New Truck GPS

Coast to coast drive is 3000 miles. The average car driver drives 12k - 15k miles per year. A summer vacation is hardly noticeable for most cars.

 

I got tired of the garmin units bricking on me. Happened on a 710 and an 800. Boom just locked up after 1-2 years. Couldn’t clear them. Nothing. Just crappy hardware with a decent truck map. I think the 800 I bought was $750

I bought an iPad mini and put trucker path on it. About the same cost as my 800. $500 for the iPad with cell, and $250 per year for trucker path. Amortized over three years I save about $250 compared to garmin. Plus I can watch movies and actually do work on it.

The iPad mini mounts on my dash in a 67 designs unit. It’s designed for pilots. Holder for Apple iPad Mini 6/7 - with CaptivePencil™
It doesn’t rattle, fall off, come loose etc. I’ve had more than enough issues with the crap truck stops sell. Mines set up to hold my phone as well.

On my phone I run google maps for traffic updates and user reports for hazards and cops. I also run Hammer on my phone to double check.

There’s a lot of other reasons why I use what use but that dives down into the minutiae of how I trip plan and where I want to stop.

 

I just use Google maps on my iPhone. If I run over something, Noo biggie!