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As a pre-owned truck specialist. the CARB initiatives are wreaking
havoc on our business. One problem is finding used trucks that
qualify without the expensive add-on expenses derived from adding
particulate filters to unqualified trucks. In used truck years we
are approaching the time period 2008-2011 where new truck sales
were at a low. This is all driving up prices tremendously and
people are frustrated. 

There are two areas I would like to see allowances. Anything under
26,000 gvwr should just be exempt until 2030. Anyone in any
industry driving fewer than 10,000 miles with any gvwr should be
exempt. I have a construction company now who drives 10,000 miles
per year with a truck built with special equipment. it goes to a
site and sits 85% of the time. They are having to spend $70k on a
used truck and another $20k just to transfer the body over. In the
meantime, their old truck has done a great job for them.