Anyone recommend a good truckers road atlas

Just like mickey melon said...this atlas has the Rand McNally beat hands down...Better detail especially on the larger city maps....best by far!

 

I wonder what people did before the GPS... *FACEPALM*

I run the lower 48 and it's rare that i go to the same place twice in 6 months and when i leave from LA,CA on a run to Southington,CT i know every turn and fuel stop before i even start my trip. How do i do this without a ''dedicated cushy route'' you ask? I have this magical device called a phone that i use to call my customers with and get the best truck route into their facility in CT before i leave LA.

 

Well Good question! Good Luck Troop! I wish you well, But you won't need it till you are out of the trainers truck. good Luck, read up on here and get it all in! and G.O.A.L. Be Safe.

 

I wouldn't buy one just yet. Odds are your trainer will buy you one.

 

Isn't that the same thing that ramblingman said?

He didn’t say to not use a GPS, just that it should only be used as an aid. Its good advice to tell someone to use a GPS only as an aid and you seemed to have said the same thing when you said you used it as a supplement. I think ramblingman was pointing out the importance in proper pretrip, not that you need to have every address, highway, exit and intersection committed committed to memory.

You should use every asset you can find for doing a proper pretrip, an atlas, MapQuest, Google Earth, Microsoft Streets and Trips, a GPS, and any other asset you have so that you know where you are going before ever leaving.

 

The best advice for using a tool is knowing it's limitations and how to use it properly.

I use my motorcycle GPS and it works just fine for me. But of course I was driving before there was such a thing and know how to read my RM Trucker's Atlas to see where trucks should and should not go. See if the GPS says to turn into a lake or a wall, I'm smart enough to not listen to it.