What gps do yall recommend

My choice as well.

 

Exactly.A wrong turn in Pittsburgh or Chicago is VERY costly.Got an old friend that got a $1.400 citation in cook County due to GPS.

 

Everyone has their habits. Some more expensive than others

 

Lots of good threads about GPS in the electronics sub forum. Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum

I've had good luck with rand mcnally. I have an RM520 that has been going strong for 6 or 7 years now. Both the rand and garmin get good reviews overall.

 

Looked at one shipper on a satellite view, business park, skinny entrance didn’t even have docks. Hundred of parked cars. And I’m picking up a stretch load. Can’t possibly be right.

Travel agent assures me it is correct. There is no possible way. Contact info didn’t work. I was correct, wrong spot. Glad I didn’t pull into that business park.

 

I find google street view more handy than actual google navigation as just yesterday google rerouted me around a cluster near Memphis and I happily took it up until the 7'6" low bridge I got to. Come to find out many a truck driver has been suckered into that route.

I find being able to see a satellite view of the location I'm going has been very handy. Atlases don't give you that information and the last time I checked they're only good for the major roads. I don't need any help with those, I need help with the last 4 or 5 turns to get you into your shipper/receiver.

To answer the OP's question none are perfect. None can you rely on completely. I use more than one. compare their input, read road signs and make my nav decisions that way. Hasn't let me down yet (meaning got me into a bind I couldn't get out of easily). Yesterday I just blindly trusted Google thinking that Memphis didn't have any low bridges since it's a huge transportation hub. Well I be wrong in that assumption. I've never heard of an interstate service road having a 7' bridge over it.

 

Another no comprende... 1. That road looks good enough for the truck at least in that spot. 2. How is it possible to break a trailer by trying to bend it around a tree? I'd think that the back axles would be forced over even if it rolled tires off the rims...

 

I used to have a Rand McNally TND 720, it's loaded with useful features....that were completely useless due to the constant issues it had, which started just 3 months after getting it. It was no more useful then a cheap car GPS and stopped working completely after just a year.

I have a Garmin Dezl cam 785 now. Been using it for about a year and haven't had a single issue yet.

But no matter what you use, satellite view on google maps is great to check out the route the GPS wants to take you when off the highway. Can see if there are other trucks on it and how wide or narrow the road is and guesstimate if it's a good route to take and look at alternatives if not. Can even use street view to check for signs near bridges and intersections.

 

Garmin + Google satellite view.
Never touched the Atlas since I've been out. I use satellite view to see how to get in the shipper, how to setup for the docks, and what streets I'll be turning into to make sure it isn't some nasty button hook turn.