SKOKIE, IL - Rand McNally, a leader in trucking industry navigation, announced the availability of the new IntelliRoute TND 500, the first truck navigation device built from the ground up for professional truck drivers.

The IntelliRoute TND is now available at truck stops nationwide including Flying J, Love's, Petro, Pilot Travel Centers, Travel Centers of America, and Wilco; dealerships including Mack, Volvo, Western Star, Freightliner and Sterling; and online at www.randmcnally.com/truckgps and on amazon.com. The device's MSRP is $499.

Rand McNally's IntelliRoute TND 500 boasts 35-percent more truck-attributed roads than any other provider and nearly 13,000 truck-related geo-coded points of interest, according to the manufacturer. Also loaded in the device are more than 50 searchable amenities for truck stop locations, from The Trucker's Friend National Truckstop Directory. Critical truck-specific state emergency information and a page and grid cross-reference to America's best-selling truckers' atlas, the Rand McNally Motor Carriers' Road Atlas is provided for quick reference.

"Truckers who have been beta testing the device have been especially pleased with the Trucker Business Tools and accurate truck routing down to the address level," said Donna Koppensteiner, Rand McNally vice president, Enterprise Solutions. "Saving miles, time, and money is important to these drivers, and functions like state-by-state mileages summaries, time on duty and maintenance logs, nationwide RoadWork construction information, and quick calculations of profitability on a particular run make their job a bit easier."

Truckers' demands are increasing, and providing the information to make smart business choices was a critical part of this devices development.  "Nowadays route planning is very important in keeping your miles down and being efficient.  You are going to the most value out of the IntelliRoute TND," said Sy Kunesh, Jr., professional driver.

The IntelliRoute TND leverages Rand McNally's proprietary databases along with NAVTEQ's road network to calculate a route based on truck attributes (length, width, height, or HAZMAT) as well as type of route desired (quickest or shortest, tolls or no tolls).  Routes can be optimized for multiple stops to make the most efficient use of miles and fuel expenses, and provided to the trucker via turn-by-turn spoken directions.  Additionally, the device can be used for multiple vehicle sizes, ranging from a 48 or 53-foot combination truck to an average car.

Rand McNally worked with truck drivers across the U.S. to help design and optimize the IntelliRoute TND 500, which provides unique trucker business tools allowing truckers to reduce time-consuming calculations and save money. 

"IntelliRoute TND is much more efficient than anything I've ever used before.  Anything I thought I wanted, it's on this device.  There's no doubt about it - this will be my LAST unit," said Dave Schatz, owner and operator.