Garmin GPS truck routing

I would have to go out and look. I think it is the garmin street pilot c320 I think. I paid about 250 for mine. It has voice promts. I will go out and double check sunday. You can buy them at some walmarts. I bought mine at best buys so I could buy a extended warranty. I had to take my 1st one back, but have had no problems with this one.

 

The Garmin C330 and C340 both have a "Truck" setting. The difference between the two is that the 340 speaks the actual street names while the 330 only tells you turn right or left at the next street.

The Garmin Nuvii does not have a "Truck" setting.

And yes the Truck setting is different than the car/motorcycle setting but it is not flawless.

It does send you down some posted streets but will almost never send you down an impossible street for a truck to go down. Much better than the TomTom I had with no Truck setting: Below is my horror story with a Tom Tom.

 

Mine is the garmin c330

 

There is a difference in how they route as well. A friend of mine has the 340 and I have the 330. We have run together a few times and on the exact same settings they route us differently.

 

It makes sense. The 340 may have an updated map since it is the newer version. But I swear that these things have a mind of their own sometimes.

 

I have two nuvi 350's and they do have "truck settings". It does ok. However, I would not depend on them without double checking against the Atlas.

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I was curious also...so I looked it up on Garmin's site...and they had this to say:

Question: </SPAN> Does the mapping software in my unit have Trucking routes?

Answer: Garmin® mapping software does not contain truck routes or low clearances. You can put your unit in Truck Mode, which means that the unit navigates on major roads as much as possible. However, if there is only one way to get to your destination and you need to go down a street on which trucks are not allowed, the unit will plan to navigate that road.


Hope this helps!

 

I have the Garminc330...You can also go to poi factor and download different things for you gps...I have Weigh stations, low clearance bridges, Wal-marts,All of the major truck stops, and mrn radio stations(Nascar) you do have to go to Garmins web site for the software to be able to download into the GPS. but it is all free and makes the gps more user friendly for different routes...But you should always look at you map to ensrue that yiu are going the most direct and easiest rout...I have Streets & Trips also. But I know of atleast 2 routes that I know of that puts both of them wrong...so don't throw your maps away just yet...

 

Just had an offer, guy was selling his nuvi 750 for $200, used only once. Problem is, the #### thing has no option for truck routing, only auto/motorcycle.

 

Sure wouldnt hesitate to get the unit - as the Garmin site says, the Truck setting only tries to keep you on major roads - you will always have to check the route vs. the MC Atlas!
Paul