Is anyone NOT using Trucker Path App? What's wrong with you?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by tscottme, Sep 17, 2018.

  1. againstthewind

    againstthewind Road Train Member

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    there are many reasons its helpfull, dont need a gps to find places but it helps so your not the guy going 10 mph down a road looking for his turn when a gps couldv told him it was 2 miles to the turn, but super truckers dont need apps lol and yes i remember the days when we didnt need apps, i also remember the days when people used a horse and buggy and didnt need a diesel engine.
     
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  3. Plantfoam

    Plantfoam Medium Load Member

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    The reviews on the app are like the writing on the toilet stall walls
     
  4. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Yep
     
  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Weigh station status seems about the most reliable feature of the app in my experience. Some weigh stations are open/closing over and over all day, like NC. Many others are closed for days at a time. I do notice jokers putting truck stops with lots of parking at 3am, updated every minute. There is a trick to see if it's true or not. But I'm not giving that away yet.
     
  6. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    That's what I had until it finally bit the dust. And they don't make them anymore. Too bad.
     
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  7. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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    The only "trick" I use is to check and see if any reserved spots are available. Regardless of that generally speaking there's always either spots in the way back available or the hard backing spots that lots of drivers cant get into so they think the truck stop is full.
     
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  8. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    I wonder if all those truckers I see holding their phones while driving are just doing other truckers a solid by updating their Trucker Path app about the last weigh station or the mile marker of the roadkill they just saw.
     
  9. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    I use it daily.

    Coming through LA all the time and heading up the I-5 corridor I often have drastically different stop locations. It’s nice to scan all the TS in a 150 mile radius of where I can stop. Do I push or hole up early and get an earlier start?

    I like the parking updates even if some tool bag is messing around there’s three times to show history. The lost hills pilot you know it’s going to be full...but there’s so many more places to stop. I’ve got some new favorites because of TP.
     
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  10. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    You should throw in the helmet cam and ask them. There’s a video I would watch.
     
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  11. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    yesterday I was checking his videos ))) I liked that pink coffee shop video.
     
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