Diesel vs gas for truck campers?
Have posted a few questios phere on the truck camper forum asking for help in down sizing to a TC and thanks for the help so far, I have been going over the weights of the TC's that we have looked at...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
Don't trust forum in legal aspects as even with honest replies, you always find too many variations.
In CA all diesels below 14,000lb GWVR 1998 or newer need smog.
All the rest is exempt.
The exempt year for older gasoline engines keeps on moving every few years, so it is 1975 today, but next year it MIGHT be 1980.
Go to dmv.ca.gov and check yourself.
No they REPEALED the "Rolling Exemption" of the smog laws YEARS ago. Locking in the 1975MY as the end for smog.
Plus it's a 14,500lb cut off for diesels and smog.
Another peculiarity in CA is that driver's of 3/4Ton pickups pulling a trailer where the GCW exceeds 10,001lbs are technically required to have a Commercial Drivers License.
The drivers of the newer crop of 1 Ton Duallies where the GCWR is over 14,500lbs also fall into the CDL rule under Federal DOT rules.
Both the last two examples really come into play when you are using the pickup you bought and put your company's logo on to be able to write it's cost off on your taxes to tow your trailer to the beach.
