BLOOMFIELD, Conn, — Jacobs Vehicle Systems has been selected to supply its popular Jake Brake engine brakes for DaimlerChrysler’s next generation Global Heavy Duty Engine Platform. Building upon their ...

Not all braking systems on semis have to be loud to be effective. Exhaust brakes make a fraction of the noise that ...

Few people need to see the vehicle to recognize the distinctive blat-blat-blat staccato sound of engine retarder brake, also known as jake brakes, being used on heavy duty trucks. The growling ...

May 26—Trucks traveling through Main Street will not be permitted to use dynamic braking systems (commonly called Jake Brakes) through city ordinance 2023-21, which was passed by a 4-3 vote. The ...