There are exceptions, for example if you don't live there and your permanent state of residence is elsewhere you don't have to do emissions testing. That doesn't mean you're wrong, they sure could do that if they want.

When I lived there while in the military we kept our out of state tags, insurance, and never had to do emissions.

I lived in a county where they did the emissions testing every year, and they exempted diesels. This was before the rolling coal became a big problem around here and I expected them to remove that exemption, but they just removed the testing all together. $10 a year, ODB hookup and as long as the "testing period" was over after a code clear it was good. Felt like a waste of time and a cash grab.

 

There is a thing the tax collectors love, that is collecting taxes, that said just regiter your vehicle in a county that doesn't do emissions testing. It is only a ups store away.

 

Thread is full of info, unfortunately it's not involving the OP, which is what drew me to it in the first place...

 

If I could do it over again I would wait until my emissions system failed and was going to cost me thousands of dollars to repair and then I would delete the truck. Reason why is because who knows what might happen 4 years from now? Maybe the EPA craziness goes wild again. And also it is nice to have a warranty intact because everything on these trucks is very expensive to repair.

 

How hard is it to reverse the procedure if you keep the parts?

 

Matter of bolting it all back on, plugging in the sensors and putting the OEM tune back in. Some who have areas that do have emissions will do the swap, have it tested, then pull it all back off. On the 2019 I had considered it, but now that I have a 24, no need, I feel Ford has the emissions ironed out so that it has a long life and doesn't use nearly as much fuel as it used to.

 

One more thought, Dealers are now not taking deleted trucks on trade. If they do, they figure the cost of putting back to stock. A bunch of new reporting came about recently.

 

Rule #1 about Delete Club...Nobody talks about Delete Club.

 

Probably because EPA has been cracking down on dealers selling these trucks and they find out now it is not worth taking the risk. They risk the loss of the dealers license. A far bigger issue than just paying a fine.

 

We live where annual smog checks are required. I'd be curious to see the test results to see the true impact of all the added smog equipment on diesel trucks that's required now. I do appreciate having clean air to breathe, but...

 

Supreme court is taking up California's emission mandates, see how it turns out. EPA got back handed for stepping out of bounds, owners and after market suppliers do not have to experience unjust behavior. After market suppliers are once again offering more. EPA went rogue and ruled any vehicle with a VIN was subject to emission standards which set the racing industry off.

 

Balancing act for sure. Diesel particulates are very bad for those who have breathing issues. Prior to ULSD, the fumes had a pleasant smell to them to me. I remember the Chicago busses from when I was a kids, the smell as they went past, or the trucks, take a deep breath, just smelled so good. Today though, it burns my sinus and throat and can make it hard to breath. It does not have the same smell to it and in that I am glad the trucks have DPF, though the smell out of those is obnoxious as well, but without the stinging and burning.

What the emissions controls have done is cleaned the air noticeably. I remember back in the 70's early 80's coming home to Chicago from a trip to upper Wisconsin, Minog, Hayward area, and knew we were getting close to Chicago as the view ahead had a brown bubble of air. Today, that brown bubble is gone. The air is much cleaner today than it was 20 years ago. To me its worth the hassle of DEF and regens. The air my Grandchildren will breath will be cleaner than the air I breathed, and that my children breath. There is a stopping point for cleaner air, I think we have reached it. We just need to rest of the world to catch up to our clean air standards.

 

I can understand that and think it's fine where it's needed but why would a farmer in rural Iowa or a rural resident in Upstate, NY have to comply with costly regulations that are unneeded there?

 

Because Tractor pulls at the state fair dumps a years worth for every tractor in the state?

 

I'll worry about the exhaust from deleted passenger trucks and tractor pulls once the EPA starts going after all the non-regulated cruise ships, cargo ships, aircraft, etc. Any one of those sources alone dump more pollutants into the air every year than all the passenger vehicles on the road around the world combined.