Meet The HMMWV’s New Replacement: The Oshkosh L-ATV
The HMMWV, AM General’s military truck that has been in service since 1984, has a replacement, after years of testing and several prototypes. Oshkosh Defense was awarded the $6.75 billion (!!)...
Truck and Tractor Pulling Action Gallery: Elburn, Illinois Knows How To Throw Down! Killer Iron In Here
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Tractor pulls. The concept is simple, you hook your tractor or truck to a heavy sled, a weight slides forward making it more difficult to pull the farther...
Who Wants To Go Lucas Oil Off Road Short Course Racing?! Here Is Your Chance!
Why is it that we are so infatuated with running a truck around one of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series tracks? Is it because two of the best are within 30 minutes of my house? Or is it that I...
This Arctic Expedition Outfitted Sprinter Van Is Awesome! We Want One!
Sprinter vans are cool, and whether you are the pool guy, plumber, construction guy, shuttle driver, or just a car guy you know these things are utilitarian to the core. So what happens when you make...
This Suburban Blurs The Line Between Mudding And Swimming – Was That A Fish That Just Brushed Your Leg?
Where does one draw the line between mudding and a sunken truck? Is it when the bumper dips below the water line? Maybe it is when tire motion is only noticeable by ripples along the surface of the...
Drunken Idiot Steals Excavator, Wreaks Havoc, Gets Busted – Don’t Be Stupid, Stupid!
(PHOTO CREDIT: OSWEGO POLICE) – Those crazy drunks. Enough skill to get a piece of big yellow iron cranked up in the dark and head out on a public road, but not enough sense to know that...
Watch A Bird Strike Knock The Front Window Out Of A Small Plane On Landing Approach – Pilot Handles It Like Boss
I am not afraid of flying but I am afraid of flying in small planes. Look, I know this is an illogical fear and something that I should just get over and handle but I can’t. I don’t know...
GM’s AGL-4 Was An Articulated, 4×4, Monster Corvair Truck That Should Have Been Built – Incredible Video Of The Beast In Action!
As you can imagine, I almost whizzed my shorts about fifteen times watching this amazing video of the little known GM AGL-4. This was a truck designed and built by the guys at GM to test the concept...
Best Tow Rig Ever? How About A Buick Roadmaster Wagon 4×4!
Earlier this month, I found myself wandering around Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson CT while a bunch of crazies were flailing around the road course in $500 crapcans. During the day, I...
MotorWeek’s Look Back At The AM General Hummer Makes You Wonder: Why Did People Buy These Things?
The list of vehicles that I wish hadn’t made it to production might be a bit long, but one name stands out as the most flawed publicly available vehicle ever. The engine selections were barely...
Rock Crawling The Sierra Trek 2015: Some Of The Sierra Nevada Mountain’s Toughest Trails
When Jake from Fabtech sends me an email I’m usually pissed off before I even read it. That’s because it’s almost always some cool video, photos, or story of some cool place they...
Watch This Video And You’ll Know Why We Should All Own M35 Army Trucks
There is nothing fancy about this video, which is why it’s so perfect. This is just great edited footage of some dudes out having fun in their M35 trucks. Over ledges, through crevices, through...
See How A Dynatrac ProRock 80 Full-Float Rear Axle Goes Together From Start To Finish
A lot of us have rebuilt our own rear axle assemblies, but very few have built one from scratch at this level! From the raw materials to the finished products, the guys at Dynatrac show us how a...
Would You Rather…? The Custom Van Edition! 1969 Dodge, 1974 4×4 Ford, or 2006 4×4 Ford?
Would you rather is a great game that car and truck guys have been playing since the times of horse and buggies, even if they didn’t realize it. After all, Would You Rather? is one of the...
