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    Trip planner that I could input my overall height for bridge clearance

    I would like to find a trip planner that I could input my overall height. I have tried Good Sam, AAA and Waze without success. I know Garmin has a GPS that has this feature, but I really did not want another GPS.
    Your comments would be appreciated.

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    On the good Sam, when you create a new trip just below the trip name box are 2 icons. Th car one is selected by default but you can click the one that looks like a Motor Home and put your height in the height box.
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    Not an electronic solution, but a truckers atlas is a great tool to have. It covers the entire US and lists low clearances. You can follow the labeled trucker routes and know that you will be safe as far as clearances. Or you can plan your own route on roads that are safe for truckers to use. Also looking at unknown routes on Google maps satellite view will help you identify any potential areas you need to do more research on as far as clearances.

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    Thanks Doug - a perfect solution
    Was this feature newly added as I do not remember seeing it before?
    How has it worked out for you?
    I am 12' 5" OH. Would you suggest inserting that data or just let the default at 13"?

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    good idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JessJoe4168 View Post
    Thanks Doug - a perfect solution
    Was this feature newly added as I do not remember seeing it before?
    How has it worked out for you?
    I am 12' 5" OH. Would you suggest inserting that data or just let the default at 13"?
    I put in my actual height, I am at 13’6”. I have not had a problem with being sent under low bridges. I don’t get real good routing from Good Sam because their routes won’t export to my Garmin, I have used it to find the attractions and campgrounds on a couple of trips with good success then put those waypoints in the Garmin basecamp program and used that to load the GPS. It is kind of cumbersome but worked OK. I have not used the new good Sam one much but it looks like they stripped a lot of the POI’s out of it, and those were what I liked best about it.
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    RVLife just announced that their campground app now integrates with Trip Wizard and will do RV routing. So far the catch is that you need to buy the service from the RVLife campground app that downloads maps. I’m nor sure if I’ll spring for the $40 for a year of the service... but never say never....
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    RV Trip Wizard allows you to input height and shows all the low clearances. I have used it for planning over 15,000 miles of trips and have not had an issue yet, (except that one tree that jumped in the way of my antenna on our old rig)! Worth the cost to me, plus has campground reviews and just about any campground you want to find. We also compare the route to the Truckers Atlas if we are unsure of an area.
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    Another vote for RV TripWizard


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