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A couple of problems with the drafting of this 9News article. First, there seems to be some ambiguity in the author's use of the word 'truck,' perhaps a lack of precision distinguishing 'tractor' from 'trailer.' Second, Highway 36 goes East, into Kansas, and not "to I-80 in northeastern Colorado," as the article states.

Not enough information to speculate like this, but why even assume that the ME's actually wanted to get (back) onto Highway 36? It may be that the ME men operating the vehicle entered Byers from the East, coming in along 36, and got back on 36 hoping to continue West after fueling. Note that 36 parallels I-70, and eventually connects with I-70 heading west into Denver just about at Byers. They may have been headed West into Denver all along, and getting back onto 36 was a mistake. Such a mistake may be common at such a junction.

From these assumptions follow the mere suspicion that the truck could have double-backed since Thursday, hence "aiming for" Denver, or Colorado Springs (new home of the Northern Command, NORAD, Air Force Academy). Therefore, maybe the search for this truck should not be limited by assumptions that the vehicle exited the state of Colorado.

I'm just wondering about them being able to pull up to a gas pump in a semi.
Usually, actually always, the fuel island for trucks has much more room to enable a tractor/trailer
to access it. No gasoline available at those pumps.
So I'm guessing they just pulled up to the regular gas pumps, the same ones the cars use.
Those will usually have a diesel pump on the side.
But the big truck pumps do not have gasoline available there, and the four wheelers better stay away,
unless there's no diesel available at the car pumps.
Oh, and reporters know as much about the big rigs as they do about industrial techniques and firearms.