really stupid question and maybe one i should of asked years ago when i started but is there a reliable routing app for hgv’s other than google.
Google and reliable ? Not two words I would ever put into a sentence 
Some people claim Road Lords (or similar name) is good, but anyone who puts blind faith in free guidance of any kind needs to use a bit of common sense. I saw someone (a TM) yesterday claiming ChatGTP was essential to writing documentation for their work, legally binding documentation. They’re the same kind of idiot as someone who blindly follows other free apps.
Whatever happened to people taking some personal responsibility for their own judgement?
my sentiments exactly.
the trouble is i have pretty much zero routing experience and all that i have done has been gleaned by trial and error and experience of knowing where the drops are and the best times to get there.
Alternatively the vehicle has been loaded in the defined order and any time saved by changing the order would be lost digging out the appropriate cage or pallet.
maybe someone can explain this one to me.
why is a route that goes from the depot to crawley to redhill to dorking and then back on to the m25 and back down the m23 to brighton and back to the depot that is 174 miles and takes 4 hours better then doing depot dorking redhill crawley brighton depot which is 149 miles and takes 3.5 hours
Thing is though Google is reliable. Certainly for up to date traffic I find anyway. With some common sense I still think its the best sat nav there is, partly because its free.
Always spot on with road closures. Unlike National Highways.
The best routing tool is your brain.
If you’re looking for information besides the HE website, check out www.one.network
This is the local/national live database of planned closures and roadworks by local Authorities and utility companies
To use, zoom in or search for the area of interest. A series of symbols and traffic light coloured dots will be displayed, if green there’s is no incursion in the road, increasing to red. Click on the dot and it will open out to display the specific information about that particular location, Inc who, what, when, time, duration etc. it could be a closure, temporary traffic lights, or just Joe Bloggs who’s had to get planning permission to put a skip outside.
You can also use the drop down box below the search bar to display future events
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I’d disagree Google maps often shows roads as being open when they are closed or closed when they are actually open. Ok for traffic info though.
Mind my tomtom truck also shows roads closed that I’m driving down so clearly they are not closed otherwise I’d be on a diversion. The tom tom is better at avoiding closed roads but again is not always right. I spend half my time thinking why is it taking me that way? Then deciding whether to go a different route or stick with the normal route and find out for myself and if it then just follow diversions.
Pure guesses:
Opening/tipping times?
Is it to avoid traffic at particular location that change with time of day?
To avoid over loading the front axle? (making the last drop a small rather than a large one)
There’s Delm8 and Delm8 Pro both have a free trial then £4 or £8 a month. They’re great for finding address but then they rely on whatever different mapping App you use (say, Google maps or road lords). But the pro version can reorder your drops in the most efficient manner.
Errrr, that’s something you’d need to ask your planning department.
But as a very vague, general rule, if our planning department has routed us in an apparently illogical way, we credit them the intelligence that they’ve done it like that deliberately, for example to meet a customer’s expectation or constraint on collection/delivery day/time.