We’re missing the 6:30–8:00 unload slots at Pine Ridge Mill because US‑26 backs up and bunches our trucks, which ripples into missed afternoon turns. I’m piloting 15‑minute staggered dispatch using ELD pings and a basic gate-queue heat map to keep idle under 7% — anyone pairing this with weigh station cams or alternate turnouts that hold schedule?
We tied the 15‑minute stagger to ODOT TripCheck cams/WIM and, when the US‑26 queue spikes, we stage at a turnout 2 miles short and text a 10‑minute offset — ramp metering for the gate. The cams lag 2–3 minutes, so we confirm with “ELD pings” dwell near the scales before releasing the next three. Want me to send the alert rule and the TripCheck feed we used (https://tripcheck.com)?
But , US-26 bunching kills that 6:30–8:00 window; what moved the needle for us was a 3-mile geofence that, when average speed stays under 25 mph for 5 minutes, tightens the stagger from 15 to 7 and triggers an auto slot-swap so the next checked-in truck takes the soonest gate. If Pine Ridge will play, have the scale send a simple “green” SMS when queue <5 trucks — that knocked idle from 9% to 6.5% here. @jreed42, have you tried swap-ahead versus just a 10-minute offset?