Low Bridges

[Bill Garamella]

After reading this thread, I started thinking how useful a reliable truck route
reference would be.I'm still a bit green with this stuff... just what does 9-Ton
bridge ahead mean?

I have been using MS Streets and Trips GPS as a guide in conjunction with the RM
paper road maps. Found this add on for Streets and Trips called "Truck Stops
Plus". Wondering if anyone of you are familiar with it?

If it works, Its probably worth the $. Check it out here

http://www.truckstopsplus.com/

Thanks,

NH Bill

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Wheeler" wrote:
>
> Our son was a independent trucker for awhile. I ran his truck for about ten
> days when he had surgery. He had a WorldNav GPS. Large screen and it
> seemed to know about low clearances and prohibited routes.
>
> Here is a link to their site:
>
> http://www.teletype.com/c/portable-truck-gps.html
>
> - Chuck Wheeler-
> 1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX
>
>
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> From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Young
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:40 AM
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Low Bridges
>
>
>
>
>
> After seeing this discussion this morning I ran a simple unscientific test
> on our StreetPilot 7200. We were driving through Glacier NP in our tow car
> with the GPS. I had left it set for Truck and Prefer Fastest Time. With
> those settings it routed us around Going to the Sun Hwy, a slow park road
> with low clearances and maximum 21 foot total vehicle (inc. tow vehicle)
> length. I then changed the settings to Car, leaving it on Prefer Fastest
> Time. No change in the routing. Then I changed it to Prefer Shorter
> Distance, leaving it on Car, and it took us on the park road. That makes
> sense because Going to the Sun is far fewer miles than routing around the NP
> on highways. So far, so good.
>
> Then, leaving it on Shorter Distance, I changed it back to Bus, and then to
> Truck. In both cases it still routed us through the park on Going to the
> Sun Hwy! Had we been in the Bird we'd have run into a 9 foot tall tunnel
> and gotten stuck going around a hairpin turn. It had no data whatsoever
> about the length or height restrictions, or if it did, the Bus and Truck
> settings did not utilize them to route us around a road that would have been
> completely impossible for a 40 foot three axle 21 ton vehicle.
>
> Don't know that this proves anything - maybe the data was simply incomplete
> for that road - but I have learned to not trust the GPS for much of anything
> off the interstates. I still use it - it makes a great digital speedometer!
> - but I read the maps and guides first before I drive anywhere!
>
> BTW, when we got to our campground in Kalispell (Glacier Pines) there was a
> newer LXi a couple of spaces down. No one home when we walked by, and it's
> gone now. Anyone here?
>
> Greg
> Halfway through a six month tour of the continent trying to hit as many
> Burning Man events, National Parks and Nudist Camps as possible!
> Currently Kalispell MT
> 1986 PT-40
>
>
> Each time you judge yourself you break your heart.
> -Kirpal Venanji
>
>
> _____
>
> From: trekkersmith1
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:45:10 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Low Bridges
>
>
>
> Morey,
> My Streetpilot 7200 doesn't have ability to plan for clearances, or even
> alert for them, as far as I can tell. I do have that feature with my Delorme
> Road Atlas using one of the DiscoveryOwnersGrou p add-in files. Can you give
> more specifics?
> Thanks,
> Gary
> SOB
> bbirdmaps #66
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@
> yahoogroups. com, "Morey Zuber" wrote:
> >
> > We purchased a Garmin Streetpilot 7200 (7" screen built for truckers and
> RVers) on Amazon for $428. It has a vehicle setting for trucks or buses,
> which protects from low bridges. Sits on dash with a bean bag and visible to
> driver & copilot.
> >
> > MoreyZ
> > 99LXi
> > Fulltiming from Green Cove Springs, FL
> > Current Location http://www.bbirdmap <http://www.bbirdmaps.com/> s.com/
> Location 168
> >
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