Can A Locomotive Bounce? This Failed Attempt At Moving One With A Crane Gives Us The Answer!
Jan 04, 2017Brian Lohnes8
(By Greg Rourke) – Have you ever been asked to help a friend move? Sure you have, silly question. And did that friend have a hide-a-bed that weighed a metric ton, and as you were carrying it...
This VideoOf Fighter Jets Landing And Taking Off On A Highway In Belarus Is Cool
Jan 04, 2017Brian Lohnes4
Before you jump down our throats because of the fact that this isn’t all that out of the ordinary in many countries, we know. That being said, it is a cool video that shows multiple angles of...
Jeeptor! This Video Shows One Of The Most BangShift Approved Farm Machines Ever Built
Jan 02, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Jeeptor! This Video Shows One Of The Most BangShift Approved Farm Machines Ever Built
Farmers the world over have been building their own machines to perform work for many, many years. While big shiny tractors are awesome, the homebuilt stuff is often times even more interesting...
This Bobbed M35a Deuce And A Half Won’t Fit In Your Garage…But It Rules
Jan 02, 2017Chad Reynolds1
We LOVE big M35a Deuce and a Half trucks. The 6×6 is a trademark of big truck coolness, but it also is one huge ass truck that is hard to take into a lot of areas because of it’s sheer...
Two Minutes Of Non-Stop Flying Truck Destruction – The Magnum Opus Of Redneck Truck Jumping
Jan 02, 2017Brian Lohnes1
A week or three ago, we showed you video of several basically stock trucks making huge leaps at Dennis Anderson’s off-road park. Well, the guys at Busted Knuckle video have outdone themselves...
This 1980s USHRA Compilation Will Rocket You Back To Your Childhood
Jan 02, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on This 1980s USHRA Compilation Will Rocket You Back To Your Childhood
Ok fine, if not all the way back to your childhood, at least about 30 years in the past. So my kids were off from school all last week and we did some fun stuff that I’ll be blogging about here...
This 1976 Ford (With a 1979 Nose Clip) Has Big Block Power, A Clutch Pedal, And Plenty Of Altitude
Jan 01, 2017Brian Lohnes3
I have long shared my love of late 1960s through 1970s Ford trucks. It has to be a childhood thing as that’s where I first got hooked on these suckers, riding in the back of my dad’s king...
Best of 2016: Buddies Go Snow Wheelin’ After A Huge Blizzard In The Late 1970s – Vintage Truck Coolness
Dec 31, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Talk to people on the eastern seaboard about the Blizzard of ’78 and they will talk about the huge storm that came up the coast and wrought havoc on every city it dumped snow on. Believe it or...
This 1956 Chevrolet 5100 Is 2 Ton Greatness That Deserves To Be A Ramp Truck
Dec 30, 2016Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This 1956 Chevrolet 5100 Is 2 Ton Greatness That Deserves To Be A Ramp Truck
We don’t often see these mid-’50s big trucks, so when we do it gets us excited. This one in particular is just begging for life on a later model chassis so that it could become a really...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Lincoln Park Pirates – A Ballad About Chicago’s Most Infamous Towing Company
Dec 30, 2016Brian Lohnes3
(By Greg Rourke) – In 1972 Steve Goodman wrote this little ditty about a Chicago towing company, Lincoln Towing. They are actually Protective Parking Services, d.b.a. Lincoln Towing. Their...
Craigslist Chronicles: Who Do I Have To Kill To Buy A Truck On Craigslist?!
Dec 30, 2016Chad Reynolds14
I’m killing some ass hat before this is over. I mean seriously, how hard is it to shoot photos with your phone, list the features, options, and mileage, and decide on a price? How hard is that?...
This Briggs Engine Has A Glass Cylinder Head!
Dec 30, 2016Chad Reynolds2
Oh yeah, combustion is fully visible in this bad boy! Last week we had a video that showed a glass cylinder on an engine, but this is just one of the many videos the guys at 805RoadKing have put...
This Custom 6×6 Dodge Van Would Be The Most Bitchin Road Trip Machine
Dec 30, 2016Chad Reynolds3
Vans are cool, but some of them are cooler than others. For us, our love of vans in dangerous because we like off-road vans, expedition vans, surf vans, race vans, cruiser vans, retro vans, and full...
BangShift Truck Review: The 2016 Ram Rebel – Is Ram’s Fun Truck Offering Just That?
Dec 29, 2016Brian Lohnes1
The 2016 Ram Rebel is an interesting case in that it kind of created its own niche in the already populated pickup truck market. Not as hardcore as a Raptor or a Power Wagon but more capable than...










