Classic YouTube: HEMTT Burnouts – Boredom And A Detroit Diesel Make For Some Downtime Fun
By far and wide the biggest vehicle I have driven to date is an Oshkosh HEMTT, in various forms. These 34 feet long, 20-ton 8×8 monsters are one of the most unsung workhorses of the military...
Kick The Pig: Stirring A Sitting 6.5L Diesel To Life In A Chevy 3500HD
You ever notice how you can pinpoint an engine just by it’s sound? A deep, almost rhythmic bassline with just a bit of pop to it sounds like a big-block Mopar at idle. That raspy rise through...
Listen Up: The Full Story of Operation Highball, A Land Clearing Operation That Mowed Down Forests Like Wheat Fields
For some of you, this may be old news. You perhaps read the feature I wrote on an ingenious land clearing method developed by two California contractors while working on a dam project in Montana...
MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Forged PowerPak Piston Kit for LT-based Direct Injected EcoTec3 5.3L Engine
When the transition from the LS to the LT family of GM engines was taking place, some people freaked out. There was direct injection and subtle design changes that hot rodders got nervous about....
Rough Start: Go Big With A 1974 Dodge D-500 And Give The Old Farm Truck A Fair Shake
The Mopar itch is never too far from this soul, it seems. I might be up to the elbows in Ford products right now but there’s still a part of me that is dying inside for an older Chrysler ride...
Hennessey Performance Introduces The Hennessey Goliath – LT4 Power, Crazy Performance, 6×6 Option
(By Tom Lohnes) – Hennessey performance, a Texas-based performance company, has made many crazy cars. From the 270 mile-per-hour Venom GT to a 1,000 horsepower Cadillac Escalade, they make...
Great Video: An In-Depth Discussion About Clutches and Torque Converters With McLeod and FTI Hosted By VMP
Soooo, a supercharger company hosting a clutch manufacturer and torque converter outfit on their weekly tuning show? Does this make any sense? Of course it does! It actually makes all the sense in...
The Threat and The Challenge: This 1970s Caterpillar Film Looks At A Changing Industry And Tries To Spur A Massive Company
This is a really interesting film because it’s an internal piece, highly produced, that clearly lays out the stakes for the Caterpillar company in a quickly evolving world more than 40 years...
10 Tons Of Fun: Watching This Massive Screw Clamp Get Restored Is Good, Clean, Gearhead Fun
This is one of the most interesting restorations we have seen the Hand Tool Rescue channel on YouTube perform because it’s one of the most brutally simple devices he has ever had on a video....
This Week In Undead SUV Zombie Names: The Jeep Grand Wagoneer Is Coming Back, Baby!
(By Tom Lohnes) – Jeep is confirmed to bring back the Wagoneer and grand Wagoneer nameplates in the form of three-row full-sized SUVs to fight the Chevy Tahoe and Ford Expedition. The Wagoneer...
Happy 5/19: Let’s Take A Look At The 519ci Series 50 Detroit Diesel – Four Cylinders Of Hard Working Fun!
The Detroit Diesel Series 60 inline six is widely known among fans of big trucks and vehicles. It was the great family of engines that took Detroit Diesel to the next level with modern technology and...
Video – Unimogs, Cosworth, and Classic Chevys: This Collection Of Stuff Has A Little Something For Everyone
If you have not watched “Barn Find Hunter” on the Hagerty YouTube channel, you are missing out. The show is cool because it’s not just a string of amazing and wildly valuable cars...
Skills and Danger: This Video Captures Hard Working Logging Truck Operators From Around The World – Wild Stuff!
If there is a job that we find totally awesome and yet completely terrifying at the same time, it is that of the logging truck driver. It does not matter what country you are in, what continent you...
