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Business

California emissions laws spur big jump in diesel particulate filter sales

DPF sales jumped 65 percent year over year in the six-month period between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year, according to a recent report, presumably as truck owners purchased them to come into compliance with California’s emissions regs.

August 7, 2014

Business

DEF or dumb?

“I am so sick and tired of literally stumbling over the trash from diesel exhaust fluid. When it’s not sold in bulk at the pump, the amount of waste involved is incredible.”

June 29, 2014

Channel 19

DPF ash cleaning retread

Trucks with DPF systems come with a warning light alerting the operator to the need for a cleaning, but many experts believe you shouldn’t wait for a warning light…. Plus: Wild non-commercial load to Cali.

June 4, 2014

Business

CARB fines for trucking companies total $2.2 million last year

California’s Air Resources Board Diesel penalized truck and bus fleets a total of $2,177,813 last year for non-compliance with state diesel risk reduction programs.

May 16, 2014

Business

CARB approves some compliance alternatives, deadline delays for owner-ops, small fleets

CARB has voted to amend some of its emissions regulations deadlines, giving owner-operators and small fleets who financially were unable to comply with the rule some compliance alternatives.

April 25, 2014

Business

Owner-operators speak passionately for and against CARB extensions in hearing

Proposed amendments to delay some emissions regulations deadlines and allow alternate compliance options for small fleet owners were presented to the California Air Resources Board April 24 to consider and adopt. Trucking reps gave hours of impassioned testimony both for and against the amendments.

April 25, 2014

Business

CARB public meeting to be webcast

Thursday, April 24, 9 a.m. PDT, the California Air Resources Board will discuss and take public comment on some compliance alternatives proposed for its Statewide Truck and Bus Rule.

April 23, 2014

Channel 19

Checking in with ‘Truckers against CARB’ — rally, public meeting Thursday

Video interview with Loren Hutnick about his “Truckers Against CARB” rally planned for Thursday in Sacramento, as CARB takes up public comment on the flexibility-enhancement provisions it introduced earlier in the year.

April 22, 2014

Channel 19

Thursday round-up: CARB protest, highway babies, apnea follow-up

Owner-operator Loren Hutnick leads a rally, driver Mike Hawthorne packs a birthing kit, and Kenneth Dice decides fighting for a CDL is not worth it when authorities can’t even make heads or tails of what’s required relative to sleep apnea and medical certification…

April 10, 2014

Channel 19

Take advantage of CARB’s comment period by April 21

“This is by no means a ‘done deal,'” notes Joe Rajkovacz of the CCTA. “Truckers need to participate in the public-comment process – even show up at the Board meeting [April 24] if they can.”

March 25, 2014

Business

CARB proposes delaying, changing some emissions requirements for owner-operators

California’s Air Resources Board this week officially unveiled some proposed changes to its Truck & Bus Rule emissions regulations, potentially allowing owner-operators and small fleets some additional routes to compliance.

March 7, 2014

Voices

Acquisition, maintenance cost worries stand out in post-2018 efficiency standards conversation

Readers sound off on President Obama’s announcement of plans for post-2018 model truck fuel-efficiency/emissions standards.

February 20, 2014