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Tolls on PA SR 43 south of Pittsburgh [message #298062] Fri, 25 March 2016 19:43 Go to next message
Matt Colie is currently offline  Matt Colie   United States
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I am hoping for some local GMC knowledge here.

Does anybody know if they tag us as a 3-Axle?

We are hoping to be coming up to Pittsburgh from the south after Dothan.
According to the chart on the web, the toll for a 3-Axle (yes, we aren't) would be about 15$.
The same run with only 2 axles is near half that.
It is an extra 22 miles to by-pass the toll road. (At 9.2MPG, I can buy that.)

This is why we drive around most toll roads.

Matt


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Re: [GMCnet] Tolls on PA SR 43 south of Pittsburgh [message #298063 is a reply to message #298062] Fri, 25 March 2016 19:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Being a long time PA EasyPass subscriber, my experience is they count the wheels over the sensors and abuse your checkbook accordingly.

Stop by if you're coming through Wheeling!

Dolph Santorine

DE N8JPC

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> On Mar 25, 2016, at 8:43 PM, Matt Colie wrote:
>
> I am hoping for some local GMC knowledge here.
>
> Does anybody know if they tag us as a 3-Axle?
>
> We are hoping to be coming up to Pittsburgh from the south after Dothan.
> According to the chart on the web, the toll for a 3-Axle (yes, we aren't) would be about 15$.
> The same run with only 2 axles is near half that.
> It is an extra 22 miles to by-pass the toll road. (At 9.2MPG, I can buy that.)
>
> This is why we drive around most toll roads.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> '73 Glacier 23 - Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brake with Applied Control Arms
> Now with both true Keyless and remote entry
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Re: [GMCnet] Tolls on PA SR 43 south of Pittsburgh [message #298064 is a reply to message #298063] Fri, 25 March 2016 20:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
<rallymaster is currently offline  <rallymaster   United States
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Yes, we're a 3 axle vehicle, except for Arch at one toll station. He won
that argument.

ronC

On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:43:01 -0600 Matt Colie
writes:
> I am hoping for some local GMC knowledge here.
>
> Does anybody know if they tag us as a 3-Axle?
>
> We are hoping to be coming up to Pittsburgh from the south after
> Dothan.
> According to the chart on the web, the toll for a 3-Axle (yes, we
> aren't) would be about 15$.
> The same run with only 2 axles is near half that.
> It is an extra 22 miles to by-pass the toll road. (At 9.2MPG, I can
> buy that.)
>
> This is why we drive around most toll roads.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> '73 Glacier 23 - Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brake with Applied
> Control Arms
> Now with both true Keyless and remote entry
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>
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Re: Tolls on PA SR 43 south of Pittsburgh [message #298067 is a reply to message #298062] Fri, 25 March 2016 21:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
SeanKidd is currently offline  SeanKidd   United States
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Should be three axle, single rear wheels, class 7..this is NY/NJ port authority definition, but applies to ezpass, as mine is registered.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6323/medium/image317.jpg
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6323/medium/image317.jpg


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Re: Tolls on PA SR 43 south of Pittsburgh [message #298083 is a reply to message #298067] Sat, 26 March 2016 08:23 Go to previous message
Matt Colie is currently offline  Matt Colie   United States
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SeanKidd wrote on Fri, 25 March 2016 22:20
Should be three axle, single rear wheels, class 7..this is NY/NJ port authority definition, but applies to ezpass, as mine is registered.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6323/medium/image317.jpg

Thanks all,
I guess we get to see more of the PA countryside. I don't mind.

Dolph,
We are routing through Pittsburgh to get to the Alexandria Museum and maybe visit with a long time friend. Then northwest into Ohio for some others.

Sean,

Thanks much for the PATH page.

It does annoy me that when we do get stuck for a toll, we are often in the same category as a highway buss.

I guess we by-passing tolls when feasible. With fuel prices down, the price point has shifted away from toll roads.

You know, if you have a (______) can easily afford to support the state more than you are currently.
But, lets not go there as this could get real politically nasty real fast.

Matt



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