Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
Video: Fear The Fergie – This 1959 Massey Ferguson 35 Tractor Has A Blown Big Block And Amazing Details
European whiskey makers Ardberg wanted a unique and cool promotion vehicle to promote their brand and their company so when the idea of building some sort of hot rodded tractor came to life, they...
This Vintage 1981 Footage of Bob Motz and His Jet Kenworth Highlights The Worst Job In NHRA History
There are some things that have no comparison and have no reference point. Bob Motz’s truck is one of them. The beastly machine has been hitting drag strips since the late 1970s with...
Axle Necropsy: How Badly Did Finnegan Kill The Ramp Truck’s Dana 70?
Finnegan’s original car hauler, the Roadkill Ramp Truck, has been enjoying a pretty solid build. It’s gotten a full Cummins swap that’s nicely wicked up via a compound turbocharging...
The White Elephant: The 1949 Bristol Brabazon –
Look at a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380. Two aircraft that are very similar and very different at the same time. The Boeing is the elder frame, being a product of the late 1960s, yet proving to have...
Big Bud Restoration: What Kind Of Work Goes Into Prepping A Tractor For A Repaint?
If there is one thing that most tractors I have come into contact with have in common, it’s that the paint is usually shot to hell. They’re work vehicles, not show rigs…getting down...
Unhinged: Motorpool Daydreams Brought To Life
During my military days, I was often tagged as a go-to know-it-all for any work that needed to get done in the motorpool. Apparently, the thought process of my immediate supervisors and fellow...
Classic YouTube: The Heavy Hitters From Gravelrama 2017
Of all the things I shot last year, Gravelrama was probably the highlight. It is rare that I shoot anything off-road, it’s even rarer than I get to be that kind of close to the action (I...
This Ford Commercial Truck Promo Video From 1968 Shows Loaded Trucks Being Jumped And Mercilessly Beat Up On
Nothing beats manufacturer produced promotional videos like this one for the Ford commercial truck line in Great Britain for 1968. They show the trucks working hard and doing the kinds of truck like...
Spinning An Eaton M112 Supercharger With A Shop Vac Is Kind Of Awesome
This is a good video for a holiday. It is largely pointless, doesn’t rally prove anything, but at the same time it is entertaining in the gearhead fashion that we love. What is it? Basically it...
What Does It Take To Restore A Tractor? Follow Along As This Big Bud 525/50 Gets A Freshening!
Tractors do not have an easy life. They are the purest workhorses when it comes to an engine-powered vehicle. They go out and work and when they wear out, they…well, normally that’s that,...
Is This The World’s Quickest Mack Truck? Watch It Boil The Tires And The Run 11s At 120 +
We’ve showed you a little window into the wild world of high performance diesel big rig trucks and buses on the small island of Puerto Rico before and we all went nuts for it. These guys LOVE...
Win At All Costs: These Two Tough Truck XJ Cherokees Battle It Out!
I am of the mindset that if American Motors had managed to hang on just another four years, that we’d still have the Big Four. Hear me out: Their main products at the time were the XJ Cherokee,...
This Video Compilation Of Big Trucks Taking On Rivers And Winning Is Awesome
It is a Saturday and this is a Saturday type video. We ran across this collection of big rigs from around the world taking on rivers and winning. We don’t care who you are, how tough you are or...
Icelandic Formula Off Road Action – Watch A Bunch Of Different Rigs Dominate A Cliff Face
The world of Icelandic Formula Off-Road racing is pretty awesome. The rigs that they build are full tube chassis jobs often with big blocks sporting nitrous. Turbos are now making their presence felt...