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[Indecisi0n]

Buddy of mine who is in feeders told me to get the Garmin LMT DEZL

Said it’s a must have

Thanks. I'm going to go with that one.

 

[Coldworld]

Thanks. I'm going to go with that one.

Unnecessary... spend the money on a headset....

 

[Indecisi0n]

Unnecessary... spend the money on a headset....

Or both

 

[Coldworld]

Or both

True..

 

[over9five]

I tell ya, I've never felt the need to buy a GPS for Feeders, BUT.....

I can see the advantage of having one versus trying to read directions on a piece of paper at night.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I tell ya, I've never felt the need to buy a GPS for Feeders, BUT.....

I can see the advantage of having one versus trying to read directions on a piece of paper at night.

Direction wise I think a phone GPS with a Bluetooth headset is fine. It reads me off the directions in my ear. The only real concern I have is bridge heights. I figure its worth peace of mind.

 

[Coldworld]

I tell ya, I've never felt the need to buy a GPS for Feeders, BUT.....

I can see the advantage of having one versus trying to read directions on a piece of paper at night.

Especially ups “official” directions....omg..can you say terrible!

 

[Coldworld]

Direction wise I think a phone GPS with a Bluetooth headset is fine. It reads me off the directions in my ear. The only real concern I have is bridge heights. I figure its worth peace of mind.

Most of the ups buildings you will be going to will be pretty much off freeways and major thoroughfares...I personally would be more concerned about customer pickups and THEIR dock overhangs and getting stuck in THEIR parking lot .... I would always ask another driver when going to a cpu for the first time.... if there is an issue with that location most of the people who have gone there will know of it.... ie, blindside back from off the street... low overhang over dock, tight turnaround in lot... etc...these are things a gps won’t know.

 

[Coldworld]

Direction wise I think a phone GPS with a Bluetooth headset is fine. It reads me off the directions in my ear. The only real concern I have is bridge heights. I figure its worth peace of mind.

Peace of mind is wrapping your monkey when at the loves truck stop and the lot lizards start doing their thang’ ....

 

[Indecisi0n]

Most of the ups buildings you will be going to will be pretty much off freeways and major thoroughfares...I personally would be more concerned about customer pickups and THEIR dock overhangs and getting stuck in THEIR parking lot .... I would always ask another driver when going to a cpu for the first time.... if there is an issue with that location most of the people who have gone there will know of it.... ie, blindside back from off the street... low overhang over dock, tight turnaround in lot... etc...these are things a gps won’t know.

I bought the upgraded gps model that promises to know everything.

 

[Coldworld]

I bought the upgraded gps model that promises to know everything.

Sucka... hope you didn’t buy it at the loves truck stop and pay the 300% markup??

 

[Indecisi0n]

Sucka... hope you didn’t buy it at the loves truck stop and pay the 300% markup??

I did. The model was very sticky so he dicounted it.

 

[over9five]

I did. The model was very sticky so he dicounted it.

That model is lot lizard approved!

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

 

[Rick Ross]

Direction wise I think a phone GPS with a Bluetooth headset is fine. It reads me off the directions in my ear. The only real concern I have is bridge heights. I figure its worth peace of mind.

Bridge heights are posted, you need to verify the height before going under them. I don't use a GPS for much more than a speedometer. The speedometers in some of the older tractors are tough to read.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

The only times we had a driver make a convertible out of a trailer was when there was an accident, and they diverted him through the boonies. I remember a second instance when we had 2 old 14' trailers. They didn't use them unless there was an emergency. Dispatch sent one out to a CPU, and there was a 13'10" bridge. oops.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Another question. When doing a pretrip on a trailer and checking the registration , I notice that on our gray box trailers where they have the silver registration box (on front) with green envelope that there are two registration papers. One is stuck to the box , has trailer # and always says registration is permanent, no expiration. But then there is also a loose registration paper that sometimes has a date on it. So is the registration permanent or dated? If a trailer only has the permanent paper stuck inside is it good or does it need the loose one as well?

 

[pickup]

Another question. When doing a pretrip on a trailer and checking the registration , I notice that on our gray box trailers where they have the silver registration box (on front) with green envelope that there are two registration papers. One is stuck to the box , has trailer # and always says registration is permanent, no expiration. But then there is also a loose registration paper that sometimes has a date on it. So is the registration permanent or dated? If a trailer only has the permanent paper stuck inside is it good or does it need the loose one as well?

Depends on the state that the trailer is registered in . Some states have permanent registrations for trailers and other states have expiration dates for their registrations.

 

[pickup]

Depends on the state that the trailer is registered in . Some states have permanent registrations for trailers and other states have expiration dates for their registrations.

I’m rereading the post I replied to and don’t think I really answered that registration question . Sorry.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Who opens the kingbox? Looks good from here. About the only time I opened those things was during a OJS ride, or when the driver before me put the seal controls in there.