I refer to it as "being held hostage". Last week I was inbound to drop my MT so I could take hometime. They spent 25 minutes inspecting the trailer (in the safety lanes???) then had me drop it because they redtagged it. 16 hours earlier they didn't even look at the same trailer because it was loaded. What's up with the double standard??

Last time I was down there, I had an old t5xxxxx trailer loaded, the supervisor said they were going to send it to he prison to get referbished, don't bother putting new tape/tires on. When I emptied out and came back with same trailer, they spend over an hr replacing tires, reflective tape, new taillights... Then the supervisor came out and was like wtf? I looked at the tech... "I told you so". He started cussin at me in Mexican. Supervisor just shook his head and said it was a waste of time and money.

Well, the best laid plans of mice and men...

Sometimes the mice do it better. Well, sometimes.
I love that movie.

It's like Plus-1. We all know how well that is doing.

It's like the new fueling software.
I called today to get fueled, because I was empty and the sytem was trying to send me too far for fuel - even though I had entered "0" for my fuel level at my last empty call. (Zero fuel does not mean I can drive another 160 miles.)

My DM tried to do it, but couldn't - because the new program is too obtuse.
He had to call on-road to open me up for fuel.

What I can't figure out is...
Are the programmers of these things men, or mice?!

Maybe they are simply morons.

I think that the computer has a program in it. Knowing that when on mt, still have at least 30 gallons left, since the gauges are so far off. The worst is the newer trucks that only have 200 gallons and not the 240. I get fuel solutions all the time like I have 240 gal tanks

Originally Posted by blsqueak

I think that the computer has a program in it. Knowing that when on mt, still have at least 30 gallons left, since the gauges are so far off. The worst is the newer trucks that only have 200 gallons and not the 240. I get fuel solutions all the time like I have 240 gal tanks

That's exactly my problem.
I have 100 gallon tanks, but the system has them as 120's.

I mentioned it to my DM yesterday. Hopefully he can change it.
For now I am reporting at least 2 below what the guage reads.

Currently sitting in the entry lane... Just trying to get a new truck.

That is one terminal that I try and avoid. Just to get fuel can be a long time. Seems like every time that I go through there, they will find a problem with a trailer, and usually a tire and at times, I will go into the lane that that one inspector just happens to be on break, so wait for him to come back.