GPS..looking for ideas

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  1. Last Call

    Last Call Road Train Member

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    Iam new here been reading on here for along time I have a 81...359 thats a working truck broke down and bought a GPS ( Garmin Drive 61 EX ) nothing fancy but does what I need it to do.. My question is anybody seen or mounted something similar ? Without it looking like a 1 armed crackhead did it with the junk suction cup bracket or velcro strips and power cord hanging .. Any info or info or ideas would be welomed.. sorry for such a long post on a simple thing Thanks
     
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  3. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    Heres how i mounted my stuff (rand 740, phone) in my 94 t600.

    (Yes, i redid the whole panel in rocker switches, was getting tired of switches breaking at 30-80$ each, whole thing done for 600$ and a boatload of rewiring and hours of frustration)

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    You Probably are able to do something similar in your truck, just think through it 8 times before you make the first hole
     
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    Ignore the dust, it aint spring yet
     
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  5. Brettj3876

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    I have mine at the top of the windshield so it's out of the way. The power cord you can't see, it runs down the middle of the windshield where the weather strip is. Few small pieces of tape keeps the cord out of the way. My suction cup stays up forever it seems
     
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  6. 86scotty

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    I use paper maps. GPS are for suckers. I just tape all the pages to my Trucker's atlas all over the inside windows with little peep holes here and there to see out. It's the way real men do it.
     
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    Thats the way I've doing it.. but the DOT said I needed to update things thats way I bought a GPS.. maybe if I made the holes bigger that would be considered a update..
     
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  9. shooter19802003

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    I don't have a GPS, I'm still using maps. However, like @Brettj3876 said, put it up high and run the cord down the window split. If you have a drop visor, that is unused space anyways. If not, look at ram mount. They have all kinds of option available, including floor mounts and a track system. You are bound to find something that will work.
     
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    I've been studying it some shooter I think Iam gona try like you & @Brettj3876 suggested Thanks
     
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    shooter19802003 Road Train Member

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    I have a dashcam in my 379 and that is where I put it and run my wires. I miss my 359. :( But it's nice to be able to stand up in my 379. :)
     
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