Tag: diesel particulate filter

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Two large fleets fined by EPA for California emissions violations
According to EPA, Schneider and Old Dominion “failed to install particulate filters on some of their heavy-duty diesel trucks and failed to verify that trucks they hired for use in California complied with the state rule.” The companies will pay a combined $225,000 in penalties and $575,000 for air filtration upgrades at schools.
November 9, 2018
CARB lead featured
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
Angie Rig to Cali2
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Guess who CARB’s biggest tipsters are…
According to the L.A. Times, the California Air Resources Board is getting the most help in enforcing its powertrain emissions regs from, well, truckers themselves.
September 17, 2013
California’s aggressive regulatory climate provoked this sentiment, which has circulated online in different forms. Kentucky-based owner-operator Chris Thomas made stickers of this version he planned to offer up to anyone who wanted one. Find him via his IndieTrucker.com website.
Business
Webasto, ESW offer emissions package
The two companies are offering their respective diesel-fired heater and particular filter retrofit technology as a package to help fleets take advantage of grant funding.
December 17, 2012
Business
How to speak DPF
There’s no need to panic when a DPF light signals routine regeneration — at least in most cases.
August 13, 2012
1 cutaway
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Aftermarket DPF and DOC replacements
The DCL International Roadwarrior Aftermarket On‐Road Diesel Particulate Filter and Diesel Oxidation Catalyst replacements for model years 2007 and newer are direct replacements of OEM parts. Roadwarrior products work with existing OEM temperature and pressure sensors, engine operating parameters and are designed to meet or exceed OEM specifications. In addition, all Roadwarrior parts are newly […]
May 17, 2012
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Severe Service
A historic haul, diesel particulate filter cleaning issues, options for the SD line and more severe service information items are featured.
April 1, 2012
Kenworth T800s spec’d for super-heavy haul with 550-hp engines and 18-speed transmissions backed by a 4-speed auxiliary transported these massive coke drums on custom trailers. Each rig had another T800 pushing the 702,000-lb. load behind it during the slow-going moves.
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Oil & 2010 Tech
Most manufacturers have yet to extend change intervals, but oil seems to thrive in the new engines.
November 1, 2011
Any drain extension beyond factory- recommended intervals should be made only when oil samples are analyzed and properly interpreted, and when there is little or no variation in the truck’s operation.
Business
CARB diesel particulate filter deadline approaching
California’s Truck and Bus regulation’s first diesel filter deadline is in January 2012.
October 24, 2011
Business
DPF Cleaning
Careful DPF maintenance will boost both your uptime and bottom line.
October 1, 2011
Visible soot is easily dislodged, but going into small passages to clean out soot, especially if it’s gooey or hardened, is much more difficult.
Business
CARB offers diesel particulate filter credit
By installing a particulate filter early on one truck, a fleet will be able to delay compliance for a second truck in the fleet until Jan. 1, 2017.
April 8, 2011
Business
Spec the Perfect Tires
With products becoming increasingly specialized, learn to pick the designs that fit your business and save money.
February 1, 2011
A tire that runs even 20 percent of the time off road needs a different tread design and compounding or it will suffer an early demise. If running off road most of the time, a model with more rugged specs is needed.
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