Hi there I’m new to the industry and looking to purchase a new gps for both city and OTR what are the best and most reliable ones out there ?
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I would not recommend a Rand McNally product at this time. The company has been having financial problems over the last several years and has been bought and sold to private equity companies 3 or 4 times in the last few years as well. The products have a number of reoccurring problems as well as the class action legal actions concerning a few of the products. A google search on these topics will return a number of results.
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I'm using my Love's points to buy a Garmin 785. RM are delicate and badly supported.Flat Earth Trucker Thanks this. -
I have a Garmin Dezl truck specific gps
Generally I like it, no technical issues.
But as with all gps you cannot trust them.
You still need to be able to read a map and have a general idea of where you are going.
I have seen it route me 83 miles to go some place that was only 17 miles away. I took the known direct route.
I stopped at a truck stop. When heading back out to the highway it wanted me to go the wrong direction 31 miles, do a u-turn then resume on the proper course.
I needed to take a left at a light. It said to go straight one block, hang a right, a right, a right and then go straight.
So if you don’t have a clue where you are going, you’ll be putting on a lot of extra miles.baha and kemosabi49 Thank this. -
Get a Garmin with a built in dash cam. That cam will save you.
Garmin do a whole bunch. Don’t have all the answers. Sometimes goofy. But mostly... it’s a whole lotta tool.
You’ll love it.Just-Jeff-Trucking and Wasted Thyme Thank this. -
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I 2nd the dezl.
Rand McNally for maps.
Garmin for GPS...imho.Just-Jeff-Trucking Thanks this.
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