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5 Things To Know

Once you've made a list of each diesel-powered piece of equipment, categorized by their specific controlling Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM), you need to collect the following information:

  1. Tier Level of existing engine (not the equipment make, model or type - but the engine itself).
  2. Cost and Availability of the Four R’s:  Retirement, Replacement, Repower, Retrofit
    • Retirement:  dispose of the equipment.
    • Replacement:  buy a new or used piece of equipment with a higher Tier level engine.
    • Repower:  replace the engine and cooling system with a higher Tier level engine.
    • Retrofit:  add an exhaust aftertreatment package to reduce NOx and/or PM.
  3. Longevity of equipment before major repairs - ie, should I replace or repower?.  Is it an easy repower, difficult or even impossible?
  4. How many hours per year do you use the equipment?  Under 100 hours, it is exempt.  Could retire several pieces of older equipment and replace with new T3 or i-T4 flexible machine (ie, replace a single function paddle scraper with a motor grader that could do some of each)
  5. Fuel usage.  The increased fuel efficiency of a new engine may, by itself, justify the new equipment purchase or repower.  Ask your dealer for engine-specific fuel consumption data.