reload it there as they couldn't get the big truck down to the house without blocking the road for hours on end.

I was traveling a Brooklyn Truck Route and the local derelicts opened a Fire hydrant and used a towel underneath the water stream to pull the shooting water onto the windshields of traffic.  The drive in front of me had a 1 day old Volvo and stopped right after he got hit with the water. They then sent the water over my windshield while I flattened the new car all the way to the back seat. Totalled. The 10 or so derelicts laughed. They thought it was great.  Just another day in NYC

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-2 10:48
I was traveling a Brooklyn Truck Route and the local derelicts opened a Fire hydrant and used a towel underneath the water stream to pull the shooting water onto the windshields of traffic.  The drive in front of me had a 1 day old Volvo and stopped right after he got hit with the water. They then sent the water over my windshield while I flattened the new car all the way to the back seat. Totalled. The 10 or so derelicts laughed. They thought it was great.  Just another day in NYC

Sounds like that could fit into a movie scene somehow.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-2 11:19
Sounds like that could fit into a movie scene somehow.

I think it could, but I think many things that happen in the city become little scenes for movies.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-2 12:03
I think it could, but I think many things that happen in the city become little scenes for movies.

I'm sure they do.  Seems like many street scenes and events end up on TV show and many I'm guessing are from NYC.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-2 12:06
I'm sure they do.  Seems like many street scenes and events end up on TV show and many I'm guessing are from NYC.

I have scene more crimes happen in the Bronx than I care to remember.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-2 12:39
I have scene more crimes happen in the Bronx than I care to remember.

I saw this saying in a gun store the other day and wanted to see if it gives you a chuckle.

You may not like guns.  That is your right.
You may not believe in god.  That is your choice.
But if someone breaks into your home, the first two things you are going to do are:

1 - Call someone with a gun
2 - Pray they get there in time

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-2 13:48
I saw this saying in a gun store the other day and wanted to see if it gives you a chuckle.

You may not like guns.  That is your right.

Funny and true.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-2 13:49
Funny and true.

The guy at the gun store was thinking about getting some t-shirts printed up with that saying on them.  

That’s a great pic - it looks good

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-2 13:59
The guy at the gun store was thinking about getting some t-shirts printed up with that saying on them.

I have been thinking about getting one. The wife is finally willing to get trained.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-2 14:41
I have been thinking about getting one. The wife is finally willing to get trained.

That sounds good.  No doubt there are some good gun safety and shooting programs available.  A lot of the women and some men in this area carry a Sig Sauer P365 .380 Pistol.  They are small and don't have as much recoil as a 9 mm.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-3 04:16
That sounds good.  No doubt there are some good gun safety and shooting programs available.  A lot of the women and some men in this area carry a Sig Sauer P365 .380 Pistol.  They are small and don't have as much recoil as a 9 mm.

How do they compare to the Baretta?

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-3 12:13
How do they compare to the Baretta?

People I know that own Barettas either loved them or hated them and got rid of them.  Usually they are more expensive than other brands, they tend to be heavier and have had slide failures (which is why the US Army qjuit buying them), the safeties are bigger which is good in a way but can also get caught up in your clothes when pulling it out if concealed carry or on items coming out of a purse.  

The Sig Sauer is a more accurate firearm.  It isn't unusual for a SIG P226 to place five shots into 1.5 inches  at 25 yards with premium ammunition. The Beretta may be counted on for 2.5 inches.  The Sig has better engineering, has a very nice standard trigger and better sights out of the box.  It has slightly bigger magazine capacity as a standard purchase.  It's easier to train novice shooters on and so much easier to field strip and clean.

The real reason I started buying Sig Sauer over Baretta and Smith & Wesson is that the SIG Sauer P226 is carried by the Navy Seals.  If it is rugged enough and accurate enough for them it will fit my needs.

DowntownRDB Posted at 1-3 13:10
People I know that own Barettas either loved them or hated them and got rid of them.  Usually they are more expensive than other brands, they tend to be heavier and have had slide failures (which is why the US Army qjuit buying them), the safeties are bigger which is good in a way but can also get caught up in your clothes when pulling it out if concealed carry or on items coming out of a purse.  

The Sig Sauer is a more accurate firearm.  It isn't unusual for a SIG P226 to place five shots into 1.5 inches  at 25 yards with premium ammunition. The Beretta may be counted on for 2.5 inches.  The Sig has better engineering, has a very nice standard trigger and better sights out of the box.  It has slightly bigger magazine capacity as a standard purchase.  It's easier to train novice shooters on and so much easier to field strip and clean.

That makes sense. Good to know. I am going to be moving towards a target then a carry. The world is getting crazier by the moment.

BetterBizTech Posted at 1-3 14:04
That makes sense. Good to know. I am going to be moving towards a target then a carry. The world is getting crazier by the moment.

With the large influx of immigrants (many being alleged to have criminal backgrounds by the media) most of the local gun stores have said that sales have almost doubled.   People just want to be able to protect themselves. The pistol range I go to the most has added their Gun Safety Class on a more frequent basis to accommodate all the requests for training they have been getting.  

Makes sense. That would be my reason. Since they let 10s of thousands of illegal immigrants into our area crime has gone up dramatically. Combine that with brilliant defund the police movement and you have a recipe for distater, which is what was intended.