Low Bridges

[Leroy A. Eckert]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Al Scudder wrote:
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> I went to work roll'n a big truck. I use Garman Nuvi 465T. Works well but what
works fir sure is a $29.95 Motor Carriers Road Atlas by Rand McNally available
at TA or Pilot. Cross check the GPS with the Atlas and you will not top out the
bus. All low clearances are in there. Then read the road signs. Simple N Easy.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
Dahlonega, GA
Currently in Indy



> GPS or signs or maps... I don't go on anyroads that are nt US highways or
Intrerstates or I call the Stase Police to see if there is clearance OR I DONT
GO simple beeen there done that ...I hate to un hook and turn around in a 50 ft
area that is dirt
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> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> From: gregy1@...
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:40:16 -0700
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Low Bridges
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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?
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> 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
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> -Kirpal Venanji
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> From: trekkersmith1
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:45:10 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Low Bridges
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> 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
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "Morey Zuber"
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> > 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.
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> > MoreyZ
> > 99LXi
> > Fulltiming from Green Cove Springs, FL
> > Current Location http://www.bbirdmaps.com/ Location 168
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