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Originally Posted by 9200IH

One more question: I also do allot of hay and straw deleveries out in the boonies. The directions I might get will not give the actual street number for the farm I am going to but I will get the town, road and something like the 4th driveway with the 3 silos.

If I enter the town and the road will the GPS at least get me to the road? So I don't pass it by.

What I would really like if I was to keep this unit is knowing where the next road is that I have to turn at.

That's the best part. If the farmer says it's a mile down "Backwoods Rd" then you can create your destination exactly 1 mile down the road. And once you've been there once you can store that destination in the GPS and you will have it for next time....years later. At least that's what I so with Streets and Trips.

One more thing about Streets and Trips. If you already have a laptop, it is by far the cheapest of any GPS option out there. Under $150.

However, if you don't have a laptop, it's the most expensive (because you need to but the laptop).

Some of the basic Tom Tom GPS's are on sale for $150.

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Originally Posted by rank

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Originally Posted by 9200IH

How many of you are using external antennas with your GPS? My wife just bought me a "brand-X" GPS with no jack for an external antenna (birthday surprise with no research done by her :? ) Do most of you get a signal without an external?

S&T uses an external antenna that plugs into the USB port on the laptop. Then the antenna sits on the dash or sticks to the windshield. Signals are no problem.

This is a stand-alone GPS unit, not on a laptop. Shoud have made myself clear.

Another good use for a GPS,....
Use it as a speedometer when the one in your truck decides to stop working :wink:,...like mine just did :roll:

I've had my Nuvi 660 for over a year now. No external antenna and it always grabs the satellite signals right away.

I do a lot of 30 - 60 drop loads, and it is an indespensible tool. I would not trade it for a brand new shiny blue eyed brunette gal. No way.

Gotta watch it in Chicago and out on the east coast, though. It does not seem to understand that 13' 6" trailer and 9' 4" bridge don't equal out very well.

Something that was not mentioned before about GPS and locking onto a signal is if your unit is enabled for WASS or not. My Garmin Nuvi 350 can be WASS enabled and my accuracy goes way up at a cost of having to wait minutes to acquire a signal. You can go into your system or navigation settings and enable it there if your unit has the capability.

I guess no want knows how to read a map anymore? I laugh seeing the GPS toters in the city sitting at all the intersections, because its wanting to route them down a narrow 12' clearance street.