Millions of semi-tractors hit the road every single year to keep America running with everything from the mail and Amazon ...

The low rumble can rattle windows and cut through walls. When the noise from braking truck engines strafes a neighborhood during sleep hours, it can mean war. Engine braking, also known as jake ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 24—Excessive noise caused by commercial trucks using their engine brakes to slow down — sometimes called "jake brakes" — has ...

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 ...

A new Illinois law is now in effect that allows jurisdictions to crack down on the unnecessary use of “jake” brakes without a sufficient muffler system, according to the Mid-West Truckers Association.

Although I try very hard to develop new topics for these articles, there are some that I feel compelled to revisit from time to time. As haulers in our community continue in the work of transporting ...