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I am a small business I got rid of a 1998 14,500GVW diesel to
comply with the current regulations. I bought a new dump truck to
replace the old one and was told as long as its a 2010 or newer
vehicle there will be no further requirements to replace the new
vehicle and here we go again...... As a small business i received
no help paying for the new vehicle which was a $45,000 hardship!!
I cant afford to do that again. I'm 60 years old and don't do
enough business to justify replacing the truck again. By the way my
old truck is still running strong across the border in Oregon so my
$45,000 hardship has not changed a thing. This is so frustrating
and makes me want to vote for politicians like Trump! 

I was told my new truck would be good for the life of the truck.

I'm all for clean air but lets phase out old vehicles when they
wear out or allow for low use vehicles so we have a history and a
supply of Vintage vehicles in the future. you couldn't do this with
cars because of the backlash but us small contractors don't have a
lobby to defend use or help get us replacement funding like the
larger trucking companies have.

Sincerely, John Nilsen