4015R dpf dash light

[Ron50]

The "Greenies" have it figured out that if the 4.4% of the the world's population in the US change what they are doing it is going to save the planet. Check out pollution in China and India where ALOT of people live.

 

[Hombre]

Hombre,

I'm surprised your dealer said your cooker wasn't covered under warranty. Was it a used tractor when you bought it? It's my understanding that the cooker is covered under warranty when new, and my dealer has said it was. We discussed my "options" on mine when my light came on. From learning the how and what the cooker does and the level of emissions on my model, I just decided that for me, if it becomes a problem, I'm going to take it off completely.

I do like to have the ability to run my tractor at lower speeds to burn less fuel when I can, and also do let it idle when I'm doing certain work off of the tractor. I don't fault the tractor or the engine, but lay the blame on the Gooberment and the EPA for mandating this garbage. I'm just thankful that at least in our Bransons, it's a bolt on piece that can easily be removed with no other side effects to the running of the engine. At least we don't have to try to figure out how to get into the computer programming or buy some sketchy "delete kit" off the internet.

I bought the tractor new in 2017. It's (more) than possible I misunderstood what he said about the warranty covering the soot cooker but it really didn't matter when the "problems" started showing up. I just did what he suggested (sort of) and removed the insides. I also didn't/don't notice any more noise while running, could be because I did replace the outside parts back. Makes it like a big straight thru muffler to my mind. The tractor will give some smoke when first starting up and on occasion when I've been poking around and then get into it hard when under load but nothing to talk about. Less than my Cummins diesel PU for sure. I have no fault with the tractor either, and am glad I was able to delete this without dealing with a computer also. Sounds to me like you and I run our machines about the same way but I do let mine idle quite a bit at times, depending on the task at hand of course, but I'm not adverse to let it idle for 15 to 20 minutes at a time for sure. Probably what got into "trouble" in the first place. Now I can run it the way I want to.

 

[Cougsfan]

The "Greenies" have it figured out that if the 4.4% of the the world's population in the US change what they are doing it is going to save the planet. Check out pollution in China and India where ALOT of people live.

To quote the WorldWatch Institute "The United States, with less than 5% of the global population, uses about a quarter of the world's fossil fuel resources - Burning up nearly 25% of the coal, 26% of the oil, and 27% of the world's natural gas." We are not a minor player as Ron might try to lead you to believe. Per capita, the US leads the world in pollution by far. And if one thinks that China (in recent history the world's worst polluter in terms of tons of pollutants emitted) isn't being active, if not more active than us, at reducing pollution; they really have their head in the sand as to what is really happening in the world. I don't consider myself a "greenie". But it really irks me when I see people totally misrepresent the truth in a forum to rationalize a lopsided point of view.

That said, putting a DPF on a small horsepower diesel to reduce heavy particulate pollution in a rural setting is not going to have any appreciable effect on solving the world's pollution problem. It is more of a "feel good" solution than a real one. The "greenies" are pretty good at rationalizing stupid things too.

 

[Mr Bitz]

Won't be long until the EPA tries to put some sort of emissions control on our volcanoes. Which by the way causes 75% of pollution in the world. So I've heard. Who's going to pay for that.

 

[Cougsfan]

One of the challenges we have is that "pollution" is all lumped together in one word. The types of pollutions and the specific problems they create are really quite varied. CO2 is our biggest real threat and is caused by burning hydrocarbons, period. We all talk about it a lot, many don't take it seriously, and no one really has came up with an answer that people are willing to commit to and we probably won't until we have really gotten ourselves in deep trouble. NOx, particulates, O3, etc. are some of the other pollutants that indeed are a serious problems at specific locations (like Los Angeles), but not a problem at all other locations (Nevada). These other "pollutants" are easier to address by regulation, so that it what the greenies, many of whom live in LA, go after to "help" those who live in Nevada, and to fool us all into thinking they are really doing some serious good.

This "going after what sounds good" thinking is what killed the VW diesel (assisted greatly by VW's dishonesty), when a VW diesel technology actually helps appreciably to address the bigger problem of CO2 emissions. The automobile diesel is widely accepted as a pollution (CO2) reduction device in Europe, while it is viewed as a horrible, dirty, smog queen here in the US.

I think DFP's on volcanoes is an excellent :confused2: idea. Just think of all the jobs it would create Might even be smarter than a Border Wall

 

[LouNY]

I know that if my tractor had a DPF it would have to be "modified" so much of my work is done at part throttle, brush hogging and pasture fence line trimming I shift the PTO up to the economy setting and throttle down, I'll rake or ted at part throttle. Today moving snow on thawed ground was 1200-1400 rpm and 1-3 mph I'd have a hard twisting the trottle up on most of my work. I run gears up or down as needed and unless I'm running down the road in high or just traveling up the driveway I seldom use full throttle.

 

[Hombre]

There is no "law" against removal as I understand the regs. The tractor(s) has to have "whatever" devices to meet EPA standards to be SOLD in the USA by "the dealer". That's it. You can remove it, you can sell the tractor without the device(s) and no one will be fined or go to jail. Now, if I'm wrong one of the dealers on this forum can correct me, but that's the way I understand the situation as the tractors are OFF-ROAD vehicles. That's why we can burn "off road" diesel in them and not pay the road tax that's placed on, well, on road diesel...:confused2: