Looking for suggestions on a GPS unit similar to a trucker GPS...one that you enter your rig dimensions and you are routed on roads that will accommodate you...particularly around low clearance bridges.. I have been using google maps and confirming with a trucker atlas but I feel a newer model RV gps may be the way to go...I searched for prior threads but I'm hoping for up to date suggestions for any new products that may be available

Here's some reading for you. Common question.

Nothing new Garmin rv660 or a little larger rv770 are great - I have had a 660 for a few years

On eBay...$50...Truck or bus aware GPS.This model allows you to input specs for height, length, etc.Of course, never fully trust any GPS.Mine is a different brand but similar in that they both use the Open Source mapping system on an Android platform. Mine is 3 years old and has mislead me a time or two, but so far it's been spot on about low underpasses and routes me around them. I have mine configured as a Bus.

My main complaint with those types of GPS is that they may not allow you to create a route that includes roads/streets not truck friendly. It then will change the route regardless of how you have it. Personally I use a regular GPS and add the items I want, like low clearances. It's the best of both worlds.

I'll vote for an RV-specific GPS (we have a Garmin 760LMT). Besides the rig-appropriate routing based on the rig's height, weight, width and length, it has thousands of RV parks and campgrounds listed - with contact information. It also finds things (voice command) by categories along your route, such as "Truck Stops" which I use all the time. We've had and used our 760 for about five years now and it has served us very well.Rob

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Second_Chance
Explorer II
Sep 22, 2018
I'll vote for an RV-specific GPS (we have a Garmin 760LMT). Besides the rig-appropriate routing based on the rig's height, weight, width and length, it has thousands of RV parks and campgrounds listed - with contact information. It also finds things (voice command) by categories along your route, such as "Truck Stops" which I use all the time. We've had and used our 760 for about five years now and it has served us very well.

Rob
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Sep 22, 2018
My main complaint with those types of GPS is that they may not allow you to create a route that includes roads/streets not truck friendly. It then will change the route regardless of how you have it.

Personally I use a regular GPS and add the items I want, like low clearances. It's the best of both worlds.
Jim
Explorer
Sep 22, 2018
On eBay...$50...Truck or bus aware GPS.

This model allows you to input specs for height, length, etc.

Of course, never fully trust any GPS.

Mine is a different brand but similar in that they both use the Open Source mapping system on an Android platform. Mine is 3 years old and has mislead me a time or two, but so far it's been spot on about low underpasses and routes me around them. I have mine configured as a Bus.
rr2254545
Explorer
Sep 22, 2018
Nothing new Garmin rv660 or a little larger rv770 are great - I have had a 660 for a few years
2oldman
Explorer II
Sep 22, 2018
Here's some reading for you. Common question.

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