Rolling Coal is illegal in the Garden State!

Got passed by one yesterday and witnessed first hand for the first time. Not a pretty sight at all. I turned down a couple as well looking for swap donors. Both situations I cam across, the owners were parents that bought the trucks initially for their son's who modified them and then couldn't afford fuel. So they were trying to recoup some money. But after they explained to me how their son's modified them, I explained to them how their price had declined due to the coal rolling being a young fad with a very narrow generation time frame.

I did some stupid shit when I was young but was forced to make the best of a dollar. Seems the younger generations now days are a tad spoiled and unknowledged when it comes to money and very good at wasting their inheritance in compounded ways. Unless another like minded individual is interested, a $25,000 coal roller isn't worth $3,000 when time comes to sell to the other 90%. I see the exact same diesels for sale now as I did last year when I was buying donors.

Coal rolling is doing absolutely nothing but wasting fuel. Cut some 6" holes in the bed for absolutely useless stacks and the bed is no longer worth scrap metal. But my unmolested 94 Dodge 3500 is gaining interest with every new coal roller.

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Wates fuel and causes premature wear on the engine.
 
If anybody hasn't noticed the EPA is cracking down and imposing restrictions on all kinds of air pollution from backyard grills, wood stoves, small engines the list goes on. They don't need any provocation from coal rollers to make even more diesel regulations. It should be illegal nationwide and probably is already in many areas. One day somebody will get shot for smoking out the wrong guy.
 
StretchASU said:
Jersey is a damn dumpster anyway. I'm amazed they would actually care about coal rolling.
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That should go well with the few folks from New Jersey on here... Are you married StretchASU?? :popcorn:

There's a reason it's called "The Garden State". And scientific study has proven that unburnt raw Diesel Fuel is the worst contaminant for suitable soil than any other byproduct of refined crude oil. Just did a little search to back this up and it was conclusive to me. But I'm mainly going on what our Soil Engineer tells us when he visits a site. He said Environmental clean-up can range into the millions when a dozer hit's an unexpected UST with diesel fuel. He said a developer is held accountable and unable to sell the property before cleanup is finished if they turn in anything to a municipality such as even a rezoning request or Preliminary Plan. It can bankrupt the developer before they can set a single piece of their own equipment on site.
 
BIGWOODY said:
it's pretty gay...but how does over fueling and not over revving the motor cause premature engine wear?
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Uhhh, Auto 101.... Let's see, what does raw fuel that seeps through the rings do to a lubricant? :popcorn: You know anything about a running engine at all BIGWOODY???

You married? :flipoff2:
 
Wait, what just happened?
 
I guess here and enforced? Drive through Mooresville on a Friday or Saturday night and I have to keep the windows up in the rally car so I don't get the cabin filled by these asshats.
 
6BangBronk said:
Uhhh, Auto 101.... Let's see, what does raw fuel that seeps through the rings do to a lubricant? :popcorn: You know anything about a running engine at all BIGWOODY???

You married? :flipoff2:
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His run underwater...
 
The new 'ricer' fad, bigger than ever. It's a shame, but just another evolved facet of automotive upgrading that happens through the years.
 
Honestly, what happens is any unburnt fuel is pressed between the rings and piston walls down into the oil. And oil looses it's viscosity prematurely when mixed with the slightest bit of fuel and every single rubbing component of the engine wears faster if the oil isn't changed much more frequent.
 
6BangBronk said:
Honestly, what happens is any unburnt fuel is pressed between the rings and piston walls down into the oil. And oil looses it's viscosity prematurely when mixed with the slightest bit of fuel and every single rubbing component of the engine wears faster if the oil isn't changed much more frequent.
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All is the case if the oil isn't changed often......I guess I'd be wrong in assuming they would change the oil frequently if they were rolling coal often. I run the dogshit out of race motors in extreme conditions, but they get serviced after a couple of runs. If I was someone who was really into rolling coal I'd probably change the oil often, I guess these guys just don't.
 
BIGWOODY said:
All is the case if the oil isn't changed often......I guess I'd be wrong in assuming they would change the oil frequently if they were rolling coal often. I run the dogshit out of race motors in extreme conditions, but they get serviced after a couple of runs. If I was someone who was really into rolling coal I'd probably change the oil often, I guess these guys just don't.
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We're talking Diesel trucks, not race motors. As far as I'm aware, there's no such event / sport as coal rolling??? Only bad part is that when you modify that motor you have no CHOICE than to change oil more frequent if you accelerate often.

To each their own. Just be prepared to fight regulations. Be prepared to shorten the life span of your motor (or change oil more often) and to suck up the depreciation that goes along with it. Pretty much turns a diesel truck into the equivalent as titties on a bull hog to me. Uhh, I may be different but I like to tow long miles with my diesels??? :rolleyes:
 
BIGWOODY said:
it's pretty gay...but how does over fueling and not over revving the motor cause premature engine wear?
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What the other guy said above. The excessive raw fuel washes down the lubricant oil on the cylinder walls and also makes its way into the crankcase in some measureable amount contaminating the engine oil.
 
I'm from there. Grew up in the sticks. A college bud from uncc visited one summer. 'Wow, you're in the mountains!' were his first words out of the car.

I don't like most of the state but there are a few good sections.

For the orig topic- I don't understand the coolness concept one bit and am fine with states (any of them) cracking down on it as it is a hazard and very annoying. Had a guy smoke me out in albemarle one Sat while coming back from URE towing the Bronco.
 
tknopp said:
It has been here. NCGS 20-136
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I don't mean to stir the pot, and I know it's your job to know - but this seems like a real stretch to apply to this situation.
This statute is about devices made to be smoke screens, and explicitly states "... any unusual amount of smoke, gas or other substance not necessary to the actual propulsion, care and keep of said vehicle,..."
Since an auto engine is not designed to emit smoke, and in this case it results only from the fuel which is intended for propulsion (one could just argue that it's a really inefficient engine), I don't see how the charge would stick.
I'd be curious if there ware any cases where it worked.

Of course there is the approach of just using it as leverage for a plea to a lesser crime... the "keep the douchebags off the road" theme...

I'm all for throwing the book at these douches - lets just do it right.
 
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