Need Advise On A Truck GPS.

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RedGator (Nalee)'s Comment
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I have my settings as yall do and it does do us and interstate. Idk I only bought this damn thing as a mile counter. My internal gps seems to do a better job. Idk I hate these damn electronics.

Interstate:

Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).

Scott B.'s Comment
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I'm starting very soon with a company that advertises Navigo GPS on all their trucks. I have had little luck finding any info or reviews on a Navigo. It's really no big deal because I learned a long time ago (the hard way) not to rely too heavily on GPS. Anyone ever used a Navigo?

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Navigo isn't a GPS unit. It's a routing program. Most of the major companies use it for the load routing. Its built within the Qualcomm. So when you get your routing for the load that's the Navigo giving you the routing. It's accurate and definitely gives McNally a run for its money. But always triple check routing no matter what.

Thanks Daniel B. Do they work the same way in a pink truck?

Qualcomm:

Omnitracs (a.k.a. Qualcomm) is a satellite-based messaging system with built-in GPS capabilities built by Qualcomm. It has a small computer screen and keyboard and is tied into the truck’s computer. It allows trucking companies to track where the driver is at, monitor the truck, and send and receive messages with the driver – similar to email.
Richard D.'s Comment
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I'm late to the show but I figured I'd give my take on this as well. I bought a Rand McNally and it was SO AWESOME when I felt it, so rugged and tough! But the processing is incredibly slow, the buttons I pushed would take a few seconds before registering. An annoyance at most right? But what really threw me off was the fact it needs wifi to do pretty much anything from address searching to traffic! That killed it for me, can't afford to have my phone all badass right now with a lot of gigs and tethering.

Went and got the Garmin Dezl 760 LMT and its perfect for my needs now, no lag and don't need a wifi signal unless I want the fancypants addons. I do plan to go back to Rand McNally because I really digged the rugged look, the Dezl is just like your average Garmin car GPS system which makes me terrified to drop it inside of a truck! truck driver's picture of dashboard and Garmin Dezl 760 LMT GPS

Rolling Thunder's Comment
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I'm late to the show but I figured I'd give my take on this as well. I bought a Rand McNally and it was SO AWESOME when I felt it, so rugged and tough! But the processing is incredibly slow, the buttons I pushed would take a few seconds before registering. An annoyance at most right? But what really threw me off was the fact it needs wifi to do pretty much anything from address searching to traffic! That killed it for me, can't afford to have my phone all badass right now with a lot of gigs and tethering.

Went and got the Garmin Dezl 760 LMT and its perfect for my needs now, no lag and don't need a wifi signal unless I want the fancypants addons. I do plan to go back to Rand McNally because I really digged the rugged look, the Dezl is just like your average Garmin car GPS system which makes me terrified to drop it inside of a truck! IMG_0400_zpsf12e614f.jpg

Um, hey dude, is your steering wheel on the wrong side? shocked.pngsmile.gif

guyjax(Guy Hodges)'s Comment
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I'm late to the show but I figured I'd give my take on this as well. I bought a Rand McNally and it was SO AWESOME when I felt it, so rugged and tough! But the processing is incredibly slow, the buttons I pushed would take a few seconds before registering. An annoyance at most right? But what really threw me off was the fact it needs wifi to do pretty much anything from address searching to traffic! That killed it for me, can't afford to have my phone all badass right now with a lot of gigs and tethering.

Went and got the Garmin Dezl 760 LMT and its perfect for my needs now, no lag and don't need a wifi signal unless I want the fancypants addons. I do plan to go back to Rand McNally because I really digged the rugged look, the Dezl is just like your average Garmin car GPS system which makes me terrified to drop it inside of a truck! IMG_0400_zpsf12e614f.jpg

Not sure what Rand McNally you had but I have used all of them. I have had the 500,510,520,700,710 and the 720 and besides the fact that every GPS on the market requires a Internet connection to be updated none of the Rand McNally 's had to have an Internet connection just to do its job. Now they do need a traffic antenna and entered connection if you wanted LIVE traffic conditions but they all need they.

DOUBLE TROUBLE's Comment
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Since my current GPS gave up the Ghost. (Couldn't be the 3/4 million miles on it) I have been looking at Truckers Tablet . Company updated the Tablet hardware since I looked at them couple of years ago. The Navigation Software is designed for the trucking industry, you can edit vehicle, weight and size.

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HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
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