Page 233 - Peterson 85 Years and Going Strong

HITTING HOME
In 2006, Peterson hired a specialist to address the emissions-reduction question a year before the regulations were to hit. “In the beginning, every- body had to report all their machine information, so we helped our customers do that,” says Stickney, who stepped into the position in 2008. “It was a huge undertaking. We also helped them with cal- culations to see what shape their fleet was in and help them map out their future. There was a lot of education at the beginning just to understand all the new regulations.”
After all the education and reporting and paper- work is done, it all boils down to one of four solu- tions—retrofits, repowers, replacement, or rental. Peterson works with each customer to determine which option is most cost-effective for them. “We provide solutions for our customers to clean up their diesel engines,” says Stickney, “whether that involves new equipment, rental equipment, re- powering with a newer cleaner engine, or retrofit- ting an existing engine with an emissions-control strategy.” And some customers opt to bypass the whole compliance ordeal and rent what they need.
Carl Moyer has another program for small equip- ment like skid steers and backhoes. The Equip- ment Replacement Program (ERP) provides an emissions upgrade solution when repowering is not a cost-effective option. “Carl Moyer will ac- tually pay 80 percent of a machine’s replacement,” says Stickney. “The customer only needs to come up with 20 percent of the price. Then they de- stroy the old machine, which takes it out of the equation. And for retrofits, they fund 100 percent of the cost. It’s a good deal.”
Today, Carl Moyer funding is harder to get since so many deadlines have already passed. When it is granted, the contract obligates the end-user to op- erate that equipment for a pre-determined number of hours in the air district where the funds were obtained. “Carl Moyer is not just for repowers,” says Stickney. “It’s for engine upgrades and ret- rofits with after-market technologies. It’s for ma- chine replacement and electrification projects. And it covers more than just trucks and tractors. Monies can be used on portable engines, stationary engines, off-road and on-road vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, and marine and harbor craft. It’s for any- thing that replaces old diesel technology and re- duces particulate matter and NOx.”
CHAPTER 14 | 231