Promising news on emissions requirements?!?

[phantom309]

The recent EPA announcement has me thinking that there could be some good news in the compact tractor market before long.

TYM would be in a good position to make some easy changes (swap DPF with muffler and remove small amount of extra sensors, etc), and I bet that they would do so if allowed because it would save them some $$$ and remove a potential problem for their customers.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Ah, to dream.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Funny enough TYM's Kukje/Cummins/Onan design engines seem to have some of the least emission problems overall! I still haven't had a regen in 613hours on mine in over 5 years. It is as reliable as a old Toyota.

 

[ericm979]

Funny enough TYM's Kukje/Cummins/Onan design engines seem to have some of the least emission problems overall! I still haven't had a regen in 613hours on mine in over 5 years. It is as reliable as a old Toyota.

Kukje runs the DOC hot enough so the DPF doesn't need to do regens under typical use. On my Branson there's no way to do a regen. Some people had trouble with that. Mostly people in places that get cold who were using the tractor for short periods. Like if you only use it to feed a round bale every few days during the winter. Some folks here had theirs clog up.

Branson added a way to force a regen, along with the exhaust valve to keep heat in the DPF, at the same time they went from a three speed to a four speed range transmission. Doing a regen would handle the relatively few people who had clogging problems.

 

[phantom309]

I'm reading today the particulate regulations will remain. It's the "greenhouse gas" regulations that are being rolled back. So I guess our DPFs are here to stay.

 

[Tinhack]

Funny enough TYM's Kukje/Cummins/Onan design engines seem to have some of the least emission problems overall! I still haven't had a regen in 613hours on mine in over 5 years. It is as reliable as a old Toyota.

That sounds like something's wrong with your tractor. Better take it in and have it fixed.

 

[workinonit]

What I'm hearing is that even if the regulations are dropped the manufacturers won't change anything. The cost to do so is preventative. Especially if you add the fact that a new administration can change the regs back to what they were.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

To be fair, TYMs would be the least affected... Since they #1 almost never regen. None of this 30-50 our noise. #2 a TYM can be deleted without the tractor going into limp mode, unlike any other brand on the market as far as I know. The tractor doesn't care if the can is on, or off, it will run.