Texas Raptor Run Action Part 2 – More Fun Rippin’ It Up
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with part two of Charles Wickam’s photo log from his visit to the Texas Raptor Run Raptor X event at the Texas Rally Ranch in Dale. As a...
This Nasty Twin Turbo Dodge Rumble Bee Truck Tries To Spin The Dyno Rollers Right Out Of The Floor
The Dodge Rumble Bee truck was kind of neat for its time. While it had no real discernible performance parts on it outside of the big 20″ wheels, the attitude was right. It wore a stripe...
This 1981 Toyota Truck Is Amazingly Clean And A Total Throwback – Want Is Strong!
There was a theme I picked up on as a kid here in New England. That theme was rapidly disappearing Japanese trucks. I don’t mean like being stolen by aliens, I mean like evaporating from road...
Mickey Thompson Set To Release New Deegan 38 All-Terrain Tire – Great For Towing And Wheeling
In today’s world, the all-terrain light truck tire is the workhorse of any tire company’s product range. Mickey Thompson had a solid lineup of truck tires already but things are going to...
Raptor Action! Check These Cool Photos From Raptor X At The Texas Rally Ranch
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The Ford F-150 Raptor is one of the most interesting, cool, capable, and all-out bad ass trucks to ever roll off an OEM assembly line. The vast majority of them...
Diesel Zen Video: Big Rig Drag Racing At Tulsa Is Torquey Fun
Racing working big rigs on the quarter mile is certainly no new thing but we still smile every time we see it. The wildly modified trucks we sometimes show are cool but the trucks that actually put...
The Ghost Fleet Of Mallows Bay Is The Largest Collection Of Sunken Ships In The US – Here’s The Story
(By Greg Rourke) – In a little backwater on the Potomac River in Maryland lies the largest gathering of sunken ships in the US, and possibly the world. So how did this honor fall on Mallows...
Runaway Diesel Video Compilation: Watch A Bunch Of Diesels Run Full Bore On Their Own Oil
We have to thank BangShifter John Eken for the tip on this video featuring a multitude of runaway diesel engines. From BMWs to front end loaders, and locomotives, this video captures the nightmare...
Racing Season Needs To Hurry Up – We Need Things Like Nine-Second Diesel Trucks Again!
Is it spring yet? No…crap. At least time is on the march, because right now I’m missing the smell of PJ1 and race fuel. The strip is calling our name, and while Lohnes will be out for the...
This Chopped and Channeled 1971 Model R Mack Is Awesome – Take A Video Tour
(By Greg Rourke) – We see cool project cars on BangShift every day. What we don’t often see is the cool way some of these cars get hauled around. Here we have a guy who looked at a truck...
This 1971 Chevrolet C10 Camper Special Is A One Owner Truck With Great Patina
Whenever you find a truck like this, which has been driven and owned by the same person for its whole life, there is nothing cooler than looking it over and trying to understand each and every...
Watch The Sloppy Mechanics Make 992 Horsepower To The Tires On Their Junkyard Colorado
We dig the Sloppy Mechanics. Not just because they clearly know how to have fun and make power, but also because they do it their way. Instead of building things that intimidate people because they...
Rough Start: Give Your Inner Child What They Always Wanted: A Big Red Fire Truck!
Unless you are an absolute savant like the three of us were as kids, chances are pretty solid that the first vehicle you could name without any provocation whatsoever was “fire truck!”...
Disaster Bridge Video: This 11’8″ Span In Massachusetts Eats Trucks and Bad Drivers For Lunch!
(By Greg Rourke) – Low clearance bridges are the bane of the trucking industry. Legal height for trucks is 13’6″, but that doesn’t mean they can just go anywhere. Case in...
