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Business
California files motion to dismiss part of OOIDA’s lawsuit against emissions regs
CARB has filed a motion o dismiss one of three counts the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has brought against it in a lawsuit challenging its emissions regulations.
February 13, 2014
Click through the image to use our interactive graphic to determine your upgrade options for getting CARB-compliant under the Truck and Bus rule in 2014.
Business
Friday marks deadline to file for extension to comply with Calif. emissions regs
Truck owners have until Friday, Jan. 31, to report to California “good faith” efforts to comply with the state’s emissions regs that require older trucks to be retrofitted with particulate matter filters to operate in compliance.
January 29, 2014
Click Through The Image To Enlarge The Map Find A Copy In This Pdf, Too, Of Proposed Truck And Bus Rule Amendments
Business
Idle highway chit-chat and Elvis in Raburn, Ga.
“We’re back to idle chit-chat in the truck. Idle chit-chat is an art, developed by the elders of the tribes and passed down as a method to pass time until the great ship comes to take us away.”
January 26, 2014
Elvis
Business
Under the gun on the road
Wendy and George contemplate interior truck modifications: “We at least need dart guns for potential Sasquatch sightings, right?”
January 17, 2014
Channel 19
CARB diesel regs’ human toll: Family uprooted, split by move’s necessity
Checking in Martin and Alice Jez — formerly of Galt, Calif. The pair have moved to Michigan anticipating CARB’s regs relative to their 2000 Freightliner, splitting them from a six-year-old son.
January 9, 2014
Martin Jez, with a 1980s Peterbilt he owned for a time before moving on with the 2000 Freightliner he owns today. The Freightliner falls this year under the prohibition on 1996-2006 model-year diesel engines operating in the state that is the CARB Statewide Truck and Bus Rule.
Channel 19
CARB extension a no-go for California independents
Checking in with California-based independents Tom and Karen Moore at the end of their long stare-down with CARB’s Truck and Bus Rule.
January 8, 2014
Tom and Karen Moore
Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 3
The ruckus that was the “Ride for the Constitution” and ongoing confusion over CARB’s emissions rules, irritation with CSA and a slight hope for hours flexibility rounded out 2013. Happy early New Year, drivers. Hang on tight…
December 31, 2013
This image was the Ride for the Constitution Facebook page’s avatar preceding the Oct. 11-13 event. The Facebook page, formerly facebook.com/ridefortheconstitution, is now housed under the facebook.com/guerillamedia URL, a promotional vehicle for the Guerilla Media Network website.
Voices
Podcast: Safety, the best argument for more flexible sleeper splits
Also in this Voices special edition podcast, operator dispatches on the California Air Resources Board’s Truck and Bus Rule, which officially goes into effect for 1996-2006 model year engines Jan. 1.
December 31, 2013
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Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 1
Big themes for the year reared their heads in the first quarter on the blog, from upcoming CARB deadlines to increasing angst over CSA. Take a tour back through the year via this review.
December 26, 2013
Melvin Davis’ custom 1988 Freightliner FLD
Channel 19
Bulk fleet profile in pictures: Apex Logistics
A run through the basics of the California-based Apex Logistics fleet, partially in pictures.
December 9, 2013
Apex operates 260 trucks and 335 trailers. They employ 205 drivers and contract with 85 owner-operators to keep the freight moving. Freightliner Class 8 trucks dominate the fleet, and the average truck is only 5 years old. Outside its core markets of California and Nevada, the company also delivers to customers in: Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Business
CARB sued by OOIDA over retrofit filter requirement in emissions regulations
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has sued the California Air Resources Board over the agency’s requirement that 2006 year-model and older trucks be retrofitted with a particulate matter filter to run in the state.
December 6, 2013
Click through the image to use our interactive graphic to determine your upgrade options for getting CARB-compliant under the Truck and Bus rule in 2014.
Business
CARB public meetings clarify proposed rule amendments, hear other ideas
In addition to the previously reported six-month “Good Faith” extension, detail here on proposed new NOx-exempt areas and concurrent extensions, a fast-approaching funding deadline, and more.
December 5, 2013
California NOx-exempt areas with proposed additions
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