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Apr 25, 2016 | 07:35 AM

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jsm180

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The Garmin I'm using now keeps tracking until you reset it, need to dig out one of the old ones and see if it does as well.

Apr 25, 2016 | 07:46 AM

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RV_Tech

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I don't think mine does, but I use mine everyday in my service truck, in my wife's car, and in our 02 when towing, so I would either have to track them all or the trailer each time.

Steve

Apr 25, 2016 | 07:50 AM

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Key words here are trailer odometer, not truck odometer.

Apr 25, 2016 | 07:51 AM

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jsm180

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My thought is to leave it in the camper, tie it into the 12v line from the 7 pin so it is only powered when hooked up and it records every move of the trailer.

Apr 25, 2016 | 07:52 AM

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Seems like this should be a simple problem to solve. I guess buying a second GPS would be one way to do it, not sure. What about when it is left on and the GPS battery runs down in between trips?

Steve

Apr 25, 2016 | 09:45 AM

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jsm180

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Just tried 2 old units I have, nuvi 200 and 1490, both get a signal inside the camper and power off when external power is removed. The trip logs are stored in hard memory I believe as the nuvi 200 log shows 61,xxx miles logged and the battery was dead when I tried to power it on.

Apr 25, 2016 | 10:37 AM

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I started a mileage log when I bought our pop-up.

the log book has two entries in it....
we've had it 5-years and have used it more than twice.

Apr 25, 2016 | 12:13 PM

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senix

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I use a log book. Far more accurate then what the truck even indicates.

What happens when you trade trucks?

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Apr 25, 2016 | 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by senix

What happens when you trade trucks?

Well, duh! Buy a new trailer of course.

Apr 26, 2016 | 11:57 AM

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The 2012 and later F 250/350/450's have this tracking available when you set up your trailer info on the dash system.
Guess you could use this feature as another reason for an upgrade!

Apr 26, 2016 | 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ssunit1

The 2012 and later F 250/350/450's have this tracking available when you set up your trailer info on the dash system.
Guess you could use this feature as another reason for an upgrade!

That's not going to help if you use more than one vehicle. Not a good solution

Apr 26, 2016 | 12:40 PM

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senix

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Originally Posted by MisterCMK

That's not going to help if you use more than one vehicle. Not a good solution

It does allow you to have more than one trailer. You name them.

I have three on mine.

Apr 26, 2016 | 12:52 PM

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ssunit1

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[QUOTE=MisterCMK;16238310]That's not going to help if you use more than one vehicle. Not a good solution[/QUOTE

You can put more than on trailers info in the system. I think its up to 4 or 5, I only have one for now.
BTW my upgrade idea was intended to be used as more of an excuse than a solution just in case the switch needed to be justified to the better half.