Thoughts on LowClearances.com software.
I thought this sounded like an excellent product and bought it, and with the code got a years worth of clearance alerts for Canada and the US for about $20. I loaded the clearance I needed which was 1...
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My 5th wheel is 13'4" also. We don't use GPS or any other 'tech' device.
(Garmin did me wrong several times...so she got muffled and put away)
In 7 yrs of Full Time Travel using secondary/back roads as primary routes we only encounter 2 situations of 'low clearance' that were not marked with signage LONG before actually coming to them-----alternate routes easily used
One was actually marked but tree/bushes had grown over signage.
Second one was were road converged/merged with another route....overpass was marked but no way to NOT go thru without backing out/disrupting traffic/creating a real headache. Then found out it was not properly marked after recent construction re-do. Cleared by 1" going slowly.
I don't trust 'tech' devices so end up having to verify-----then why spend $$ on tech devices in first place.
(Garmin did me wrong several times...so she got muffled and put away)
In 7 yrs of Full Time Travel using secondary/back roads as primary routes we only encounter 2 situations of 'low clearance' that were not marked with signage LONG before actually coming to them-----alternate routes easily used
One was actually marked but tree/bushes had grown over signage.
Second one was were road converged/merged with another route....overpass was marked but no way to NOT go thru without backing out/disrupting traffic/creating a real headache. Then found out it was not properly marked after recent construction re-do. Cleared by 1" going slowly.
I don't trust 'tech' devices so end up having to verify-----then why spend $$ on tech devices in first place.
