MapFactor Forum

Ok so I am going to go in my 26T truck from Braintree, Essex to Maldon, Essex, stop at Kier, Stepfield Rd, Witham. CM8 3TH.

From my own knowledge there is only one route... from bitter experience a pain!!!! In Witham almost every other road is a 7.5T limit. The way to go is: from Braintree go down B1018 to Witham. Once in Witham you turn down The Avenue NOT Collingwood Rd as it is 7.5T. Then turn left onto Colchester Rd B1389. Top of Colchester Road one turns right into Freebournes Rd, 2nd right into Stepfield Rd for Kier. Then return to Colchester Rd, turn right, and get onto the A12 going South. Take the B1137 for Hatfield Peverell and then Maldon Rd B1019 and onto Maldon.

Collingwood Rd and Maldon Rd in Witham are 7.5T. I was wondering what weight limits were covered? The simple solution to Truck maps is to choose just 40T (artic truck) and no intermediate other weight limits. For height limit simply less than the standard 16'6".Then a truck map could be quite simple but effective. Apps I have looked at get complicated when they include 18T limits, and accommodate different vehicle height - resulting in too many inaccuracies to be worth using. Even the expensive TomTom and garmin and trucker stanavs still lead trucks down the narrow lanes and other daft places.

From driving knowledge i can say that every village and Town somehow WILL allow access for construction work 40T trucks. So what exactly is the TomTom maps set up to do. You could say why not use a trucker's Atlas.... fair point but they do not cover weight limits and bridge heights IN towns.