Qualcomm GPS

I like looking at the map as it generates. gives me a much better idea what's going on route wise. keep in mind my atlas is always in arms reach lol

 

And they never counted higher than 10. =) He he he.

 

Some companies go by map quest which is why I learned to call the cust for directions.If my company didn't have a phone number i'd Google the. customer

 

When I started at my current company about 4 years ago they were against gps. Always saying use qualcomm. I laughed. Took boss to truck and put into qualcomm and says can't find a route...so I put into my Garmin and find fastest route. Never failed me yet but is slow getting route. Fig gps, atlas, Google and if needed qualcomm I be anywhere.

 

My GPS was always one of several tools I used. By the time I retired I had already been to 75% of the docks my company sent us to. However when my GPS shined was following directions and looking at street signs. Some of those actual signs were either too small to read or were missing. It has been my experience the largest problem with GPS (even truckers versions) is they sometimes route you under low bridges. Mine did this in Ohio once. The only thing that save me that day was I had called the shipper and was warned about that RR bridge.

 

Example from this current run...

I run for Swift and got a notice there are low clearances all over the 7 stop Houston tour today.

Don't use personal GPS, it says.

Qualcomm routed us under a 13'4 overpass, low hanging stop lights and a set of low hanging lights on wires that were unmarked and I heard scrape the top of the trailer.

It also routed me down a dead end street with no spot to turn around.

That was just today in Houston. Now try Dallas, where everything on every highway is under construction.

 

No gps is perfect, having gained experience since my first post. They seem not to be up to date with current construction which is hideous to me. HTH

 

Agree with everyone else. Never have actually used a QC but use my garmin, then double check that with google maps then check street view and google earth. As the previous stated knowing the signs and turns can be a life safer. Can safe you from a blindside in some of the smaller brokered type loads and etc. Also there is a link in my Trucknpro software that has a "truck" trip route that I compare 2.

 

You have to update your GPS software at least once a month, if not more frequently. Your GPS isn't pulling information off the internet in real time, like Google Maps or Waze. It's running off a database that is downloaded.

If you haven't updated your GPS, then read the manual and figure it out. I update my Rand McNally at least twice a month.

 

I will also add that my smartphone is mounted above my GPS on a magnetic mount. With that I have fingertip access to programs like Waze, Google Maps with the traffic layer turned on, Trucker's Path, and/or MyRadar. I can make routing decisions or plan on stops on the fly.