Coal roller

nounShop talkAutomotive

A modified diesel truck designed to emit thick clouds of black exhaust smoke on command.

A diesel vehicle, usually a heavy-duty pickup truck, that has been intentionally modified to bypass emissions controls and dump excessive fuel into the engine. This rich air-fuel mixture produces dense plumes of unburned black soot from the exhaust, a practice known as rolling coal.

Heard on the job

Some coal roller completely smoked out the intersection when the light turned green.