It takes more than flipping an on/off switch to get the most from your engine retarder. Without an engine brake, diesels don’t produce much braking compared with car engines because they lack a ...

For heavy duty trucks like semis hauling lots of cargo over long distances, conventional friction brakes just can't do it on their own. To maintain safe speeds and prevent overheating on long descents ...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP)- Tractor trailers are big and they can be loud. Several Massachusetts cities and towns have banned truck drivers from using their engine brake, or jake brake, which can be ...

A Toytown resident this week lambasted City Council for recently rescinding a three-year-old prohibition on truckers using jake brakes on 31st Street below Mill Run in his neighborhood. Mike Servello ...

Relief may have finally arrived for Dillon residents upset about truck noise rolling through town at night. For more than a year now residents in the Dillon Valley have been losing sleep as a result ...

The use of “Jake brakes” is now banned in designated parts of Morgan County after the Sept. 2 meeting of the Morgan County Board of Commissioners. The commissioners unanimously passed Ordinance No. 1, ...

Jacobs Vehicle Systems, a worldwide manufacturer of engine retarding and valve actuation systems for the commercial vehicle industry, has upgraded the company’s engine brake on model-year 2021 MX-11 ...