Diesel Ram Owner Forced to Scrap Truck !
A diesel truck owner's battle with the state of New Jersey is leading to the scrapyard. Mike Sebold initially received a letter from the state's Department of Environmental Protection after lis...
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Tvov wrote:
Do all "off road" engines have to comply with EPA / DOT requirements? Do racing vehicles, not used on public roads, have to comply with EPA / DOT requirements?
The guy said he unregistered the truck to use it as a competition truck.
I don't know about "deleting", but I thought it was mostly removing the cat and modifying the engine programming? I am a little surprised it would cost $10,000 to get it back to EPA compliance.
It seems like there may be more to the story.
Probably too little, too late.
He was obviously running it "on road". Claiming it's used for competition is a tough sell with no history of use in competition and not really a competition vehicle anyway.
I'm sure he could pay the lawyers to argue his case but probably cheaper to just reinstall the emissions equipment.
