Diesel brothers fined $850k for violating clear air act

mc01svt · Mar 11, 2020

Diesel Brothers Hit With $850,000 Fine for Tampering With Truck Emissions

Wow, i know these guys are filthy stinking rich but $850k coming out of your business all at once is nothing to sneeze at.

Even worse is being banned from selling any future modified diesels. I guess its just lift kits and wheels and tires from here on out.

There's gotta be alot of similar shops around the country sweating hard right now. An entire industry has been created on doing DPF deletes.

03Sssnake · Mar 11, 2020

squeaky wheel gets the grease, they were the most visible....honestly I hate these coal rolling faggots and the scrutiny they have brought down on all automobile enthusiasts, industry etc....thanks m'fers EAD and die....

jaxbusa · Mar 11, 2020

I agree with 03Sssnake but the fine seems excessive.

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96dreamer · Mar 11, 2020

I agree the rolling coal is useless, especially when it is the sole intent of modifying the truck. But this whole movement in the diesel community is setting a dangerous precedent for the car modifying industry as a whole. The argument for the suit was deleting emissions equipment and increasing emissions output from stock. I would feel pretty safe assuming the vast majority of vehicles on this forum have been changed in some way that increases emissions output from stock.

Corbic · Mar 11, 2020

36 times more pollution and 21 times more particulate matter than if it was equipped with proper emissions systems.

That's it?

Who the **** cares.

15 largest container ships in the world create more pollution then all the cars in the world combined.

Let that sink in for a minute.

World's 15 Biggest Ships Create More Pollution Than All The Cars In The World - Industry Tap

If your worried about the environment, plastic straws and a few dozen bro dozers is not the problem.

GTSpartan · Mar 11, 2020

This is a little concerning for sure.

If they ever decide to really coordinate and mobilize, a relatively small number of environmental activists would be able to cause a lot of problems for mod shops across the country. It's super easy to file a suit, and it's not like the shops can actually fight it with any hopes of winning, as they are 100% knowingly violating numerous local/state/federal laws. They wouldn't stand a chance in court, and will end up with hefty personal fines that can't be shed in bankruptcy court.

Corbic · Mar 11, 2020

GTSpartan said:
This is a little concerning for sure.

If they ever decide to really coordinate and mobilize, a relatively small number of environmental activists would be able to cause a lot of problems for mod shops across the country. It's super easy to file a suit, and it's not like the shops can actually fight it with any hopes of winning, as they are 100% knowingly violating numerous local/state/federal laws. They wouldn't stand a chance in court, and will end up with hefty personal fines that can't be shed in bankruptcy court.

Yup, all these DBs need to do is buy parts online (and ship to a CARB state) and pay tuners to install them and go "ah ha!! Violators will be VIOLATED!!!"

GTSpartan · Mar 11, 2020

Corbic said:
Yup, all these DBs need to do is buy parts online (and ship to a CARB state) and pay tuners to install them and go "ah ha!! Violators will be VIOLATED!!!"

Good point.

Wouldn't even need to be a CARB state really, though that would be easier. Utah is probably one of the least restrictive state out there, and look what happened.

BlckBox04 · Mar 11, 2020

mo money mo problems. tv got them nabbed

lightningJeff · Mar 11, 2020

That is one of my favorite shows on tv.

Dirks9901 · Mar 11, 2020

03Sssnake said:
squeaky wheel gets the grease, they were the most visible....honestly I hate these coal rolling faggots and the scrutiny they have brought down on all automobile enthusiasts, industry etc....thanks m'fers EAD and die....

This.

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03Sssnake · Mar 11, 2020

Corbic said:
That's it?

Who the **** cares.

15 largest container ships in the world create more pollution then all the cars in the world combined.

Let that sink in for a minute.

World's 15 Biggest Ships Create More Pollution Than All The Cars In The World - Industry Tap

If your worried about the environment, plastic straws and a few dozen bro dozers is not the problem.

they burn bunker oil, shit is absolutely filthy AF....they are trying to clean things up, however it will be a longtime before we see results.

Maritime Regulator Says Shipping Environmental Efforts ‘Set to Go’

prs97 · Mar 11, 2020

Rolling coal. This is why we can't have nice things...

SolarYellow · Mar 11, 2020

You tune and mod your vehicle and still get performance gains w/o removing exhaust equipment, right?

2000GTSTANG · Mar 11, 2020

Imagine if they decide to go after bigger YouTube channels that blatantly show themselves removing emissions on street cars.

coposrv · Mar 11, 2020

03Sssnake said:
squeaky wheel gets the grease, they were the most visible....honestly I hate these coal rolling faggots and the scrutiny they have brought down on all automobile enthusiasts, industry etc....thanks m'fers EAD and die....

Preach my dude.

In all seriousness it didn’t seem like they were going after the bigger fish so to speak. I read some small 2/3 man performance diesel shops getting big fines as well.

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T.Man · Mar 11, 2020

I think it's a matter of perception for the general public. The EPA knows damn well that there are all kinds of performance shops out there that are circumventing emission controls and equipment. The general public is less likely to give two shits because they don't "see it". What the general populace does see are the dip shit assholes that like to roll coal everywhere they go.

SolarYellow · Mar 11, 2020

T.Man said:
What the general populace does see are the dip shit assholes that like to roll coal everywhere they go.

Yes, perception is key. People can deal with sound and some smells but seeing a pig rich truck on the street acting like it's participating in a tractor pull gets attention of just about everyone. People like them are more retarded than the Hanson brothers with their suitcase of toys.

7998 · Mar 11, 2020

If you think this will stop with diesels you're nuts.

03Sssnake · Mar 11, 2020

coposrv said:
Preach my dude.

In all seriousness it didn’t seem like they were going after the bigger fish so to speak. I read some small 2/3 man performance diesel shops getting big fines as well.

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glad to see you and I share some common ground and suspect we probably agree on a lot more.

Diesel brothers fined $850k for violating clear air act

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