Rand McNally or Garmin
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An atlas is fantastic for the major routes but it doesn’t usually have tiny city/county roads listed. I even have the 60$ laminated one.
I took customer directions into facility and it was worse then driving in nyc. (Switchbacks and dirt roads) next pickup had me going in opposite direction and I didn’t wanna go through that again.
Thought random McNally would help me out but it just made it worse. -
FYI - The RM Overdyve has the paper atlas in electronic form as an app. It is much easier to use and convenient, as it can be accessed while underway. Some of the other RM GPS may have it too. It's waaaaay easier than wrestling with the big physical atlas. You open the app and scroll to the state you want, zoom in and out by pinching and pan by moving map with one finger.
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We had a gps built into our PeopleNet and it was always wrong. When I was runnings South on 75 headed to North Carolina the gps would tell me to stay right on 75 and 40 West, but you have to go left on 75 S and 40 E. So, I learned fast not to trust the gps. -
Point being, the atlas is just another tool like a CB or a GPS, or calling a customer and so on and so forth. To write one off over the other is F'n stupid.CrappieJunkie Thanks this. -
Get an iPad with data. Copilot works as well as RM if not better, and it doesn’t have the terrible hardware. You also have google maps on the same device plus options like audible and Spotify.
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I've owned the rand mcnally overdryve 7,8 and 8 2 and the garmin dezl 740 and otr800. Garmin hands down is the best. I do like the rand mcnally interface better. But it always loses satellite connection and I'd have to hook up the garmin. Finally ditched the rand mcnally and just use garmin now
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