Scenes from the Dirty Windshield...Brooklyn edition

Hello all,

Directly from the Dirty Windshield, some pics from this week's journey..

What a week. For this trip, our dispatcher sent me into the lion's den so to speak. Brooklyn, NY.

My pre departure tools!



To say it was a harrowing experience is an understatement. Shoehorning my rig into the congested and narrow streets of Brooklyn was both absolutely nerve racking and exciting.

I was loaded with 25 tons of steel pipe destined for a seedy looking outfit on Moore Street, barely wide enough to fit my tractor and 48 feet trailer.

I had near impossible corners to turn to get there and to add more spice, I had to parallel park my rig in front of the shop for a good old "street unloading". I took all of 3 hours to unload. I left Brooklyn in the middle of Friday afternoon rush hour...I was fit to be tied!! Made it home safe and sound without killing anybody or destroying any property!

My tarped load. These tarps weigh between 80 and 100lbs! My biceps have toned up since I started this gig! Do not screw around with Faz !
Rolling into the City!

A tad claustrophobic, driving my rig through the streets of Brooklyn

Moore Street. After a touchy parallel parking manœuvre.



The shop where I delivered the pipe. Where the garage door is open..



He could have used a lesson or two in handling a forklift..


Finally...Leaving town!


A panhandler smack dab in the middle of I-95 rush hour traffic...

Finally...Wilton truck stop for the night before the morning drive home..


Thanks for looking!

Cheers,

Nerve racking stuff. Especially the rush hour traffic; you have to be working as hard as ever but making no money...

I never did any of the Boroughs in my truck. There are a few little towns in Pennsylvania that I delivered to that were really tight.

oh Faz.....

I am in Red Hook and you were a few blocks away!@!

next time your in brooklyn.... pm me....

Also Ali baba looks to be along 495 heading east.. towards the cross island....

ahahahah

You were driving in "Combat conditions" for sure


Good Hunting

Bill

That picture of someone apparently underneath the suspended load on the lift truck gave me chills! If that is what it appears to be that’s awfully dangerous!

Glad you stayed safe and I understand the simultaneously afraid yet excited feeling. It’s an interesting paradox in one’s own mind!

Nice to follow some of these journeys!

Yikes! That looks like a challenge. I don't think your truck is large enough to keep from getting swallowed up by the potholes! 😁

I'm still trying to figure out how they transform the steel pipes into concrete shoes.

Oh ya! One of my all time favourites! Classic hardcore film making!

That was so bizarre. No fear and extremely dangerous especially that the lift operator was...100% incompetent..I was hoping not to be a witness to a case of human roadkill..

Me too! Let me know if your headed this direction again.

Hah, your photo of Safety Checkpoint on Vandervoort Ave is a couple of doors down from my wife's business. Recognized it immediately. Surprising route to Moore St.

There's a book of photographically illustrated vignettes contained within the content of your posts here. Keep taking photos and mull it over.

I just love these posts! Used to run a food plant in Bayonne... equally sketchy hood and unloading situation. When my guys didn’t show it was a good think I’d driven a fork truck every summer when in college!

It's an 1969 ES-150 DCN. That would be a master volume. One of the particularities of this model.

Cheers,