CARB (California Air Resources Board) has inacted it’s toughest standards todate. If you are planning on contracting in CA this year, you better do your homework. According to the CARB website, if you want to operate a diesel truck that has a GVW over 14,000lbs you are now required to do the following. Regester with CARB, pay the fee, and submit a Clean Truck Check twice a year. Many of my trucking brothers beileve that this new law doesn’t apply to them, however there are not a lot of loopholes. According to CARB officials, SE plates, and construction equipment that work on fires do not qualify for an expemption. CARB rules apply to out of state vehicles also. CARB states that they are setting up sniffers, license plate readers and are working with CHP to catch offenders. It would suck if you drove into California from out of state and were turned around at the boarder becuase you didn’t plan a head. Take care of these issues before fire season to avoid problems once you get here. Don’t believe me, check the site yourself. https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/truckstop-resources/truckstop/regulations/clean-truck-check-hd-im
While this does effect anything quite yet. Hope fully we see a trend to help owner operators with the cost associated with owning a Diesel truck these days. Changes could be coming
Cheers
PS… In my opinion CHP even thinks CARB is a pain in the a$$
Good Video. My concern is that is at the federal level. CA has it’s own standards and rules. CARB is a state organization not bound by the FEDs. The current rules are basically that if you have a diesel truck over 14,000 gvw, you have to register with CARB and pay the fees. I am worried that someone will come this summer from out of state with no clue about these regs and be turned around. And on the other hand, its not fair for CA owners who have to pay and deal with these regs when out of state equipment do not.
The feds are going to try and force states to follow EPA rules only where no state may supersede Federal rules. The law of the land is the only smart way to approach the problem. With states implementing their own rules you end up with the mess we have now and it was going to get much worse. The way California was going trucks would have to be CARB compliant to enter the state to work. If there were 10 or so states that followed California rules you would virtually paralyze the trucking industry.
Semi-annual smog checks are going to push the Hot Shotters out of business. Makes my V10 gas F450 make a lot more sense getting 6 mpg.
At work I’m currently driving an F350 with the 6.7 L Diesel, getting between 19.5 and 22 mpg.
That is what I am talking about. It’s ridiculous, however there will be some tears this summer when contractors drive to CA from Idaho and are turned around because they are not CARB compliant.
People need to take care of business now, so they are not disappointed later.
Petty simple fix I think. Just make sure expanded or who ever is ordering checks with the provider to make sure they are CARB compliant before they cross the state line.
First, I’m not expert.
But… the website posted had a link to become an inspector. OBD trucks only require a code check. No word on whether any special equipment is needed. But if not, self certify, send in your cert (and check) and get to work.
It’s CARB, so it’s probably not that simple.
An enterprising individual could probably post up in Yuma, Reno, or Medford and make a killing at it.
There’s an itemized list of tools needed on CARBs website pertaining to becoming an inspector.
My friends spent about 8k total investment, they can do all years. Smoke opacity required on pre 2013. The code check is a scanner that’s able to perform various “snapshots” during truck diagnostic testing. It then prints a receipt for you and for CARB filing.
It will be interesting to see CARBs Press release and quarterly meetings moving forward.
I’m just hoping for a reliable, affordable diesel work truck.
This has the potential to completely upend the trucking industry in California in a positive way. In the short term, it will have negative effects similar to what happened in the 1980’s when President Regan deregulated the trucking industry.
It’s limited on finding good government explanation on what actually is actually going to be effected, plenty of click bait YouTube videos.
But seemingly for now, manufacturers of pretty much anything petroleum driven, just got permission to whip out pre ‘07ish? Technology’s and make it better.
Lot of folks want to ask about Licensing and deletes for older and newer vehicles. I couldn’t tell you, right now. I don’t necessarily see CARB here in California going back in time on what they’ve done. Lawson Oil would own them again. Too many people already comply, or are out of state. But I do see them having there mission and goals short paged.