Using the Pilot App to fuel - How does it work?

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by RootHog, Apr 19, 2017.

  1. RootHog

    RootHog Heavy Load Member

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    So, I'm out in Arizona and going to use my Pilot app to fuel in the morning. Never used it before, as I rarely use our company card.

    I entered the card information into the app.

    What's next?

    Is it going to prompt me to enter driver ID, mileage, and anything else on the app, or will this all be entered on the pump?

    I assume it is pretty simple, just don't want to be figuring it out early in the morning before the coffee has had a chance to take effect.
     
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  3. AtticusRoad

    AtticusRoad Medium Load Member

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    Don't do it dude! It's releases a virus to your phone that plays loud homoerotic porn audio every 15 mins no matter what your sound level is at.
     
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  4. V c2c

    V c2c Light Load Member

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    You open the app once you have your payment and loyalty card saved Into it. Go 2 fuel symbol. Will ask you for your pin. Then simply follow the onscreen prompts. Depends on how the card is setup. Will ask you same stuff as at the pump. Then will give you a authorization code at the end. Type that into pump. And let er rip
     
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  5. TennMan

    TennMan Road Train Member

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    So type the regular info into the phone, such as mileage truck and driver number then get an authorization code to pump into fuel island at the pump?

    So where's the time saving if it adds another step to the process. Also if you say use the app while waiting to get to the pump do you have to be on duty fueling because of the app time stamp?
     
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  6. Redtwin

    Redtwin Road Train Member

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    I used it once and didn't see any benefit. I suppose in bad weather you could enter info while in your truck, but an extra minute outside at the pump isn't going to kill anyone.
     
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  7. V c2c

    V c2c Light Load Member

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    Saves time when there is someone in front of you. Will work basically anywhere in the parking lot or near. And that all depends on you or your company. I personally would just do it the same way. Only time that will show will be on final receipt as always once done fueling
     
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  8. Dna Mach

    Dna Mach Road Train Member

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    I started using it last winter for fueling in Sioux Falls on Thursday afternoons. It's just to dang cold up there for my Texas skin. Enter the same info into the app that I would normally enter into the pump.....from the comfort of my cab. Get out and insert the six digit code it provides into the pump and start fueling.

    I'd rather enter the info into my phone rather than fuss with a pump pad with an inoperable "2" key.

    Also handy for reserving a shower. If there's two or three people ahead of me, by the time I park, get my shower bag, and mosey inside, I can usually walk right in and shower right away. It holds your shower for ten minutes after the number is called.

    The app saved my rear a few weeks. Had to take a loaner trucker 180 miles south to where I pick up my preloaded trailer. Forgot my fuel card! No worries and no time lost.....used the app to fill up the loaner which of course was a little dry on fuel.

    The app doesn't work 100% of the time. Getting better though, usually 9 x's out of 10 it will work. It's a very handy app and defiantly streamlines the day a bit.
     
  9. HiLoSapien

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    Why didn't you say that before? I have wasted so much time looking for homoerotic porn audio.
     
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  10. Asphalt Anarchy

    Asphalt Anarchy Light Load Member

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    Whoops... Something went wrong.

    OK
     
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  11. Asphalt Anarchy

    Asphalt Anarchy Light Load Member

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    The time saving is real. Schneider wants your life story typed into that pump on top of everything Pilot or the government wants typed in the pump. Everything is saved in the app and you just update your mileage and get your 6 digit code to type in the pump while you wait for the guy in front of you to finish his 30.
     
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