I'm sorry but I am going to have to disagree with your assessment. This template has been working for several departments for the past two years. We do not deal with the difference between the readings, we don't have access to that number. It is always entered as a current counter reading as is shown on the hour meter when read (what the program does with it is beyond me).
All equipment hours are entered the same, this is the only one giving us an issue.
Attached is snip of the upload fields.