AI checking tires in Utah Port of Entries

Yea ive been pulled in by these guys a few times. I typically keep a runout under my trailer as a spare to limp me in if needed and their system has pinged me for illegal tires a few times.

 

Nothing wrong with thay as longas your spare is a legal tire.

 

When running back to Socal from the Vegas(Mercury) area. I dont go thru any scales. Not that its a problem, but if you can go around. I kind of like Parumph & Death Valley.

 

Never said there was something wrong. I keep my rig as legal and tight as is posible for a 600K unit. Still doesnt make a 2 hour delay to a random inspection because your legal if scabby spare flagged you any less annoying.

 

Agreeed your spare should have nothing to do with a inspection. i have worked for carriers that require you to return tire failures back to the yard, So we would be carring sometimes just sidewalls.

 

They’ve been using this for at least 6-7 years now in Virginia, long before this AI crap started.

 

I don't know but I think that really is a good thing, especially if they just give you a warning. I check them every day before starting and during the day as well, but I would sure like to know if one is low or has gone flat since my last check.

 

Or it starts to flow the wrong way.

 

Happened to us a couple of weeks ago. Truck was fine leaving the farm, fine crossing the scale at Inkom, but by the time he made it to the new scale by Burley, had a low tire. Red lighted, warning, and the tire guy was working the scale on the other side of the freeway, so not too much of a delay getting a patch put on. Sure beats buying a new, over priced mis-matched tire, and fixing the fenders and a couple of cross members....

 

Yep. Nice guy at the Sheridan scale came out to let me know I had a low tire on my truck last year. He just told me to swing around and air it up.

I told him with that new tech, drivers won't even be checking tires anymore. They'll just swing through the coop for a checkup.