Power is both the blessing and the curse of diesel engines, which is where retarders, more commonly known as engine brakes, come into play. Pacbrake explains that since diesel engines lack a retarding ...

We've all heard it. That teeth-chattering, machine-gun exhaust sound diesel truckers make when they use engine retarders to slow their vehicles. Ray Yecker was at the June 11 meeting of the West Earl ...

Truckers have long appreciated the safety value of engine retarders, but the general public has always been annoyed by the noise they produce. That's the mystery faced by engine brake manufacturers ...

CALGARY, Alta. – A Calgary alderman is calling on the city to quadruple fines for truck drivers who use their engine retarder brakes within the city limits. Ald. Craig Burrows says he’s received many ...

Pacbrake has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a certificate in a request for reexamination affirming the validity of U.S. Patent No. 4,848,289 that had been granted to ...

Town of Devon residents fed up with engine retarder brake noise on Highway 60 People living near Highway 60 in Devon are demanding something be done to stop the noise that comes from semi-truck ...

When: West Earl supervisors meeting, Sept. 11. What happened: Supervisors voted unanimously to prohibit engine brake retarders on Locust Street from West Farmersville Road to South State Street and ...

A Lundbreck citizens delegation has been pushing MD of Pincher Creek council to make an application for a sign discouraging the use of engine retarder brakes on Highway 3. These signs are regulated by ...

Quakertown will ask the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for permission to prohibit the use of engine retarders by truckers driving through the downtown business district. The move comes in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Cat officials trumpeted acceptance of their ACERT engines at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Since Caterpillar started producing its full line of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

Town of Devon residents fed up with engine retarder brake noise on Highway 60 People living near Highway 60 in Devon are demanding something be done to stop the noise that comes from semi-truck ...