THANK YOU! This is exactly what I was looking for. I'm a newbie driver and I was looking all over to see if a feature like this even existed for truck GPS's. I'm about to buy my first GPS and it'll be the new Garmin OTR. Glad to know that this is a possibility with Garmin GPS's.
How to use Easy Route Shaping on a created route The calculated route can be manually shaped to change its course. Adding a shaping point will allow you to customize the calculated route to take a certain road or through a certain area without adding a via point or destination to the route. To manually shape the route: Touch anywhere on the map when in an active route Touch  Select a location on the map Allow the route time to calculate Touch the map again to add another location When you have finished shaping the route, touch Go! This will shape the route to the way you want it to go. You can add up to 30 shaping points to your route. You can also save the changes to your route for future use by going into Trip Planner: Press the Back arrow to return to the Where to? and View Map screen Touch the apps icon  Touch Trip Planner Touch Saved Trips Touch My Active Route Touch Save Type the desired name for the route, then touch Done The custom route will now be saved as a trip in Trip Planner.
Thanks for this video .. I will take my first trip in heavy haul in next two days .. so you show me how can I do most safety and easy this trip ..!! Thanks sir .. hope you make more videos ...
You are quite welcome.. I'm thinking of making another video with a newer model Garmin.. Same principle however.. Be safe out there.. Remember to only use the Garmin as a tool for reference..
@@MajorMarvin wow .. ok .. sure ..!! So it’s not accurate..?? Have you any idea about how can I do to make my trip without mistake ..?? I’m here in homestead FL and i will going to Arizona ...!!! What you recommend me ..? The permit I’ll take tomorrow after get my weight ..!! So for now .. really I don’t know what is the rout that I’ll be get on ...!!
@@rogerledezma a lot of times I'll shape my route for what I plan to travel in that day.. I'll shape my next day that evening or the following morning before I leave out.. You could set your first destination for Tallahassee, FL and shape it up to that point.. Or beyond Tallahassee if you think you'll get that far... I doubt it however since daylight is limited this time of year.. Get your weights and see what you get as far as permits go..
This thing is so slow . It s easy just to route it and put it in Google phone and go with it . Got more helpful options .in one town in PA couldn't even find any route for trucks to go in , just kept saying to choose one of 2 routes with no trucks allowed , couldn t figure out the rout for trucks..and I did update it a week befor goign on the rd.
First off, thanks for the excellent video. At first I liked my Garmin DriveSmart61, but now I don't. It is horrible at recognizing obvious places that Google Maps can find with no problem. Also Google Maps brings you to places MUCH better than Garmin does. Their routing in many cases is a joke. I have to use a GPS and not my phone because a cell phone is not allowed for use on a school bus. It's a grey issue but I'm not taking the chance. That being said, there are many things I do like about the Garmin over Google Maps. Just wished Garmin would have had better routing. As you said, you can correct major roads to change, but it won't allow getting down to some of the streets.
I appreciate your comeback driver. I agree with you and just about always use Google for my specific delivery points and deliveries. One helpful thing I found is to share places I find on Google over to my garmin. I can drop a pin on Google and navigate with my Garmin..
@@MajorMarvin, about the shaping, it will only do it if it's near the route it picked. With Google Maps, it will pick roads that make the route longer, but since the roads move faster, they show pretty much the same time to travel. Google Maps easily let you pick the farther route with major roads, but with the Garmin, it says something about you can't select that route. Since I use a Chromebook and not a computer, and can't transfer Google Maps routes over. If I had to do it over again, I would have bought a Tom Tom. Garmin just has way too many screw ups for routing. Last week I put in a major park not far from my house and the Garmin did not recognize it to find it. Pathetic.
@@2fast2block When is the last time you updated your Garmin / maps? Connect it to your pc or wifi and update it... No matter what gps you gt, it will fail if all the information is outdated.
@@StandardQuip for sure I keep it updated. After usage of both I found the pros and cons to google maps and Garmin. I use them both and sometimes at the same time. If Garmin had the same voice recognition as google maps, WOW, would that be nice! The BIG Garmin screen is so nice, too.
Damn bro. I live a few miles from Tom Ball lol. GPS is taking u a long way. Try going across hwy 105 out of Beaumont across to I45 then South to FM 1488 to 249.
580, 760, 770, 780, 785 all have this. 560 doesn't, and 580 doesn't have Up Ahead. 760, 770, 780, 785 only really differ in screen resolution and supported FM based traffic receiver support. 780 and 785 also have better camera quality both on backup and forward
I'm a pilot car and all I do is use my Garmin for permits most times I have to use 60 to 70 way points, I wish they would make these new Garmin's with a better trip planner like the 2595. With the new ones when put a via point in and hit browse map it puts you back to where you first started your trip Wich doesn't work when you're using so many way points
@@MajorMarvin on your gps after you have put all your way points in you can go to where all the flags are and tap on one, them tap on the rench and it will zoom in even closer to make sure you have it ok the right road
Do you know how to simply move checkered flag? Without the address. A lot of times they give me a address let’s say Jameson rd but when I satellite view the place the truck entrance will be on Georgetown rd.
What I do is drop a pin on the Google map for the entrance and share it over to the Garmin. The other thing I do is let the Garmin go with what it has but trust the Google pin on my phone for the final landing.
@@MajorMarvin what you said last is basically what I do. I hate trusting google though considering I’m in a tractor. I’ve been lucky so far, my company sends me to the worst spots so luckily I can figure 8 a tractor trailer on a one way street, just kidding but I do, have to fold my tractor trailer like I’m gonna put it in a strippers g string frequently. How do you share the pin from google? I’m presuming I need to Bluetooth my phone to the Garmin & possibly download a app?
@@iitzDiRTY I use the Garmin Drive app to share over to the Garmin.. That's on the newer model Garmins. Use the Garmin Smartphone link for the older models. Yes it connects via Bluetooth. You can share a route or a pin drop from Google and it appears that the Garmin will configure the route depending on your settings. It sometimes works and sometimes does not. It is not foolproof but handy when it does work properly. I believe in redundant systems like on a boat or airplane. I never really trust Google or Garmin completely. Technology unfortunately does not always tell the truth 😕
Craig Is there a way once you've edited a route to save that location with the edits that you have made? Thank you for the very simple yet to the point video you have provided! It is much appreciated.
kat5kan I wish I could save it, it is a greatly desired feature that you ask about. I will write Garmin and see if they can add the feature. I'm glad you liked the video. Thank you, Craig
I researched and found that once you shaped the route, back out, go to Trip planner in apps and save it. It will have a date as the default name, but you can name the trip anything you like. I've used this feature since and it is handy, I no longer lose my shaped routes.
Hello Craig please could you help me set up my garmin dezl 785 lmtd. i am a new artic driver and i want to set up correctly before i use. please your reply will be very helpful. or anyone here please help me. thankyou.
Cameron Garcia absolutely, I can't see why not. I could see this coming in handy on RV trips. Be sure to load your vehicle dimension into the Garmin to avoid low bridges and the like.
one question on the length of the trailer, if your travel trailer is a dual axle, do you measure from the middle of the rear axle to the front of your axle of your tow vehicle to get the length?
@@pinay56 I'm not sure but I think they are looking for the overall length of the trailer and tow vehicle. Even though I'm 79 feet and 11 inches long, I set the Garmin at a more standard length of 65' feet. That's on a commercial vehicle. I don't like to give the Garmin too much dimensional info beyond legal sizes. I'm always permitted by the state when I'm running over dimensional.
should have maps for all europe, but when I went to the tenerife which is in the European Union, this navigation is useless scrap. There is no possibility of finding even the name of the town, i.e. Costa Adeje, Playa Paraiso, santa cruz, etc. does not even allow you to enter the names of these cities, this toy does not cost 20 euros to trick people with maps all in Europe, its a scrap useless in tenerife , no matter if it works in the UK or in Germany if maps were supposed to be all over Europe, they should be all over europe, even if you managed to enter some name of the city, it is going to the mountain parlors instead of the highway, but 90 percent of cases do not have the possibility to plan the route because the navigation makes it impossible to enter the name of the city.
I understand your frustration, I have not run into that issue as of yet. I'm guessing cell signals may be poor and if your traveling also expensive. I tend to backup my Garmin routing with Google Maps but very carefully if trucking. I always have an Atlas handy or paper map. Sometimes old school is the best and or only choice.
THANK YOU! This is exactly what I was looking for. I'm a newbie driver and I was looking all over to see if a feature like this even existed for truck GPS's. I'm about to buy my first GPS and it'll be the new Garmin OTR. Glad to know that this is a possibility with Garmin GPS's.
I never knew I had this feature lol. I’ve been using it for 3 years and I never went in depth with the features. Thank you!
Glad I could help out 👍
Thanks.! I got a garmin 710. This helped me out. Preciate it
How to use Easy Route Shaping on a created route
The calculated route can be manually shaped to change its course. Adding a shaping point will allow you to customize the calculated route to take a certain road or through a certain area without adding a via point or destination to the route.
To manually shape the route:
Touch anywhere on the map when in an active route
Touch 
Select a location on the map
Allow the route time to calculate
Touch the map again to add another location
When you have finished shaping the route, touch Go!
This will shape the route to the way you want it to go. You can add up to 30 shaping points to your route. You can also save the changes to your route for future use by going into Trip Planner:
Press the Back arrow to return to the Where to? and View Map screen
Touch the apps icon 
Touch Trip Planner
Touch Saved Trips
Touch My Active Route
Touch Save
Type the desired name for the route, then touch Done
The custom route will now be saved as a trip in Trip Planner.
Thanks for this video .. I will take my first trip in heavy haul in next two days .. so you show me how can I do most safety and easy this trip ..!!
Thanks sir .. hope you make more videos ...
You are quite welcome.. I'm thinking of making another video with a newer model Garmin.. Same principle however.. Be safe out there.. Remember to only use the Garmin as a tool for reference..
@@MajorMarvin wow .. ok .. sure ..!! So it’s not accurate..??
Have you any idea about how can I do to make my trip without mistake ..??
I’m here in homestead FL and i will going to Arizona ...!!! What you recommend me ..? The permit I’ll take tomorrow after get my weight ..!! So for now .. really I don’t know what is the rout that I’ll be get on ...!!
@@rogerledezma a lot of times I'll shape my route for what I plan to travel in that day.. I'll shape my next day that evening or the following morning before I leave out.. You could set your first destination for Tallahassee, FL and shape it up to that point.. Or beyond Tallahassee if you think you'll get that far... I doubt it however since daylight is limited this time of year.. Get your weights and see what you get as far as permits go..
@@MajorMarvin ok .. I will do that ...!!
One more time thanks a lot ..!!
Be safe! And by the way, I put up another video upon your suggestion 😎
Thanks for the class I move a lot of OD height is a night mare the 770 has made a lot of difference
My pleasure driver, glad I could be of help, drive safe!
Extremely helpful, thank you.
You are quite welcome 😎
Thank you Bro
Nice!
This thing is so slow . It s easy just to route it and put it in Google phone and go with it . Got more helpful options .in one town in PA couldn't even find any route for trucks to go in , just kept saying to choose one of 2 routes with no trucks allowed , couldn t figure out the rout for trucks..and I did update it a week befor goign on the rd.
First off, thanks for the excellent video. At first I liked my Garmin DriveSmart61, but now I don't. It is horrible at recognizing obvious places that Google Maps can find with no problem. Also Google Maps brings you to places MUCH better than Garmin does. Their routing in many cases is a joke. I have to use a GPS and not my phone because a cell phone is not allowed for use on a school bus. It's a grey issue but I'm not taking the chance. That being said, there are many things I do like about the Garmin over Google Maps. Just wished Garmin would have had better routing. As you said, you can correct major roads to change, but it won't allow getting down to some of the streets.
I appreciate your comeback driver. I agree with you and just about always use Google for my specific delivery points and deliveries. One helpful thing I found is to share places I find on Google over to my garmin. I can drop a pin on Google and navigate with my Garmin..
@@MajorMarvin, about the shaping, it will only do it if it's near the route it picked. With Google Maps, it will pick roads that make the route longer, but since the roads move faster, they show pretty much the same time to travel. Google Maps easily let you pick the farther route with major roads, but with the Garmin, it says something about you can't select that route.
Since I use a Chromebook and not a computer, and can't transfer Google Maps routes over. If I had to do it over again, I would have bought a Tom Tom. Garmin just has way too many screw ups for routing. Last week I put in a major park not far from my house and the Garmin did not recognize it to find it. Pathetic.
@@2fast2block When is the last time you updated your Garmin / maps? Connect it to your pc or wifi and update it... No matter what gps you gt, it will fail if all the information is outdated.
@@StandardQuip for sure I keep it updated. After usage of both I found the pros and cons to google maps and Garmin. I use them both and sometimes at the same time. If Garmin had the same voice recognition as google maps, WOW, would that be nice! The BIG Garmin screen is so nice, too.
Great video.
Thanks bud,I enjoyed putting it together ..
Damn bro. I live a few miles from Tom Ball lol. GPS is taking u a long way. Try going across hwy 105 out of Beaumont across to I45 then South to FM 1488 to 249.
permitted route for oversize
@@MajorMarvin Roger that
I have this too but is a lot slower than micnLly tnd730 I had
580, 760, 770, 780, 785 all have this. 560 doesn't, and 580 doesn't have Up Ahead. 760, 770, 780, 785 only really differ in screen resolution and supported FM based traffic receiver support. 780 and 785 also have better camera quality both on backup and forward
I'm a pilot car and all I do is use my Garmin for permits most times I have to use 60 to 70 way points, I wish they would make these new Garmin's with a better trip planner like the 2595. With the new ones when put a via point in and hit browse map it puts you back to where you first started your trip Wich doesn't work when you're using so many way points
If you have an apple phone or tablet try using enroute for better way point placement
@@MajorMarvin ya I might have go that route
@@MajorMarvin if I get an iPad to use in route on, do I have to have it hooked up to a data plan or wifi to work going down the road?
@@MajorMarvin on your gps after you have put all your way points in you can go to where all the flags are and tap on one, them tap on the rench and it will zoom in even closer to make sure you have it ok the right road
Do you know how to simply move checkered flag? Without the address. A lot of times they give me a address let’s say Jameson rd but when I satellite view the place the truck entrance will be on Georgetown rd.
What I do is drop a pin on the Google map for the entrance and share it over to the Garmin. The other thing I do is let the Garmin go with what it has but trust the Google pin on my phone for the final landing.
@@MajorMarvin what you said last is basically what I do. I hate trusting google though considering I’m in a tractor. I’ve been lucky so far, my company sends me to the worst spots so luckily I can figure 8 a tractor trailer on a one way street, just kidding but I do, have to fold my tractor trailer like I’m gonna put it in a strippers g string frequently.
How do you share the pin from google? I’m presuming I need to Bluetooth my phone to the Garmin & possibly download a app?
@@iitzDiRTY I use the Garmin Drive app to share over to the Garmin.. That's on the newer model Garmins. Use the Garmin Smartphone link for the older models. Yes it connects via Bluetooth.
You can share a route or a pin drop from Google and it appears that the Garmin will configure the route depending on your settings. It sometimes works and sometimes does not. It is not foolproof but handy when it does work properly.
I believe in redundant systems like on a boat or airplane. I never really trust Google or Garmin completely. Technology unfortunately does not always tell the truth 😕
I just updated mine and every time I pick a road, it says " select a valid road."
Good but how do you save it???
Do you need to follow the excat route the dot provides for you on permitted loads
Follow the permitted route
thanks bro
My pleasure 😎
How can I save a shaped route?
Shape your route, go back to apps and trip planner. Save it in trip planner with the name of your choosing.
Craig Is there a way once you've edited a route to save that location with the edits that you have made? Thank you for the very simple yet to the point video you have provided! It is much appreciated.
kat5kan I wish I could save it, it is a greatly desired feature that you ask about. I will write Garmin and see if they can add the feature. I'm glad you liked the video.
Thank you,
Craig
I researched and found that once you shaped the route, back out, go to Trip planner in apps and save it. It will have a date as the default name, but you can name the trip anything you like. I've used this feature since and it is handy, I no longer lose my shaped routes.
Thanks very much. Very informative.
I've been trying to figure this out just got a 780 to replace my old unit. Now I can go into NY City without editing the route every time.
Hello Craig please could you help me set up my garmin dezl 785 lmtd. i am a new artic driver and i want to set up correctly before i use. please your reply will be very helpful. or anyone here please help me. thankyou.
How can I help you? I have the 770 and I think your menus are different/upgraded. What might your questions be?
Thank you,
Craig
Shape?
Can you use this for an RV, instead of an 18 wheeler?
Cameron Garcia absolutely, I can't see why not. I could see this coming in handy on RV trips. Be sure to load your vehicle dimension into the Garmin to avoid low bridges and the like.
one question on the length of the trailer, if your travel trailer is a dual axle, do you measure from the middle of the rear axle to the front of your axle of your tow vehicle to get the length?
@@pinay56 I'm not sure but I think they are looking for the overall length of the trailer and tow vehicle. Even though I'm 79 feet and 11 inches long, I set the Garmin at a more standard length of 65' feet. That's on a commercial vehicle. I don't like to give the Garmin too much dimensional info beyond legal sizes. I'm always permitted by the state when I'm running over dimensional.
should have maps for all europe, but when I went to the tenerife which is in the European Union, this navigation is useless scrap. There is no possibility of finding even the name of the town, i.e. Costa Adeje, Playa Paraiso, santa cruz, etc. does not even allow you to enter the names of these cities, this toy does not cost 20 euros to trick people with maps all in Europe, its a scrap useless in tenerife , no matter if it works in the UK or in Germany if maps were supposed to be all over Europe, they should be all over europe, even if you managed to enter some name of the city, it is going to the mountain parlors instead of the highway, but 90 percent of cases do not have the possibility to plan the route because the navigation makes it impossible to enter the name of the city.
I understand your frustration, I have not run into that issue as of yet. I'm guessing cell signals may be poor and if your traveling also expensive. I tend to backup my Garmin routing with Google Maps but very carefully if trucking. I always have an Atlas handy or paper map. Sometimes old school is the best and or only choice.