Category Archive: BangShift XL, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
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...
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...
Scraper Save: Watch The Operator Of This Caterpillar Scraper Get Himself Into And Out Of Trouble
Now this is an operator right here! You are going to see the guy who is in charge of this Caterpillar scraper get himself in a bit of a spot when it seems that the back end was on an earthen...
Classic YouTube: Six, Minus Two, Equals Four Months Of Repairs…
The one part of the whole diesel scene I can’t wrap my head around are the figures. Four digit horsepower and torque numbers made by trucks whose intentions were to work and die after so many...
Scary Machine: Old Video of International Harvester’s Automatic Mine Layer
Like it or not, war tends to drive humans to innovate and create technology. That technology sometimes comes from unexpected places, like tractor companies. In this video an announcer cheerfully...
Angel In Overalls: This WWII Film Designed To Keep Aircraft Industry Workers On Task Is A Tribute To The P-38 Lightning
It’s always interesting to look back into WWII and see how the media was used to help bolster spirits, inspire work, and inform the public. In this film called “Angel In Overalls”...
Tractor Pull Drag Race: Watch Two Multi-Engine Tractors Drag Race Heads Up On Dirt With Sleds!
When we first started making Put Up or Shut Up I had this idea for the ultimate episode and it was going to be a pair of pulling tractors sitting side by side, weight sleds attached, and the goal...
Bring On The Violence: Rockbouncers Return To Cable Hill
I’m not familiar enough with the rockbouncing community to know the names of just about anywhere they race…except for one location. That would be Cable Hill, which is located within the...
Gentle, Now: Saving The Jeep That Was Stuck On The Razor Ridge Trail In California
The AllTrails.com description of the Razor Ridge Trail says it clearly: “Razor Ridge Trail and Canyon Road Loop is a 2.7 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near Loma Linda, California...
American PowerTrain Starting Shift: Working A Detroit Diesel Up Through The Gears And Back Down Again On A Grade
For this week we’re throwing down two stroke style for our American Powertrain Starting Shift. We get to sit (literally) in the driver’s seat of a 1980 GMC Brigadier dump truck as it...
Wild Video: Watch These British Navy Guys Cheerfully Disarm A Mine In 1940
WWII in England had to have been a time of indescribable feelings. There was the patriotism involved in defending their country, the terror of knowing that missiles could rain down at any moment, the...