Truck/HGV Sat navs
08 September 2012, 01:13 PM
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Truck/HGV Sat navs
Might be a bit of a hit or miss question on here,but i know some members on here are lorry drivers so here goes.
Basically my mate is on the look out for a truck only sat nav,and has came across the TomTom truck pro 7150,all seemed ok but then he noticed that to have access to live services traffic etc,it says to sign up to something called webfleet/worksmart for business owners at an annual cost,which he says will be of no use to him as he don't own a large trucking company,most other drivers he talks too seem to have these Snooper truck sat navs which he has one himself,but seems to be keen on getting the TomTom.Now i've had a quick look myself on the tomtom website,but i can't see anything if you can use the sat nav without the webfleet b0ll0cks,and looks to me as if the sat nav is no use without subscribing to the live services,which all comes at an extra monthly cost.So do any of you SN truckers know the answer,or you may even own this exact sat nav,or maybe even recommend one.I think he has got a bit fed up with the snooper and liked the look and features of the tomtom.
Basically my mate is on the look out for a truck only sat nav,and has came across the TomTom truck pro 7150,all seemed ok but then he noticed that to have access to live services traffic etc,it says to sign up to something called webfleet/worksmart for business owners at an annual cost,which he says will be of no use to him as he don't own a large trucking company,most other drivers he talks too seem to have these Snooper truck sat navs which he has one himself,but seems to be keen on getting the TomTom.Now i've had a quick look myself on the tomtom website,but i can't see anything if you can use the sat nav without the webfleet b0ll0cks,and looks to me as if the sat nav is no use without subscribing to the live services,which all comes at an extra monthly cost.So do any of you SN truckers know the answer,or you may even own this exact sat nav,or maybe even recommend one.I think he has got a bit fed up with the snooper and liked the look and features of the tomtom.
08 September 2012, 01:52 PM
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Might be a bit of a hit or miss question on here,but i know some members on here are lorry drivers so here goes.
Basically my mate is on the look out for a truck only sat nav,and has came across the TomTom truck pro 7150,all seemed ok but then he noticed that to have access to live services traffic etc,it says to sign up to something called webfleet/worksmart for business owners at an annual cost,which he says will be of no use to him as he don't own a large trucking company,most other drivers he talks too seem to have these Snooper truck sat navs which he has one himself,but seems to be keen on getting the TomTom.Now i've had a quick look myself on the tomtom website,but i can't see anything if you can use the sat nav without the webfleet b0ll0cks,and looks to me as if the sat nav is no use without subscribing to the live services,which all comes at an extra monthly cost.So do any of you SN truckers know the answer,or you may even own this exact sat nav,or maybe even recommend one.I think he has got a bit fed up with the snooper and liked the look and features of the tomtom.
Basically my mate is on the look out for a truck only sat nav,and has came across the TomTom truck pro 7150,all seemed ok but then he noticed that to have access to live services traffic etc,it says to sign up to something called webfleet/worksmart for business owners at an annual cost,which he says will be of no use to him as he don't own a large trucking company,most other drivers he talks too seem to have these Snooper truck sat navs which he has one himself,but seems to be keen on getting the TomTom.Now i've had a quick look myself on the tomtom website,but i can't see anything if you can use the sat nav without the webfleet b0ll0cks,and looks to me as if the sat nav is no use without subscribing to the live services,which all comes at an extra monthly cost.So do any of you SN truckers know the answer,or you may even own this exact sat nav,or maybe even recommend one.I think he has got a bit fed up with the snooper and liked the look and features of the tomtom.
It was garmin 660 fm for truckers but not sure which one is now.
You could flag your route up to 10 points and sat nav will divert you those
route.
I had tomtom920 but garmin is easier to use in truck i think
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08 September 2012, 02:32 PM
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I've tried loads and tbh not found one that does everything.
The option I've used for a couple of years now is a Navman with updates of bridge heights and weight limits on it.
For traffic reports I use radio 2, up to date reports every half hour and it's free, can't beat Sally traffic
The option I've used for a couple of years now is a Navman with updates of bridge heights and weight limits on it.
For traffic reports I use radio 2, up to date reports every half hour and it's free, can't beat Sally traffic
08 September 2012, 03:57 PM
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**** me after all that and everything he has decided to go with another but new snooper s5000.Mind i did say to him the tomtom looks more complicated and seems to be all about signing up to stuff and subscribing to monthly services to be able to get the use out of it,the snooper looks more straight forward and less p!ssing about when you get it.
Here's the web link incase anyone else is interested.
http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=l&ai...ct=j&q=snooper
Here's the web link incase anyone else is interested.
http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=l&ai...ct=j&q=snooper
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