Smoke laws

[GeraldGordon]

Smoke laws any one know how picky they are in N. D. I have a little fuel turned to my 93 smoke when I lay on it. I am looking to turn more to it but I will wait till spring roads suck here they never do any thing to them.

 

[JAmos]

I don't really know bout any smoke laws. Heres a couple things that might be possibilities.



1. The fuzz might be able to harass you about emissions compliance if you have to have e-tests.



2. Another possibility is if the smoke gets too thick(not likely :-laf ), they could ticket you for obstructing traffic.



3. Speed contesting and a bunch of other things can also be considered.



It sorta depends on what mood the fuzz is in. If they are pissy or haven't got their ticket quota, then look out. I'm gonna get a good radar detector soon so that I am tipped off to their presence because lets face it, these smoke throwin beasts are a blast to drive and I don't want to pull something stupid in front of an officer.



Jordan

 

[willysrule]

A buddy of mine switched to a stack exhaust so they didn't bother him as much... it worked for him... another buddy got pulled over for smoking, the cop thought he was smoking the tires... or so he said...



I'd say they could get you for something if they want to... many codes and reg's are vauge and they can stick it to ya if they like...



I'd say with a little bit at shifts you would be ok, look at what the big rigs pour as there on it... but if you have it really rolling to the point that it stops traffic, I'd say there going to nail ya... .

 

[RustyJC]

HERE'S how Texas does it. Note the key is more than 10 consecutive seconds of visible smoke. Especially when towing, I can puff a cloud coming away from a stop and at every shift if I'm hard into it, but once the boost comes up, the exhaust cleans up.



Rusty

 

[Headshot zod]

Throw some biodiesel in there..... that will clean up some smoke.

 

[TX Gooseneck]

HERE'S how Texas does it. Note the key is more than 10 consecutive seconds of visible smoke. Especially when towing, I can puff a cloud coming away from a stop and at every shift if I'm hard into it, but once the boost comes up, the exhaust cleans up.



Rusty

Smog Safety Nazis.

 

[TKingsbury]

In California the rule is no more than 40% opacity. I believe that is back to 91, anything older is 60%. Not 100% sure on the cut-off date. But, you must remember that they allow no tampering with the pump. This mostly applies to medium duty trucks and larger, but they can pull you in to a roadside testing site and test anything diesel powered if they like. If you have too much low boost fueling, you will fail. I tested my truck while I did our fleet at work and it was 4. 5%. This is doing the "snap-idle" test.

Travis. .

 

[TX Gooseneck]

How do they go after out of state vehicles?

 

[TKingsbury]

How do they go after out of state vehicles?

If you happen to be unlucky enough to be driving through California and happen upon a roadside test station and the cop waving in trucks doesn't like the look of you. I talked to one of the testers from the C. A. R. B. at a class a while back and it sounds like out of state trucks are hard to regulate. Probaly nearly impossible for a non-commercial vehicle, especially if your state has little or no regulation. He did say that they usually only pull in light trucks that they think might be burning red diesel (farm trucks, flat beds with hay or the like). They will dip the tank and send them on their way if all is ok. If you are ever here and happen upon a place where a cop (CHP) is waving in trucks, go easy on the loud pedal and motor on by.

Travis. .

 

[TX Gooseneck]

I'm always in CA. It's our biggest market. Typically I'll take my 04 on long haul trips, but if by happenstance I take the 91, I want to avoid the CA SS.



BTW, my trucks are registered in a safety inspection only county. Brakes, lights, horn, tires. ZERO emissions.

 

[TKingsbury]

I'm always in CA. It's our biggest market. Typically I'll take my 04 on long haul trips, but if by happenstance I take the 91, I want to avoid the CA SS.



BTW, my trucks are registered in a safety inspection only county. Brakes, lights, horn, tires. ZERO emissions.

If you are using your truck to deliver trailers, you may be in a grey area. They might try to nail you or they may assume your just passing through with a trailer in tow. Like I said before, if you see a bunch of trucks getting pulled in somewhere that usually isn't a scale, keep an eye out. If you have a flatbed gooseneck on, they may wave you in to check for dyed fuel. You would have to be fairly unlucky or travel in an area where there is a ton of truck traffic to get nabbed though. They like to work where ag hauling is in season and there's alot of trucks in one area like a loading or unloading station. You would probably never get caught if they are working a scale since no pick-ups stop at the scales. The guy I talked to said there are only like 4 guys statewide doing this, so you have to be pretty unlucky or put on alot of miles to run into them.

Travis. .

 

[JLEONARD]

In Ct we have emissions testing, but that's easy to pass by simply rotating the fuel cone to "dog" position. So that's no big deal.

The real problem is overzealous cops.

My son got pulled over and hassled last summer in his 94... . the cop thought he was burning tires. :-laf He talked his way out of it, but the bottom line is they will pull you over around here. It becomes more of a PIA if they write you a ticket with taking time off work to go to court, etc.

 

[bkroupa]

In Texas, all they do is send you a letter if somebody complains. They do not have the power to do anything about it.

 

[tugboatphil]

any one know how picky they are in N. D.

Gerald,



Do they even have paved roads up there yet??

 

[ARedetzke]

If you are using your truck to deliver trailers, you may be in a grey area. They might try to nail you or they may assume your just passing through with a trailer in tow. Like I said before, if you see a bunch of trucks getting pulled in somewhere that usually isn't a scale, keep an eye out. If you have a flatbed gooseneck on, they may wave you in to check for dyed fuel. You would have to be fairly unlucky or travel in an area where there is a ton of truck traffic to get nabbed though. They like to work where ag hauling is in season and there's alot of trucks in one area like a loading or unloading station. You would probably never get caught if they are working a scale since no pick-ups stop at the scales. The guy I talked to said there are only like 4 guys statewide doing this, so you have to be pretty unlucky or put on alot of miles to run into them.

Travis. .

Gotta love Kalifornia. Come to Kansas, they like people like us here.

AJ

 

[GeraldGordon]

Gerald,



Do they even have paved roads up there yet??

Some not many :-laf

 

[JAmos]

Here a proposal for a new 50 state smoke law-

If the smoke clears in two minutes then all is good. :-laf



Jordan

 

[sui114]

a while ago i was arrested for "racing on a highway". the funny thing is that the local yoakle thought i was doing a burnout and promplely took me into custody. the funny thing is that this was in the middle of town, and the "so called tire smoke" was really a mix of diesel smoke and gravel. stupid cops.