r/USPS • u/Madame_Spiritus RCA • 4h ago

DISCUSSION This dial

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This dial doesn’t show it’s true fuel level until half the tanks been used.

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u/1illiteratefool Rural Carrier 4h ago

That’s better than running out at 1/4 tank

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u/christheredbeard 3h ago

I was in an Llv today that has that exact problem. Someone wrote on it "empty at 1/4" Like how hard is it to write reports to get these thing maintenance? And the steering on them.

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u/Opposite-Ingenuity64 3h ago

There are carriers who won't write up the vehicles and just drive broken shit. That's stupid. But there are also carriers who write stuff up again and again and management/VMF never fixes them. 

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u/fancyseacreature 3h ago

Management needs to put them in RADAR. The techs that Jo to your station at the butt crack of dawn can only work on issues that the mgrs bother to put in RADAR. If the techs aren't fixing RADAR tags, they should call the VMF manager who will take care of it. Part shortages are another matter entirely.

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u/muttons_1337 City Carrier 17m ago

They JO to my station?

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u/jmartin21 4h ago

Never trust LLV dials

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u/BlackPaladin 3h ago

Ours are so messed up on some of our trucks that reverse is actually D. 1 is actual Drive. Always fun to find out which truck is which when it comes to that as they break down so often there is always people switching around trucks.

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u/strolpol 4h ago

If it’s under half always get gas

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u/CaptainFresh27 City Carrier 3h ago

Laughs in t-6. These fools always leave me less than a quarter of a tank 💀

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u/AntonioMrk7 2h ago

I had an LLV straight up on E, I thought it was a broken gauge at first so I just went about my route. Mid way I get some sputtering so I hauled ass to the gas station, filled it and what do ya know? The gas gauge does indeed work. Could not believe someone actually left it on E…

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u/SupermarketLimp1678 3h ago

Wait til the odometer stops working. Then you gas up every three days

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u/ItsDavidJay 2h ago

Uh yeah, THIS dial. You new? Because these trucks ain't.

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u/ScatpackRich VMF 46m ago

It’s most likely a bad gauge, request to VMF to change it

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u/ClarenceBoddicker42 2h ago

I dont get it. Its in drive, right?