GPS

msmith1199 wrote:

hotjag1 wrote:
Is there a GPS for big rigs? I am tired of being directed down narrow 2 lane county roads with a 40' motorhome that 2 Jeeps can barely pass each other on.

The people who write the programs for the GPS are not going out to every street and looking at them to see what's suitable for trucks and what isn't. They are looking at laws and designated trucks routes and things of that nature. Even though a road may be narrow, if it's legal for a big rig to operated on it then the GPS may very well route you down it.

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I should have phrased my question differently. What I should have said is...Is there a really good GPS that has an option to show only designated truck routes? The Magellan that I have had for a few years does not give this option.

hotjag1 wrote:
Is there a GPS for big rigs? I am tired of being directed down narrow 2 lane county roads with a 40' motorhome that 2 Jeeps can barely pass each other on.

The people who write the programs for the GPS are not going out to every street and looking at them to see what's suitable for trucks and what isn't. They are looking at laws and designated trucks routes and things of that nature. Even though a road may be narrow, if it's legal for a big rig to operated on it then the GPS may very well route you down it.

Just bought Garmin RV 760 LMT from The GPSStore.com. Looks good. input two large sets of custom POI's with POI loader and that worked fine. Set up multiple routes for next trip. After a short learning seems to be intuitive.

hotjag1 wrote:
Is there a GPS for big rigs? I am tired of being directed down narrow 2 lane county roads with a 40' motorhome that 2 Jeeps can barely pass each other on.

There are various brands of truck and RV units but none of them will be perfect.

Besides what's right for you is not for someone else...just saying.

Garmin 760 LMT but no guarantee

hotjag1 wrote:
Is there a GPS for big rigs? I am tired of being directed down narrow 2 lane county roads with a 40' motorhome that 2 Jeeps can barely pass each other on.

Is there a GPS for big rigs? I am tired of being directed down narrow 2 lane county roads with a 40' motorhome that 2 Jeeps can barely pass each other on.

I have no complaints with My Magellan Unit!

RV specific?

Garmin, Rand (Good-Sam) and TomTom all make RV specific ones.

The early Rand (7710) had lots of issues, but I doubt any are still available
The Rand (Good Sam) come with a Good-Sam campground directory built in. I don't know what "brand" of campground directory come with the other two.

Personally I like Garmin over the other brands, Amazon has the best price on the RV-760 I've seen.

We have the Garmin RV760 works great plus I can see it.
JR

Ditto.