Sat Nav for HGV

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Hi ya all

Happy easter!

Is there such thing as sat nav for HGV??

By that I mean with weight limits low bridges etc?

Can ya let me know

Cheers

S

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if you get a tom tom you can get the updates for free. some brain box has put them all together.

i dont know how good they are as most of my work is motorway but they seem quite correct when driving in the car.

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Sunshine:
Is there such thing as sat nav for HGV??

Do pigs fly?

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I heard that a compnay were in the process of developing one one just for HGV’s.
Snooper do one that they market as Comercial vehicle assist DON’T BUY ONE is is NOT truck freindly, I have one and it is total pants, no more truck assist than any other sat nav, Snooper customer services are as much use as a chocolate firegaurd they are not interested once they have your money.

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mick_n3:
I heard that a compnay were in the process of developing one one just for HGV’s.
Snooper do one that they market as Comercial vehicle assist DON’T BUY ONE is is NOT truck freindly, I have one and it is total pants, no more truck assist than any other sat nav, Snooper customer services are as much use as a chocolate firegaurd they are not interested once they have your money.

Is that this one ■■?

snooperuk.com/products/snoop … index.html

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In the same way you don’t need a specific map/atlas for navigation purposes while driving a truck doing general type haulage, you don’t need a specific electronic map/atlas either. Just use a SatNav for its mapping capabilities and use the MK1 eyeball for spotting signs warning of potential problems and restrictions for larger vehicles.

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I brought a sat nav from maplins in the week made by Binatone and its got a setting in the menu for commercial van.
tried it on my way home and on the commercial setting it was a different route to when I tried it on the normal setting as on that setting it was using more side roads while on hte commercial setting it was geared up more for main roads

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there is one available from vdo daytona has truck specific maps but i dont think its cheep th mapping isnt full coverage either as yet

http://www.truckerplace.eu/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=17

as for pda useage copilot maybe releaseing somthing in the near future

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Toddy:

mick_n3:
I heard that a compnay were in the process of developing one one just for HGV’s.
Snooper do one that they market as Comercial vehicle assist DON’T BUY ONE is is NOT truck freindly, I have one and it is total pants, no more truck assist than any other sat nav, Snooper customer services are as much use as a chocolate firegaurd they are not interested once they have your money.

Is that this one ■■?

snooperuk.com/products/snoop … index.html

I have that Snooper Truckmate one, it routes you according to your weight, width, length, height, weight per axle, truck type & load type… brilliant!!

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ive just bought a sony nav u53 as tomtom keep dying on me…any way on the routing settings it as got lorry mode seems to work well …well happy with it

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If you send me an email I can send some Low bridge files for
TomTom. not all bridges, but what is on there works, use it myself.

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trucknav.napalmfiles.com/ THERE ARE A FEW TRUCKER POI ON THIS SITE

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stvme2519:
ive just bought a sony nav u53 as tomtom keep dying on me…any way on the routing settings it as got lorry mode seems to work well …well happy with it

Yup, the Sony navu gets my vote too :smiley:

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PompeyDave68:

stvme2519:
ive just bought a sony nav u53 as tomtom keep dying on me…any way on the routing settings it as got lorry mode seems to work well …well happy with it

Yup, the Sony navu gets my vote too :smiley:

Does this charge from a 24volt socket or is it 12volt only? I’ve found 1 at a good price but my truck only has 24volt :cry:

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I have had mine a week and it’s the best Sat Nav I have ever had… :smiley: