PC Miler or Rand McNally gps?

I use everything I can get my hands on. Map, Phone, Google Map, GPS. This works for me. But I do want a new GPS for trucks.

 

Looks to me PC miler would be the better one.

 

FWIW,
I just bought one of THESE, and for what I paid for it, the TND and PCMiler would have to actually drive the truck for me, to justify their truck-driver-raping prices!
You input the truck height, trailer length, kingpin to axle, route preferences, load type, etc. From the few thousand miles I have used it so far, it's a pretty awesome set-up!

 

The truck navigation device is not as simple as it seems to justify a $100 price. A car navigation device takes into account nothing and will route you anywhere. A truck navigation device has to include all the above settings and the routers in the software have to now look at each road segment to route you legally. The main core map database is more expensive now that truck attributes are now added.

In this current money situation, the truck navigation devices have dropped in cost. They are all comparative in price.

A simple sit-down dinner with your other half will usually run you about $30-$50. Yet you do not question that when you pay.

The Truck navigation device is a tool and as such is considered part of your Taxes for business expenses.

Most people look at the onetime cost as what it costs me now. With any higher dollar item you have to look at the cost over the life of the product. So, if you expect it to last 3 years, then the truck navigation device is costing you about $125 a year to purchase, then that breaks down to $12.50 a month. Satellite radio costs more per month.

I just spend $350 on a hot water heater. Yes, it costs me out of my pocket now, but the life of the hot water heater is approx 15 years. So, the cost factor is way lower per year.

You buy a new car, yet the moment you drive off the car lot you lose thousands on the car automatically.

Any higher cost item you should be doing your homework and budgeting for it over time. Look at the features of each one and determine which one best suits my needs. As with any item you will entail a learning curve when you first buy it.

Please note, that most forums will show a vastly greater amount of issues with a product versus the cons of the product.

I have many drivers that I respond to along with the Beta testers. I can put you in contact with anyone to let you get a first hand opinion of the TND if you so desire.

Thanks,
Mark

 

Well, that's a waste of money...if it's already hot water, why are you heating it? lol
It's actually just a water heater

The routefinder IS a truck nav, and so far has routed the same way as our dispatch routing. My point was, as many others have complained, that because it is specific to trucking, they can charge 10x more than anything automotive! It's not that the others are $300 more, it's that they are 3-4x the price! It's a relative comparison. I have no doubt the TND is a great Nav, but since it's made by the same people who make our 'bible' I would expect nothing less.

 

I am seriously interested in the Cobra Platinum GPS.

 

one thing for sure. if the gps runs you down the wrong street, or causes you to have a problem, you have no excuse. it's on you, period. use a map, pre-plan, and yeah, call the customer to give an e.t.a. and ask for directions.

it's old school, but it works.