Several people have stated already that Branson's have a DOC not a DPF. The original post the party stated that his DPF was clogged. But it has a DOC, so his DOC was clogged.Engine is "NOT" computer controlled. Sounds like an unusual pre-mature failure of the DPF. Mechanical fuel injection so the only way the engine will not run is if the DPF is completely plugged. If that's the case in 70 hours I'm sure it's a failure of the dpf itself. That's not normal. These DPF's were designed and proven to last at least 4000 hours and built by Mercedes Benz. Branson claims that you should run your engine above 1500rpms occasionally to help burn out the soot. And of course don't let idle very long. Unfortunatly because of the EPA, we are paying higher prices for equipment and fuel. AS far as I'm concerned they are just a $$$$ Hungry organization that should not have ever been invented.
Really makes you wonder why everyone else went with electronic injection.It's a DPF, and the engine is not computer controlled. As Mr Bitz says. It is somewhat of a standalone system. If the DPF was removed and a muffler was installed, it would run fine without a "delete" modification to the ECM like is needed in trucks to fool the computer into thinking the DPF is still there. But removing the DPF is not legal, just like on trucks and in no circumstances would we recommend it, not even with a wink and a nod so to speak. But yes, they need to be run hard enough to burn them off. These engines are made to run at full speed, it does no damage to this engine to run it at full PTO rpm. In fact it is probably better for it then running just off idle and never warming up. So at very least, run it hard occasionally and let the exhaust get hot.
BTW, I do not know of any other manufacturer that took this approach. Essentially you get the old Tier III engine with a fancy DPF muffler and no complicated engine controls. Not a bad idea.
Really makes you wonder why everyone else went with electronic injection.