Rand-MacNally Motor Carrier’s Road Atlas

It also refreshes the dispatchers mind that 38,500 is over weight on a 20 when she doesnt want to pay...

 

buy one towards the end of the year and they are like $10.!! I buy 1 every year and don't use GPS. cell phone and pad of paper. been fine so far, especially when then,"real" road in is different from the GPS's !

 

stupid laminated atlas go on sale already!!! $30-40 bucks havent yet to buy one still have the worn out paper back. I'll probably buy the laminated version soon enough I'm just too stubburn to fork over the dinero for one

 

you can buy thm online cheap on ebay and amazon just saying thats where I got mine

 

10-4 I'm going to have to go that route then

 

We used a Garmin originally that was not a truck GPS, you could change the route using via points though. Some companies require you to stay in route, not do your own thing.

I liked the laminated Atlas because you could use washable markers to outline the route, I used navy blue for the road, and red for places that had a problem like a low bridge and esp the NY, NJ route.

Hubby now uses a Roadmaster TN 710, it does have a mind of it's own somedays, esp likes the tollroads that his company does not reimburse on.

I google the maps from home for him now that I am home. Google maps are good for those addresses that you can't find, I look up another address close to the area such as a cross street, little rural areas are the worst sometimes. And it is easier to see the roads on a laptop also vs 10 pages in an Atlas. I still have to drag it out sometimes though; and even in the past I always looked at the restricted areas for whatever state to just be sure.

I also use a website www. findfuelstops . com for finding the oddball places to maybe park; it's supposed to be for finding the cheapest fuel prices but we have never used it for that. It does list things like Walmart's and rest areas.

Good luck and drive safely.

 

The laminated version is $30 all day long at most truck stops

 

I use that along with the RM GPS. They work great together!

 

The GPS is a good "reference". During your trip planning, input the destination, bring up the directions list, and follow it thru on your map. This is to confirm (Rand McNally is the bible). Then dive using the GPS. Do the same thing with your GPS and company supplied local directions. 90% of the time (my experience) all will look good and you can proceed with the GPS.

GPS is good. Just needs to be verified before proceeding.