''Diesel Brothers'' is an American

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series. The series premiered on January 4, 2016, on

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. The program follows a group of friends in

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who repair and customize pickup trucks. Despite the name and physical resemblance to one another, the Diesel Brothers are not actually brothers. Friends David "

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" Sparks and David "Diesel Dave" Kiley started a fix-it shop for all types of vehicles and brought in two other men as shop helpers. They posted various videos on

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, one of which led to an appearance on ''

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''. Subsequently the Discovery Channel contacted the Diesel Brothers. On November 15, 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season which premiered on December 9, 2019. On July 16, 2020, it was announced that a three-hour TV special titled ''Diesel Brothers: Monster Jam Breaking World Records'' will premiere on August 8, 2020.

Lawsuit

In 2016, a Utah advocacy group called Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment filed a civil lawsuit against the Diesel Brothers, alleging they engaged in "significant, repeated and ongoing violations of federal law" by modifying vehicles to create black smoke from the exhaust systems, which the group characterizes as "one of the most toxic types of pollution there is". The physicians group bought a modified truck from Sparks Motors, and independent testing confirmed that without required emissions features, the truck produced 36 times the pollutants and 21 times the particulate matter compared to a stock truck. In June 2018, after hearing testimony from an emissions inspector based in

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that a Diesel Brothers truck had been illegally modified, a judge issued an injunction prohibiting any similar modifications in the future.Tom Quimby (June 20, 2018
Diesel Brothers hit with injunction to stop modifying emissions
HardWorkingTrucks.com, accessed 10 March 2020 Sparks stated he was modifying trucks only for off-road use under the belief it was legal and was working with the

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to ensure compliance. In March 2020, three of the Diesel Brothers (Sparks, Keaton Hoskins and Joshua Stuart) and their various companies were fined a total of $850,000Mark Shenenfelt (2019
Judge hits Diesel Brothers with $848,000 in penalties for air pollution violations
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, accessed 10 March 2020Diesel Brothers Hit With $850,000 Fine for Tampering With Truck Emissions
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determined they had violated the Clean Air Act on hundreds of occasions and also had violated the earlier injunction. The fine was less than the maximum possible, as Judge Shelby recognized various mitigating factors. The Diesel Brothers filed an appeal in April 2020, with their attorney arguing the case fell under a

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with contradictory Federal rulings.Mark Shenfelt (April 13, 2020)
Diesel Brothers appeal $848,000 federal Clean Air Act violation judgment
The Ogden Standard-Examiner, accessed 30 July 2020

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

Season 2 (2017)

Season 3 (2017)

Season 4 (2018)

Season 5 (2019)

Season 6 (2019)

References

External links

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