Millions of semi-tractors hit the road every single year to keep America running with everything from the mail and Amazon packages to gasoline and milk. Truckers are often unsung heroes, and our lives ...

Heavy-duty fleets looking to improve performance can now turn to the Walker Mega-Flow NoiseBraker muffler. Manufactured by Tenneco Inc, the NoiseBraker Heavy-duty fleets looking to improve performance ...

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 ...

As cities nationwide move to ban noise from engine compression brakes, some of the more successful and common-sense efforts go to the source of the problem instead. States that pay attention to ...

Tenneco Automotive says it has found a better way to shut up noisy trucks. The company introduced the Walker NoiseBraker, a heavy-duty muffler engineered to silence heavy-duty vehicle exhaust and ...

ASHLAND, Neb. (WOWT) - Community leaders in Ashland, Nebraska say they’ve heard enough. The sound of engine braking by semis passing through has some residents making noise so the city council and ...

Fleet managers should have a good understanding of engine brakes and how they are properly used. How often do you hear drivers complaining about weak engine brakes? Some drivers will say the engine ...

Q: While driving north on Route 512 leaving Bath, I noticed signs that said “Brake Retarders Prohibited.” I used to live in Bath and have driven that stretch millions of times, never noticing them, so ...

Since June 2023 I have been corresponding with officials from the town of Vail and the Colorado Department of Transportation about the engine brake (“Jake brake”) noise that those of us living in East ...