A Trucker GPS question and feature request thread

no you need to do this yourself useing the GPS



American Trucker

 

it won't take you long and you'll figure out your average moving speed ( max truck speed as you put it is useless) and you'll have a pretty good idea of where you're going to end up at the end of your day

you're right, elogs make it a real ##### and don't take into account for things like wrecks, traffic jams or rush hour traffic. over time you'll learn which cities to add time for at different times of day and which ones to try and bypass completely at different times of day when you can.

but, that's part of trip planning and that's YOUR responsibility, not the GPS's.

DONT TRUST IT.....use it as a guide only and double check your GPS route against the map every time. there are quite a few times I find a better route than what my "truck" gps gives me, and there are consistenly places where it tries to take me around the wrong way of a loop in major metro areas.....but you'll learn these as well once you get a few miles under your belt.

get a good truckstop guide and have several picked out starting at one hour before the end of your day, then go until you get into one......and over time, you'll learn as well which are your favorites in areas and which ones fill up quick and which ones don't.

but DONT RELY ON THAT BOX.....just use it as a tool, just like your map and atlas

additionally, getting around major metro areas is ALL about lane choice. as you learn the roads around the major cities, you'll learn which lanes you can take to go straight through with minimal lane changing and that equals more time moving than slowing to change lanes in traffic.

 

ok im going to explain it for you:

This applies to the RandMcNally GPS, Other units i have no experiance with them and do not know if it works the same.


Put in your starting location
Go Destination
Then hit "end of day"
Then look for a truck stop that you like and click on it
Let it calculate and see how long it'll take to get there
If its to far away skip stop and redo picking a closer truck stop
if its to close skip stop and redo picking a further away truck stop
When you find the one you want leave it and go


Takes just a few minutes, if you know where you are and or where you are going you can just skip across the map and pick out a truck stop like i do.

If i know im leaving NC going west on I-70 and need to go asap, i'll zoom in on East St. Louis, IL and click on the pilot and go straight there as i know its 11 hours away from the terminal....




American Trucker

 

If you know you are going to do about 500 miles, when you are in a route, zoom out and then tap on the screen. Another map screen will appear. Then simply drag along your route line and it the upper corner (right) you will see your mileage. When you hit the 500 mile mark, place the green crosshairs on the road and you will see the City, State. Use this and search under POI's by city. Or as you drag you will see truck stops, rest area's, etc. you will see the mileage to them.

Thanks,
Mark

 

i do that as a ruff estamate but the RM gps for some reason uses straight line miles between A and B not your Route miles between A and B






American Trucker

 

If you are in a route and follow the route line it should show you route miles.

If you are not in a route and pick a location it will show by the way the crow flys.

Thanks,
Mark

 

I can drag the cross hair and set it, but it don't show me the info your talking about. No city, no truck stop, nothing. I have the 510. It's a very good GPS and I'm glad I got it, but it would be nice if it did what you're talking about. Just like the End of Day. I don't know how that works either. I need a manual for this thing. CC if you have a proper manual for this GPS I would like to have it. THX