California CARB

The short story....Unless you're the owner of Swift or J.B. Hunt..you are screwed.



Here's a little info....

 

CARB supposedly extended the 2010 cut-off to upgrade but, for fleets of 5 or less.
The rub is that if you sign on with a trucking outfit that has say 5 trucks, you technically are #6 and the same thing applies going through a broker who "runs" more than 5 trucks. At that point, you'll need a 2007 or newer by Sept.

Several dump truck brokers won't take any rigs older than a 2004 and many cut-off at 2007, which is stupid because as we all know, "An old truck makes the same as a new truck". So why would a vocational O/O invest in a new rig?

CARB originally mandated an old rig like my '97 could be retro-fitted.
Then CARB said "No, we want you to drop a new engine with a DPF". Now it's "Buy or new rig or you can't run in CA period".


Add to that..the "Idle Police" are out at the truck stops and the rest stops ready to "brighten your day" when you try to stay warm or stay cool, or even use the engine to run your inverter.

CARB is the Neo-Brownshirts of the Kalifornia Nazi party my friend.

 

BTW, the chart up there was the old guideline that came out last year.
It's just a reference point now.

 

I can't wait for the day when all trucking companies ban California and the Northeast and watch them all starve.

 

Truth does hurt