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 ...

Jacobs Vehicle Systems recently produced its two-millionth engine retarder, or Jake Brake as it is commonly known. The company began building engine brakes in 1961 and it took more than 20 years to ...

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 ...

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 ...

SOUDERTON >> Picking up on neighboring Telford’s discussion earlier in the month of possibly banning trucks from using brake retarders, Souderton Borough police Chief James Leary raised the same ...