GPS for Truckers, are there GPS devices designed for truck driver

There are alot of gps for trucks. Most truck stops have them. They run from $150 to $500 depending on size ect. Gps are grate but a good truck Atlas is your best bet.
Iv seen alot drivers use ther phone, car gps ect. And found there self on roads not made for trucks.

 

Use the search on the site. Type in "Truck GPS" You will find more posts than you will ever care to read on the subject.

 

Under Electronic Connection do a search.. this has been asked a lot.

 

Look on Amazon for a Truck GPS. A lot cheaper than the truck stops.

 

Never trust your GPS. I don't care if it's a car, truck, or spaceship GPS. Not sure which is the best truck GPS since I've been rocking a car GPS for 7 years but I would go with whatever is good price on Amazon or Ebay. I do mostly use my truck Atlas and Google earth when in doubt.

 

To answer the question - yes, Garmin makes a few which are very good.

 

So does Rand McNally. We have a 730 and a paper atlas and don't even look at the routing the company sends us. We also use Google maps a lot to check out our pick ups and deliveries and scout them before we arrive.

 

I used a laptop with a Rand McNally GPS antenna tied to a national map down to alley level where with updates you knew where you are at to within 25 feet in those days. (*Prior to Clinton signing a order lifting a ban on civilian access to more precise information that now can get you to within a few feet and in specific applications, millimeters) That was then, I actually still have it and it still works. The maps not so much.

Turning to the other side of the coin.

You must not, ever; rely on a computer to defend you from a low bridge or other restriction. It is on YOU the PROFESSIONAL to double check your route with local maps, books and information published by a State DOT wherever you might be. Just because a bridge is marked 13.6 does not make it 13.6 for a variety of very good reasons. It is deemed a PREVENTABLE accident should you fail to double check clearances and you run into something that is too low or restricted.

There are tens of thousands such limits all over the USA. No computer can be expected to hold and update all of that information. It's silly. There is not enough staff potential to man, doublecheck and verify such information. That is where YOU the driver comes in when you are considering a route for your load and vehicle.

Ive seen live leak videos of fire engines running into low bridges because the man sent to collect it was not properly briefed on the danger potential of such bridges. And so kerplunk! Wrecked. What a waste. A few moments double checking your source material of all kinds up to and including DOT in the state you are in saves you a life time of regret.

I am not taking a holy than thou, hardly. Ive run into low clearances several times. The difference is how I handled them and nothing got damaged or people hurt. Everyone got to go home safe and no damage. Keep in mind that there is a bridge out there with your name on it should you be lazy and careless, jump in and take off too tired to take 10 minutes to check your new route. Don't do that. Take the time to check it.