Post by Clipper on Jul 10, 2019 12:51:26 GMT -5
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FRANKFORT, N.Y. -- Higby Gold has officially broken ground on a planned complex called Adirondack Food and Fuel.
Golden shovels went in the ground to mark the occasion.
It's located at 1 Country Mile Road in the town of Frankfort.
Adirondack Food and Fuel will feature a convenience store and food court, along with a 10-pump fuel station with three diesel lanes.
The project has been under development for a while now. When fully operational, it will employ up to 35 people with jobs.
“The one thing we did is we added a cat scale, and there are not many of them in the local area. you have to go to Syracuse or Fultonville. So, anyone headed east weighing their axels to stay legal will hopefully come here to use the scales and to get their ticket and to buy some fuel,” said CEO John Dillon.
A feasibility study found 23,000 vehicles per day will pass through it.
The truckstop will be a welcome addition to the industrial park with the Tractor Supply distribution warehouse being built there. I am sure that there will be a few hundred trucks a day coming or going from that warehouse. The CAT scale is a drive-on platform scale for weighing trucks. It will be a welcome addition to the area for MANY different trucking companies and trucks needing to be weighed. If one wants to weigh a truck in the Utica area at the present time, the only place to do it is a junk yard or stone quarry.
However I find the last sentence to be a bit over exaggerated. It is very doubtful that 23,000 trucks a day will pass through Frankfort in a day, even with the new distribution center. I wonder if THAT many trucks even pass through the area on the Thruway in a day. That's a lot of trucks.
If they truly want to draw truck drivers into the place for fuel, they might want to add showers. Many truck drivers try to grab their shower along with something to eat when they stop for fuel. One stop shopping and then back to the road. Most truck stops give a driver a ticket for a free shower with a 100 gallon fuel purchase. That is an incentive that draws drivers to a particular fuel stop. Nothing more refreshing after a day on the road than to have a hot meal, a clean shave and a refreshing shower before going back at it again.
FRANKFORT, N.Y. -- Higby Gold has officially broken ground on a planned complex called Adirondack Food and Fuel.
Golden shovels went in the ground to mark the occasion.
It's located at 1 Country Mile Road in the town of Frankfort.
Adirondack Food and Fuel will feature a convenience store and food court, along with a 10-pump fuel station with three diesel lanes.
The project has been under development for a while now. When fully operational, it will employ up to 35 people with jobs.
“The one thing we did is we added a cat scale, and there are not many of them in the local area. you have to go to Syracuse or Fultonville. So, anyone headed east weighing their axels to stay legal will hopefully come here to use the scales and to get their ticket and to buy some fuel,” said CEO John Dillon.
A feasibility study found 23,000 vehicles per day will pass through it.
The truckstop will be a welcome addition to the industrial park with the Tractor Supply distribution warehouse being built there. I am sure that there will be a few hundred trucks a day coming or going from that warehouse. The CAT scale is a drive-on platform scale for weighing trucks. It will be a welcome addition to the area for MANY different trucking companies and trucks needing to be weighed. If one wants to weigh a truck in the Utica area at the present time, the only place to do it is a junk yard or stone quarry.
However I find the last sentence to be a bit over exaggerated. It is very doubtful that 23,000 trucks a day will pass through Frankfort in a day, even with the new distribution center. I wonder if THAT many trucks even pass through the area on the Thruway in a day. That's a lot of trucks.
If they truly want to draw truck drivers into the place for fuel, they might want to add showers. Many truck drivers try to grab their shower along with something to eat when they stop for fuel. One stop shopping and then back to the road. Most truck stops give a driver a ticket for a free shower with a 100 gallon fuel purchase. That is an incentive that draws drivers to a particular fuel stop. Nothing more refreshing after a day on the road than to have a hot meal, a clean shave and a refreshing shower before going back at it again.