Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
The Towing Wars Continue: Now GM Is Getting Involved!
For years now, Ford and Ram have been locked in a battle of supremacy over who can haul the most ass. Okay, bad choice of words…in a few aspects. Historically, Mopar and the Blue Oval folks...
Watch These Two Belgian Draft Horses Help Tug A Stuck Semi Up A Frozen Driveway
While things like tractors replaced horses for the majority of the work done at a farm, it was not because the horses were weaklings and this video, taken just about a week ago is living proof of...
Video: The LeTourneau Sno-Freighter Was A Monstrous, Lumbering Pack Mule Designed For The Harshest Places On Earth
RG LeTourneau is a BangShift hall of famer for sure. The guy was an engineering and design genius and he came up with some of the coolest and most effective equipment ever built during his life. No...
This Video Featuring A 1970s Chevy C10 From Brazil Proves How Universal Hot Rodding Is
While McTaggart has a fascination with the cool cars that Australians have gotten over the years I have gotten really interested in the iron of South America, specifically Brazil. Why? The stuff is...
Watch This Big Block Ford Powered Monster Pickup Haul The Sled And Pull Wheelies
Ok, consider this this big block powered Ford truck is too cool not to share. Sitting on big 2.5-ton Rockwell axles and sounding all the world like it is ready to bust free from the sled and make a...
Up What Creek, Again? Finding Quicksand On An Australian Off-Roading Adventure
It’s been fall for roughly a week in Western Kentucky and frankly, I’m already sick of it. I’m sick of watching the sun hit the horizon earlier and earlier. I’m not thrilled...
Video: The Most Insanely Complex, Smokey, and Slow Motorcycle Ever Built
We applaud creativity here. We applaud people who are individuals and that are not encumbered by the hum-drum normal thought process everyone else seems to be. These are often the most interesting...
Awesome Historical Video: GM’s Parade of Progress, With Futureliner Action
The General Motors Parade of Progress was a traveling road show that crisscrossed the country during the 1940s and 1950s, stopping only for WWII. Its purpose was to show people new advances in...
It’s The Van, Man: This 1975 Chevrolet Promotional Film Hawking Vans Is Pretty Awesome
What’s old is cool again, right? In many ways that line is the truth for all automotive enthusiasts who love the machines that carried us around decades ago, but the van world is booming right...
This Is A 1965 Cub Cadet Garden Tractor With A Dual Quad 401ci Buick Nailhead Engine And It Runs
You’ve probably been stuck going to see some mushy movie with your girlfriend or wife at some point in your life and invariably there is a scene where a guy hushes a girl looks her in the eyes...
Watch This 3D Printed Snow Blower Work Like A Champ On The Front Of An RC Truck
3D printers are amazing pieces of technology. Rapid prototypes, artwork, and other engineering innovations can be produced at an amazing pace with these wonders of the modern world. They can also be...
Small Block Chevy Power Combos: 400-1000 Horsepower, We Got You Covered Right Here With 7 Different Combos.
I get asked all the time about combinations that will make certain horsepower levels. Whether it’s a small block, an LS, a big block, or whatever, everyone has some magic power number...
Bucket List Item: Get A Tour Of A Real-Live Locomotive In Action
Between me and a few friends from my Army days, I am probably the only one who misses railyard detail and working at the Yermo depot whenever we got to go play soldier in the beautiful visage of Fort...
The Conver C550 Is A Real Life, Functional Version Of A Weird Contraption Your Kids Your Make Out Of Legos
My kids love Legos and the fun part about it is that they like free-styling with them probably more than actual kit building. I swear to the heavens that my son Jack has constructed the Lego version...