You're driving a loaded diesel rig down a mountain pass, foot hovering over the brake pedal, heart racing. How do you slow 20,000 pounds safely without cooking your brakes? Cue the exhaust brake -– ...

Q. Many trucks pass my home and a significant number hit their compression brakes somewhere along a two-kilometre stretch of the road, which doesn't have a particularly steep incline, causing a sudden ...

The compression brake Caterpillar offers as an option for its C11 and C13 diesels will be available on the C15 this fall, providing up to 600 retarding horsepower-25 per-cent more than what’s ...