App for Road Conditions, Grades, etc???

HoBo
HoBo Member Posts: 45
in Trailer & Towing
Good day! I’m curious if anyone is aware of an app which would quickly give an idea of what may be ahead during our travels? I am planning a cross country trip and am concerned about western states roads that I am unfamiliar with.  Since I tow my 2005 DM T@b with a Honda Odyssey I don’t want to get stress my engine too much if I go off the beaten path. I have a transmission cooler and in another thread it was recommended I get a temp gauge but I am more concerned about choosing to go someplace and then be in over my head. Not that I will be off roading but I would feel more comfortable being able to plan ahead on a daily basis and ‘know before I go’!
HB 2009 DM T@D@ being towed by 2021 Subaru Ascent Asheville, NC/Clayton, GA

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  • MuttonChops
    MuttonChops Member Posts: 1,983
    Know Big Truck Specific GPS and some RV Specific GPS units have grade of route planning options.  They also give a warning when approaching large grades and are expensive to purchase.
    Since Google Maps changed their price structure all the (free) Route Elevation Programs I've used in the past no longer function.
    Best I've found recently is to tell Google Map to route for a bicycle and it will display an elevation chart . . . . . a very small chart of questionable value on any route longer than a dozen miles . . .
    '18 320 S,  pitched axle, 3020HE; PNW based
    TV: '17 Colorado V6 Z71 4x4, Tow Package, GM Brake Controller
    TV: '25 Canyon AT4
    Adventures:  58   Nights:  405  Towing Miles 50,180
  • Sharon_is_SAM
    Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 10,035
    edited August 2019
    Check out ‘Mountain Directory for Truckers and RVers

    Plot your route on Google Earth Pro; once you see your route right click on it and select "elevation profile'. 

    Check out You Tube - Drivelapse.


    Saw these on another website.
    Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
  • jkjenn
    jkjenn Member Posts: 6,422
    RVParky has low clear as nce marked.

    2021 T@b 320 Boondock "Mattie Ross" | 2021 T@b Nights: 239 | Total nights in a T@b 455 | 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Overland | T@b owner since 2014

  • pthomas745
    pthomas745 Administrator, Moderator Posts: 4,593
    I'm a bike rider, and plug my rides into Ride With GPS.  It uses GPS data from bike computers.  You will find many different rides and routes, and you should be able to match the area you want to see with one of the rides.  It provides maps and elevation profiles, and if you look closely at the elevation profiles, you can see the grades.  Bike riders love to brag about the grades they just rode.

    Here is a link to a group of rides near Yosemite, Ca, just as an example.




    2017 Outback
    Towed by 2014 Touareg TDi
  • HoBo
    HoBo Member Posts: 45
    Thank you for the input! I will definitely check all those out! 
    HB 2009 DM T@D@ being towed by 2021 Subaru Ascent Asheville, NC/Clayton, GA

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