What is the best GPS for commercial truck drivers ?

Question

What is the best GPS for commercial truck drivers ?

Answer 1

I  understand TeleType GPS offers a Truck Route GPS, only issue is I have NO experience in testing it and do not know if it function as advertise so you will be on your own if you decide to purchase one.

http://www.teletype.com/Merchant2/graphi...

Here is some information for these units and what they claim it offers.

http://www.teletype.com/Merchant2/mercha...

WorldNav Portable GPS based on TeleType's award winning navigation product line. This advanced touch screen Truck Routing GPS for professional truck drivers, bus drivers, and RV'ers. Insures that routes will follow roads that are suitable for truck travel, and yet the commercial driver can rely on the routing as it takes into account commercial truck restrictions such as bridge heights and clearances, load limits, one-way road designations, left-hand and dangerous turn restrictions, and allowances. Typical truck configuration would be 13'6'' height, 80,000 lb weight, and 53' length. Easily change the specifications to suit your truck including oversized and overweight vehicles. This device also offers additional features as compared to the WorldNav 710060 model such as bluetooth connectivity, back up battery, and more.

If you can afford to look at a Garmin Street Pilot 7200 that offers 7" display screen and a solid routing engine with more attributes than the current Nuvi series, this unit was design for RV's and trucks. You can rent one from GPS4Rent http://www.gps4rent.com/ to test out and or buy one from Auto Nav 2000 http://www.autonav2000.com/

Good Luck

Answer 2

I suggest a serious look at the Garmin Nuvi series. Some of the higher priced models have features you may not be interested in, but the GPS functions are the same as the lower priced models. You can compare some of these models at:

http://gps.buyerreports.org

Good luck.

Answer 3

WorldNav Truck Routing 3.5 GPS

http://www.teletype.com/Merchant2/mercha...

Answer 4

Hang out at the restaurant of the local truck stop and ask a few drivers. You'll get honest and straight forward answers.