TruckMap - Truck GPS Routes Reviews

by Madmaggi

As previous reviews have stated TruckMap will put you in some nasty spots 100%! Here’s an example-going up to big island VA it wants you to take 501 all the way into the paper mill, but if you’re over 65 feet long you are NOT allowed over the mountain pass from Lynchburg into big island-clearly marked huge yellow signs. Sent it to the tech team for TruckMap to report the problem...it STILL tries to route you that way and absolutely will NOT show alternate routes. FYI if you ever follow this and get stuck there 1.DO NOT make that turn as VSP waits to give tickets! Instead take 501A through town and yes it’s tight but it’s the only way to get back to BR29. Follow it to the roundabout and hook the hard left to get onto Park. From Park follow the signs back to 29BR then jump off at hwy 130 to get to the paper mill.
1. Fix it so we can choose an alternate route
2. Update your mfkin maps for legal truck routes-go state by state with an atlas and eliminate every single road with a restriction for trucks (length, weight, height) and then give the option to CHOOSE the route you want that follows directions our shipper/receiver gives. Until you do this it’s worthless for truckers of any kind 😡 assimilate your defecation

by G-Code Music Group

Doesn’t give you ahead of time exits it’s right when your at the exit and when it’s in a construction zone or a place it doesn’t recognize or unfamiliar with it automatically tells you to u-turn or take a route in the opposite direction of your current position. Then it will shut off TruckMap once it gets confused of where your actually at in the middle of traffic in a semi truck that is a pain to deal with especially when you get tickets for touching your phone from DOT or authorities while driving... with that being said purchasing the rand McNally won’t be so bad after all...

But for it to be free I guess you can’t complain just keep your Atlas on hand in case it gets crazy

by Tdkhjk1965

TruckMap is terrible if you rely on it for truck routes that are anywhere but the freeways.
It has gotten me into trouble way too many times. Twice in the last 2 days. It had me turn on a service road that was too tight for my truck. I had to jump the curb/median so as not to wreck the side of my trailer. By the time a sign was posted only 30’ long trucks could make it, I couldn’t back up. This was in NYC. It has sent me on roads that when I get there are clearly not for trucks. Posted as well. Today it sent me on a road on Long Island that I couldn’t fit under the bridge. That was the last straw that made me write this review.
Do NOT rely on this if you’re a trucker going anywhere but the major highways. And it’s terrible at finding truck washes as well. I’ve been across the U.S. and this is just let me down too many times.

by ItalianScalli0n

I’ve used TruckMap a few times when renting trucks and it worked okay shorter local routes. However on the most recent trip I took going from Long Island to upstate New York, TruckMap initially suggested an idiotic seven hour scenic tour through Connecticut and Vermont for a trip that should be 2.5 hours tops.

In order to get it to choose a sensible route, I had to add multiple destinations along the way just to keep it on track. Unfortunately when you do that, it messes up the ETA calculation which would show anywhere from 10 minutes in the past to ten minutes in the future.

At one point I had to ignore it because it seemed to forget about an entire stretch of 495 and kept trying to get me to exit the express way, go onto a bunch of residential streets, only to have me get back on a few miles later.

The next time I ignored it because it wanted to take me into Manhattan, and it then decided it wanted to reroute me onto a parkway, which do NOT allow trucks and have very low 7-8’ clearance, when I had put in my height of 11’.

Simply put, use TruckMap at your own risk. It’s not worth the trouble.

by Sevans2

When I first got TruckMap it was a life saver. It was way better then the Qualcomm that’s with my truck. The best feature was finding truck stops and weigh stations along your route. The problem was after one update, it seems to be allergic to interstates. It always wants you to take a state road that prolongs the trip. I make a lot of trips from Whitestown, IN to Lancaster, TX, and it’s about a 930 mile trip. Using truck make it makes it a 1168 mile trip, and 65% is on a state highway going through small towns. There was one time I was heading to a rest area on i70, and it wanted me to exit 15 miles back, get on a state highway and continue, then finally get back on i70 right before the rest stop exit.

by Nhbmaing

When I first downloaded TruckMap, it wasn’t bad- but it has gotten worse with recent updates. Big problems I notice:

- favoring back-roads over highways. It’s faster running highways 9x/10- at least put in a preference control if someone wants to put up with 35mph limits and stop lights all day.

- routing three left turns instead of a right. Run the route the MOST DIRECT WAY POSSIBLE. If the turn is unsafe, the driver should move on to a safer spot.

- stop routing “behind” addresses. Every once in a while I notice TruckMap wants you to approach from the back-side of the location, because that’s where a normal person would put their loading dock. Apparently there aren’t many normal people on my route. Route to the physical address, not the street behind it.

Other than that, TruckMap does a fine job, and even when it’s not working correctly I can use it for a quick map to glance at. If the devs made it better, I’d actually pay money for it- but it’s a long way off from being worthy of my hard-earned.

by PJT93

I have just started my trucking job, and haven’t learned all the stores yet. I’m based out of Carlisle PA and travel mostly between Philly, NJ and VA and this GPS has failed me. My run to Philly this week alone it was constantly rerouting trying to take me down truck forbidden streets in a high volume traffic area. It tried taking me down residential roads and one way streets. Needless to say between reading the store directions off an iphone and listening to TruckMap, I was very time crunched and stressed. Will not be using this again and highly considering buying my own GPS.

The only plus is it knows where the truck stops are and how to almost get there without DOT pulling me over for going down a wrong road.

by Unyen 061

I like TruckMap but however it takes you the longest route which is a disappointment. I was going to Indiana limestone and there is a street named dallaman (or something like that) with a 9 ton bridge the map attempted to take me over. Just improvements on the quicker times and ability to avoid bridges you shouldn’t be able to cross and height restrictions would make the the best trucking app. Since TruckMap asks what type of truck you are in I thought it would calculate and consider how to avoid weight limited bridges and height restricted under passes
Could you please add alternate routes that are quicker with less curves and turns

by Kayda_72

It will get you in the ball park. The route maps need serious work. They will try and send you down residential streets that are restricted for big semis. Also it will also take you out of the way. I deliver in So. California I’ve lived there 48years so I know my town, this GPS will try and have me go one route and it’s 30+ mins out of the way and I’ll go my way and the estimated arrival time will say 8:15am when going their suggested route was saying 9:32am. I use it to get me to an address, but I always use my better judgement. Maybe the developers should do like ways and have it to where truckers can say send in updates for the maps to say “This road is restricted to big trucks” or “Trucks with trailers longer than 30ft from the kingpin are not advised”

by Desert Lizard

I’ve used TruckMap only a few times. I work on the Dollar General store account in the midwest and I often have to deliver to stores in the middle of nowhere. I’ve used it in Arkansas to avoid dirt roads (my Navigo gps inside my truck provided by Qualcomm often takes me to dirt roads). It worked.
Though it took me to a dirt road in March 2019 while driving in Nebraska. Another time in Missouri it wanted me to go uphill left and right through a neighborhood with small streets to reach my destination instead of going just straight ( the store was 1/2 mile ahead).
I’m not trusting TruckMap that much.
Also you cannot zoom out when using the navigation without eventually disappearing from the screen.
Everything else works fine so far.

by Abox Truck

Works well, use it a lot in larger cities. However the only thing I don’t like about it is that certain exits TruckMap isn’t specific enough about the direction to head, especially when highways split. Very frustrating when it zooms in so close that I have to take a hand off the steering wheel to zoom out to see which way to head. Another thing is TruckMap can’t be exited out of for longer than like 1 minute without it completely disappearing and stopping the route. This makes getting phone calls or other stuff very frustrating when you need to close out of it but try leave it running at the same time. Please fix this and I’ll give it 5 stars!

by Abcd123s

This is a very helpful app and fills an obvious void for a trucking route app that google maps and Waze don’t have (I have no clue why they haven’t bought out this or a different app and integrated into their yet..).

There is a very serious flaw which needs to be addressed - it misses some turning commands. For example it says exit right to 10 c-d in 1 mile. At exit 10 c-d it branches off into 2 different sub exits : exit c and exit d. One exit is going north and one south. But the next command from TruckMap is exit I-95 in 7 miles. But which sub exit brings me to I-95!? It happened every time there a sub exit after an exit it fails every time to select which sub exit to use. This is a clear flaw in the navigation system.

by Vendetta5.11

I’m local, so I generally know my way around. I use this more to help me avoid accidentally going into a no-truck road. It will get you in the ballpark. I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone not familiar with an area.

It also gives, in my opinion, far too many notifications. It will give you a quarter-mile notification, and then a tenth-mile notification, and then a notification at the maneuver. If you’re going over 35 mph it basically just hijacks your audio completely for a while.

Also if a road has the word “court” in it, and it’s abbreviated to “ct” it will tell you that you’ve arrived at “Connecticut”. I love arriving at “Sheridan Connecticut” in Michigan. 🤷🏼‍♂️

by Dprsr1961

Really like this gps for trucks. Would be better if it would stop recalculating when traffic is diverted to other side of interstate in construction. It thinks you turned around and going in opposite direction. Also, needs current speed limits for trucks on road.

It has weigh station notifications if Open or Closed, and when you pass scale, it prompts you to confirm current status for future reference.

Overall, so far pleased with GPS and will use it over Google Maps which routes you with car routes.

by Signalius

TruckMap has helped very much to find truck routes in unfamiliar areas, especially the East Coast where there are many truck restrictions and low overpasses. HOWEVER some annoyances need to be addressed:
1: Cannot access settings while navigating. 2: Once exiting navigation, settings can be accessed but they are very basic. I drive a large, 13 ton box truck with a 13’ height but noticed that the routes favor taking “three lefts” rather than one simple right turn which I can totally do in this thing. Settings don’t seem to allow for the fact that I don’t have a trailer and can turn on a dime in spite of my height.
3: I forgot what the third thing was. Oh yeah! The map keeps resetting to “Default, Sound On” rather than “Satellite, Sound Off” every time I reopen TruckMap . GRRRR!
4: (I just remembered the fourth thing which was actually the third thing but whatever, you’re probably not reading this anyway but I really do love TruckMap. Mostly.) I would like to be able to get rid of the quick menu of icons at the bottom of the screen. It gobbles up valuable real estate and I do not use those shortcuts ever. Let us hide them! Thank you

by Hdez94

Like another user pointed out, the gps makes you take multiple lefts instead of a right turn to some places to arrive at you location which can be very annoying and huge inconvenience specially if you’ve never been to a new place before. Other thing I would love to have is a wider more zoomed out view of the map while driving. It gives you a better view of where your are going specially when you’re in the city. I feel like it’s too zoomed in and have a hard time coordinating where exactly I need to turn in the next few miles.

by Air Pledged

WAS my “go to” navigation app, until....
Once it has determined your route, you don’t have any option to alter it. If a road is closed and TruckMap doesn’t know it, too bad. It will NOT offer an alternate route and you can’t tell it to.
Another time, I noticed that it said I was 43 miles from my destination and it would take an hour & 40 minutes to get there. WHAT!?! Took me on a meandering path through small towns that could have been avoided completely.
And it randomly shuts down. If you catch it quick enough it still has your route. If not, you have to reenter your destination. (At least it remembers the last destination entered.)

by Brainwalmart

I don’t often write reviews, but I feel so strongly that TruckMap is the best truck gps app so here I am! Its routes are excellent and the fact that TruckMap is free blows my mind. It isn’t perfect of course, as there are occasional bugs, but they are never very serious. Other than the occasional silly freeze-up or crash of the application, I am entirely comfortable saying that it hasn’t failed me yet! I am very thankful to the developers of TruckMap for a helpful, free application that I rely on daily.

by Harleyhippie

It try’s to have you drive in a circle sometimes and it also try’s to have you get off the exit to get back on and my favorite is if you stop to get coffee it will reroute you to a suburban street and then to a dead end street and you then have to back down the street and blind side jack knife it into a neighborhood to turn around like it did me pulling out of the pilot in ft worth Texas going to Kroger distribution!!! So I just double check it and write it down first Incase it try’s to reroute and then I double check it with google maps...

by Stacie570

My biggest complaint is I can’t set the map to show more than a few miles ahead of me. The 2nd problem I’m having on iOS is it shutdown I don’t always look at my phone I keep it in my shirt pocket or sitting on top the dash where I can’t see the screen so when it stops working I have no idea till I look and see how much farther I need to travel to my next turn. If we could get these 2 things fixed it would be my favorite app. I really like having it let me know weather a scale is open or not and it’s really nice being able to check for the truck entrance without having to use another app to look at that.

by H82bsogood

Short sighted and juvenile. Try opening TruckMap on a 12.9 inch tablet and it still thinks it’s on a phone. If you press “skip account” when you first open TruckMap , it asks “are you sure” with a mention of account benefits. It includes a text box for your phone number. If you change your mind and try and put in your number at that point it will not submit because pressing the “continue” button just opens the keyboard again. With privacy at the forefront, it still uses your location regardless of what you choose.

With other very good apps out there this space is competitive and no place for rookie developers that don’t know that they’re doing.

by Klayer9

This works pretty good. I've used it to travel throughout lower New York state, New Jersey and Connecticut and it is pretty accurate. However, for some reason when I am driving West on 495 it tells me to get off at exit 44n, take the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway north to the next exit, then turn around, head back south on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway and get back onto the 495. It does it every time, no matter what time of day. There is never any traffic there to avoid, so it makes no sense. Other than that, TruckMap is accurate and gets me where I need to go without worry.

by BOSSNOTLOST

I was in New Jersey had never been to location to unload before...my GPS in truck messed up. I downloaded Truck Map onto my phone and it has been excellent. Got to my location in NJ just fine. Used it to get to my Pennsylvania location for backhaul... on way to it...The roads were icy from sleet/snow. Some exits had been closed due to wrecks. Truck Map rerouted me on a shorter route due to all of the issues on original route. Great app! Easy to use and is accurate and very helpful!