ratboy93
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- alta loma, ca
what gps units are all you guys running in your rigs? im looking but i havent decided on what to buy yet
gps? which one
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LOWRANCE 7200.. if you can find one..
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45341959125&v=wall#!/photo.php?pid=3853857&id=108670596670
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ratboy93
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- alta loma, ca
i had found a 540c i believe it is. and i really liked it. i just kinda wanted to get some input from some of the guys you know. well im gonna keep my eyes peeled for some more deals
- Location
- Yucaipa, CA
The 540C is probably the most common GPS you'll find in a desert racer/chaser.
tbburg
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- Scottsdale AZ
What is your planned usage? Using it for navigation while trail-running? Or are you going racing?
It makes a difference.
I use a portable Garmin 60CSx in my DD, and it works fine. 'Has something like a 2" screen(in color). 'Screen might be a little small for fine details, but for navigation it works great.
In the race truck we have a Lowrance 480. It's similar to the -540(older version) and doesn't have color. It has a 5"(diagonal) screen. I don't know how much difference color would make, but a bigger screen would be useful at speed.
ratboy93
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- alta loma, ca
well it would be for a prerunner not a race rig. i also found a 6200c for a good price. but after long hard thoughts today i think im gonna buy my cage before the gps. i have to prioritize my build
tcm glx
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- Riverside California
Lowrasnce 840! Love it.
tbburg
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- Scottsdale AZ
tcm glx
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- Riverside California
Ok, so I will admit, I started with the 540, and it was PERFECT for the Jeep, but when I stepped up into the Bronco, it is so much roomier inside, I had room to upgrade
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Ryan93
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- San Clemente
damn that is quite the size difference what are the screen size differences?
looks sexy Tony
looks sexy Tony
tcm glx
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- Riverside California
Big and bigger. Hahahaha.
5" and 8"
5" and 8"
n1ywb
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- The Green Mountains
For that money you could probably pick up a used toughbook and run Delorme Street Atlas or something. Wouldn't be as easy to mount or use while driving, but if you want a PC in the truck anyway for some reason...
tbburg
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- Scottsdale AZ
The main use for the big Lowrance is so the co-driver can make out the track and read the warnings when booming across the desert at speeds in excess of R.
Edit: also has enough storage to hold all the waypoints on a 1K mile race.
Edit: also has enough storage to hold all the waypoints on a 1K mile race.
FordGuy
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- San Clemente, CA
The new HD Lowrance is the bomb. We put one in our race truck and it is
really cool. The 3d would be really bitchin for wheeling. Plus the speed of the zoom is worth every penny.
really cool. The 3d would be really bitchin for wheeling. Plus the speed of the zoom is worth every penny.
Delorme Street Atlas isn't going to have race maps loaded in it... unless it accepts lowrance maps.
Not to mention, while toughbooks are... well tough, they're not tough enough to handle what we put them through.
GrimmJeeper
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- Gardena, CA
I have a question to add to this... I have a 7" monitor already mounted in my dash that was hooked up to a clarion navigation system years ago. Are there any GPS units suitable for prerunning that I could hook into the RCA inputs of this monitor? I'm debating ripping it out and cutting the dash up again to fit a lowrance unit in there but I'd rather keep the screen and be lazy 
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- WA state
So, your G1 isn't capable of this? Shame shame. Now you need to get a better phone and call it good.I have a question to add to this... I have a 7" monitor already mounted in my dash that was hooked up to a clarion navigation system years ago. Are there any GPS units suitable for prerunning that I could hook into the RCA inputs of this monitor? I'm debating ripping it out and cutting the dash up again to fit a lowrance unit in there but I'd rather keep the screen and be lazy
GrimmJeeper
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- Gardena, CA
what the hell are you talking about? what phone functions as a GPS that can load race course maps and is capable of outputting to a video screen?
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- WA state
Most windows mobile phones that are GPS capable can run any maps and can be output either via a/v cable, usb, or usb to a/v out. And I was just partially giving you crap. androids OS 2.1 should be much better than the current version tho, also.
