Trucker gps

Copilot for trucks

 

You can get a currently free one that can be used on a phone from this web site. Go to the forum for HAMMER. They have a link to the download.


For a standalone Garmin.

 

I think you need a truck GPS, not an app. To save money get the 5 inch screen version of the Garmin Dezl or Rand-McNally TND 550. You can limp by with a paid subscription to Trucker Path. TP will give truck-specific routing if you have a paid subscription, otherwise the free version gives you car routing only. In actual use the voice prompts of the GPS provide most of the info you use while driving and the small screen is not a problem. Smaller device can be mounted in better positions than larger devices. Also, it's better to get the GPS only device from Garmin or RM than an all-in-one, does everything but tuck you in device. They are cheaper, more reliable, get less hot, less to break.

No matter which brand of truck GPS you buy you will find it has some errors, mostly small errors. I used a RM for 5 years and it just barely survived because I treated it like a delicate egg, not indestructible piece of plastic. The Garmin screens are much better looking and Garmin devices are a bit more rugged. I didn't like the type of mistakes it made, compared to the RM. But mostly I didn't like the Garmin because I had 5 years experience with the RM and only weeks of experience with the Garmin. When I tried to make the Garmin do what I did with the RM I got frustrated. I am 100% sure if I had 5 years with the Garmin and tried to figure out the RM I would have the same complaint about the RM. Whether you get a truck GPS, app on your phone you will find whatever you chose makes mistakes. Accept it and just learn to live with and ignore what mistakes your chosen device/app makes.

A GPS isn't a substitute for a brain. 99% of newbies buy a GPS and throw their brain out the window. "Officer I had to drive through a children's playground because my GPS said so."