ops: This is my husband's first week running wild for his company. He is finding that road signs in different states can be very confusing, and getting ones' self unlost is much harder than getting lost. Any advice for a young family starting out in the industry on what is good to use as well as affordable? I know that I would like to get him something that speaks directions as well as displays them on a screen. Let me know your experiences. Thanks

 

http://www.dieselboss.com/Travrout/cptruck.htm

 

Some info on what i use.. hope it helps

http://opop.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/trucking-software/

 

GPS is by far the best thing I've bought since I began driving. I use Microsoft Streets and Trips '07.

It's less then half the price of copilot 9 and it's very easy to use. However it isnt intended for big trucks but between the directions in the qualcomm and my cell phone (to call for directions) I hardly ever get lost anymore.

 

For a low cost GPS, check out FineDrive 400 (just use a google search). I got mine for $199 after mail in rebate. It's not the best, but it has saved me more than once and was cheap. I also have Mircosoft Street and Trips and use Google maps satellite pictures to get a bird eye view of where I'll be headed. Between the three, I have no problem getting to where I'm going.

 

I highly recommend the GPS. I was using Delorme and my computer power cord went out. Took two weeeks to get a new one. I did not realize just how much I depended on GPS until I was without it . Also, forgot how nice the Drivers Daily Log software was until I had to manually log again!!

 

I have the Cobra NavOne 2500. Like most GPS units it doesnt cover commercial drivers but like previously stated, using the GPS with the qualcomm and my atlas, it has never gotten me lost.

 

this is what we use and we don't leave home with out it

http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELi...122&item=24710

i do have streets and trips (better map) but i like delorme better. and this gps antenna will work with all gps software. some gps antenna's will not work with all programs.


this is how we have it in the truck and we can move it almost anyplace in the cab and it stays ware iwe need it.

http://www.ram-mount.com/laptop_moun...ptop_desks.htm

we got it NEW on ebay for $177

 

:roll: GPS :roll:

 

I use Delorme but certainly not as the only thing. I find MapQuest much more reliable, but I use the GPS to guide me along the directions from MapQuest or company directions which so far have been very reliable. Delorme by itself stears me wrong a lot, tells me to go one way when I should be going another. Though I must say I have turned the wrong way a couple of times and don't know how I would have gotten out if I hadn't had Delorme. Not to mention one time in Georgia, the fog was so thick I couldn't see in front of me and Delorme guided me right to the door (I was driving extremely slow and it was only like 20 miles I was going)