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We are not considered a small fleet (5 trucks) but we've made our
best effort to comply since 2012 making changes one truck at a time
unfortunately we can't afford to do more because we're at the Otay
Mesa border competing with other local trucking companies low
prices, high diesel price and of course compliance year truck parts
are more expensive plus monthly payments on each truck. We're
currently working in California Ports so we have to comply with the
Truck and Bus Regulation AND the Drayage Regulation at the same
time, both having the ARB as the main authority.  Each year I've
made my best effort to changed an old truck for a compliance truck
and of course adding more debts to the business and less income
each year. As of today I have 3 out of 5 compliance trucks. Small
fleets are the only ones benefiting from the numerous changes made
so far to the ruling since it started enforcing. At some point as
long as the truck was still in compliance we did not have to report
it on the ARB reporting system, suddenly in 2014 if you missed the
deadline, now you are not in compliance and you have a new problem
to add to the daily fight to continue working even if back then we
were in full compliance.  At this point with 5 trucks, not been
considered a small fleet or a large fleet I can't seem to find
anything that helps us comply with both Truck and Bus
Regulation/Drayage Regulation even though we've made out best
effort to comply and at the same time not to file for bankruptcy
and fill one of our main customer requirements to have at least 5
trucks and we are facing a state regulation that worries more air
quality that of course helps our environment but doesn't care at
all if you have enough money to feed your family at the end of the
day. For the records, I was a driver until a medical diagnose made
me stop driving making our problem even worse but not enough to
give up so far.