I was listening to a fella while listening to the Midnight Trucking Radio Network on my AM radio talking about just this. What I didn't know or realize, is to drive a diesel semi into California, there are all kinds of costly emissions to make, or the tractor is not allowed into or to deliver into California, however exactly. So this fella was talking about his new tractor that meets the emissions and can deliver, but his old tractor does not, and as he is restoring it, he can't afford to modify it to bring up to California emissions code, so he will never be able to work it or make money there.
NOW HERE IS THE RUB...our tax money is being used to bring Mexican trucks up to snuff by modifying them so that they can work California. We ARE paying to have Mexican trucks revamped with tax payer money, while American trucking companies and independent truckers are on their own to flip the cost out of their wallets, or too bad, no work. Something very wrong with that picture.
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Today's Featured Article - Field Modifications (Sins of the Farmer) - by Staff. Picture a new Chevrolet driving down the street without it's grill, right fender and trunk lid. Imagine a crude hole made in the hood to accommodate a new taller air cleaner, the fender wells cut away to make way for larger tires, and half of a sliding glass door used to replace the windshield. Top that off with an old set of '36 Ford headlight shells bolted to the hood. Pretty unlikely for a car... but for a tractor, this is pretty normal. It seems that more often than not they a
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