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1775
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Aug 09, 2013

Garmin RV 760 and Propane

We now know that the new Garmin RV 760 does not have a setting to not route on propane restricted roads, tunnels, and bridges. I emailed Garmin to ask if perhaps this is just built into how their RV unit routes and will avoid those routes automatically without a special profile setting. The answer is no.

This is the reply that I got back which seems to be the standard Garmin reply no matter what is asked about features.

"Thank you for contacting Garmin International.

As of right now that is not a function of the RV 760, but it is definitely great input. I have passed along that concern to the developers and hopefully it will be resolved with a software update.

With Best Regards,"

Without this feature, this is a problem. Almost every RV carries some amount of propane and there are routes that this unit is going to route on that this will be a problem if you are stopped. The Rand McN has this feature, the Magellan has it, even Co-pilot for Android has it. (Apparently, Tom Tom's new RV GPS does not have it, unless it is just not included in the manual.)
  • Amen, I've come across 2 in all my years of traveling, and both of those would have been easy to avoid. It really doesn't seem to be an issue for most people/travelers.
  • downtheroad wrote:
    Honestly...how many roads, routes, tunnels, bridges are there really that have propane restrictions.


    x 2!
  • Honestly...how many roads, routes, tunnels, bridges are there really that have propane restrictions.

    In 30 years of towing..with a number of coast to coast, boarder to boarder loops we maybe have come across 6 times where the only restriction was to shut off the tanks. There was adequate signage and places to pull off to do this.

    This is a consideration but, for me, not a deal breaker when choosing a GPS

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