Truck Sat Nav

[eggsarascal]

I'm in the market for a new sat nav, I'd like one of the truck/motorhome ones where you put vehicle weight/dimensions in. There are few out there with massively varying prices. What are you folks using?

[Mick Dempsey]

iPhone maps these days, Tom Tom collects dust in the glove compartment.

[Rough Hewn]

iPhone maps these days, Tom Tom collects dust in the glove compartment.

I use iPhone maps as a sat nav too.
However once on the way to a job, the ****er kept sending me to a lane 10miles from the job.
Just wouldn't stay on the destination.

Otherwise it's great.
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[peatff]

Waze is a good app to have on the phone with user traffic alerts.

[eggsarascal]

Do iPhone maps and Waze have a function to alert you to low bridges and weight limits?

 

I know these are signposted but I'd prefer to know beforehand and not have to double back.

[LandmarkTrading]

I found this guide really useful http://itracking.co.uk/fleet-management-systems/best-sat-navs-truckers-fleet-needs/

[billpierce]

Eggs, had some interesting times with the 811 in Europe with the sat nav directing me into extraordinarily narrow one way roads in medieval Italy etc. Total nightmare. The Garmin I had which had a truck setting was mildly better but basically totally unreliable.

Id get on some trucker forums find out what the hgv drivers use.

[westphalian]

Ditto that. I have the Garmin trucker sat nav for motorhome. Put dimensions in etc. Makes feck all difference far as I can see in 2 years, still sends you on roads only suitable for cyclists. Had to put both wing mirrors in yesterday on Symonds Yat in Gloucestershire. I have a truckers road map which is good for low bridges. In my experience always best to double check what the sat nav says with a road map

[eggsarascal]

I was looking at the tom tom hgv professional range earlier, I had to have a little lie down when I saw the price of them...

[billpierce]

Sygic truck gps app may he reasonable. I'd road test it in a car mind