Best navigation app when towing a 5th wheel
I recently got a new pick up, it has the large display screen and has apple car play. I would like to use a navigation app thru car play to display on the screen. I see there are apps like Hammer or...
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I always just use waze, it should come through on your dash display. At least it did on my 2020 f350 and my 2023 Mercedes sprinter. I find it's the most up to date navigation app because it uses real time alerts from other drivers.
With all these suggestions - WAZE, Google maps, etc. if they don't warn about low bridges, low weight bridges, tunnels that ban trucks/RVs or propane then they are useless for RVs.
Not really, if you come to a low bridge or a weight restricted bridge, etc., you just go a different direction (bypass it) and the app will re-route you automatically. The same can be said for traffic jams, accidents, or construction delays, Waze and other similar free apps will re-route you to the fastest route.
Most people probably are not going to be pulling a 15-ft high, 20,000 lbs toy hauler that would need more sophisticated information. In my 30 years of RVing I’ve never encountered a low bridge I couldn’t fit under or a weight restricted bridge I couldn’t go over. YOMVSome fun videos of the can-opener bridge ... of lots of other people think all they need is Waze and Google. http://11foot8.com
Gotta love the no problem folks. I've seen plenty of travel trailers, trucks, and everything in between stuck under low bridges with half peeled off air conditioners or stuck in our famous tunnels with the tops of the trailers peeled back like a sardine can.
Also seen a local limited access highway shut down so a truck can back up a half mile back to the on ramp...pretty hard to find a way around a bridge once you are on a limited access road - no way to avoid a bridge except backing up. Many of our Boston bridges are only 9'-11' high. Would love to see you try to fit under them. The Sumner and Callahan tunnels both have a maximum height of 12'6".
Waze and Google also don't warn about tunnels where propane is prohibited. Plenty of those in the Northeast all the way down to Virginia.
