NY 75 To NY 5 From I-90 Truck Legal?

I want to extend a word of caution when dumping the tractor airbags to shimmy under a 13'6" overpass. Although this will definitely lower the nose of the trailer, it will however raise the end/roof of the trailer by an inch or more depending on weight distribution and relative set-position of the tandems.

I use this technique to raise the height of the trailer floor deck to better align with some of the older/higher Walmart store docks (Boothwyn PA in particular). Tandems are set in the one hole and tractor air bags are deflated, raising the tail an inch or more.

I referenced my atlas and it showed that that route is not legal, even though there was no signage at the 75 exit from I-90.

Instead of taking exit 6 from I-190 N like my qualcomm wanted, I took exit 7 and took a right turn onto the buffalo skyway, NY-5 W, which got me right on track towards Sonwil Distribution. It was far less stressful than taking that pain of a left turn onto N Division St from Elm St.

Sorry I'm a bit late, and I have no clue on restrictions here, but (assuming you're coming from the south) I'd say take the Ridge Rd West exit (not numbered?) and then take Ridge all the way back to North Gates Avenue, which is the driveway that goes back to Sonwil.

So you never bothered to call the customer you were going to? That would have been the first thing I did.

So you never bothered to call the customer you were going to? That would have been the first thing I did.

I didn't, but I did contact my dispatcher and asked him for a 2nd opinion and he agreed.

So you never bothered to call the customer you were going to? That would have been the first thing I did.

I didn't, but I did contact my dispatcher and asked him for a 2nd opinion and he agreed.

What the heck would your dispatcher know about truck routes in Buffalo?

Next time call the customer. They deal with trucks every day. They know what routes you can safely take into their facility.

When it’s the first time to a customer I ALWAYS call ahead and I go further and ask for the grounds supervisor. They know the most about their facility, and surrounding area. I am looking at google earth of them as well while I am on the phone with them. I have had office people on site give me bad information. Not that I am all that distrusting but I got into what could have been a really bad spot once and I learned real quick. I make good notes as well because sooner or later I’ll be going there again.

I want to extend a word of caution when dumping the tractor airbags to shimmy under a 13'6" overpass. Although this will definitely lower the nose of the trailer, it will however raise the end/roof of the trailer by an inch or more depending on weight distribution and relative set-position of the tandems.

I use this technique to raise the height of the trailer floor deck to better align with some of the older/higher Walmart store docks (Boothwyn PA in particular). Tandems are set in the one hole and tractor air bags are deflated, raising the tail an inch or more.

What if your trailer has air ride you can drop that too

Jim A suggests:

What if your trailer has air ride you can drop that too

Not sure.

I have pulled no more than a half dozen air-ride trailers for Walmart. Although I'll defer to drivers with more experience with this type of equipment than I; I thought the only way to release the air from an air-ride trailer suspension requires setting the emergency brake.