Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINES, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Truck News, XL Videos
Cool Video: Fabricating Headers For The Wild Banks Engineering SEMA Truck Build
Nov 08, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: Fabricating Headers For The Wild Banks Engineering SEMA Truck Build
You know when Gale Banks throws the combined efforts of his company into creating a truck to display their skills and ability at the SEMA Show, great things are afoot. As it turns out, this truck was...
This Mini Pinzgauer 6×6 Project Is A Cool Way To End Up With A Side By Side Nobody Else Will Have
Nov 07, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This Mini Pinzgauer 6×6 Project Is A Cool Way To End Up With A Side By Side Nobody Else Will Have
With side by side UTVs being all the rage in recent years, whether for fun or utility, there is no shortage of options for whatever you are looking for. But what if you want something that is truly...
Cutting Vent Window Glass With An Angle Grinder: The General Gets New Vent Windows
Nov 06, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Cutting Vent Window Glass With An Angle Grinder: The General Gets New Vent Windows
Cutting glass isn’t a complicated task when you are talking about flat glass for a hot rod, custom, or truck, but that doesn’t mean you can’t screw it up or be intimidated by it. In...
Grinder TV Road Trips To C10’s In The Park For Chevrolet Truck Greatness
Nov 04, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Grinder TV Road Trips To C10’s In The Park For Chevrolet Truck Greatness
C10’s in the park is one of the must attend truck events in the country, and yet it has a very limited number of entries due to its small venue. That just makes it an awesome and exclusive...
Watch An Austrian Blacksmith Use A Drop Hammer Built Hundreds Of Years Ago
Nov 04, 2021Brian Lohnes1
Old tools are a fascination for practically anyone who loves working on stuff. Old tools have an aura because they are direct extensions of the humans that used them. Whether we are talking about the...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: 9-Gears, No Mufflers, An A Detroit Diesel
Nov 04, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on The American Powertrain Parting Shift: 9-Gears, No Mufflers, An A Detroit Diesel
Any video that proclaims glee in breaking local noise ordinances is just fine with us! Here we take a ride in a 1985 GMC Brigadier truck as its owner leaves the local fueling station and cruises it...
Vannin’ Aussie Style: This 1970s Look At The Van Club Culture In Australia Is Awesome
Nov 02, 2021Brian Lohnes3
It’s always wild how similar cultures kind of fall into similar things with very little way to know that each is doing it. In the 1970s, the “vanning” culture in America exploded....
This Crazy Video From The 1920s Shows Caterpillar Tractors Racing In A Way That Will Blow Your Mind
Nov 02, 2021Brian Lohnes2
Before you go rolling your eyes and skipping this video give it a chance. This is completely mental and it is for reasons that you need to see to understand. We have no idea about the background of...
Saving History: This Restoration Of A 250-Year Old Colonial-Era Hammer Is Awesome
Nov 01, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Saving History: This Restoration Of A 250-Year Old Colonial-Era Hammer Is Awesome
What are restorations but preservations of history, right? We like watching them for various reasons. In the arena of machinery we like them because we get to see the inner guts of different things...
Would You Buy This Online? Unboxing & Testing A Chinese “$2,000” ELECTRIC Truck!
Oct 31, 2021Chad Reynolds5
Buying stuff online has become the norm in the past few years, but buying an electric truck that is designed and built in China and is not regularly for sale here in the United States is a bit of a...
DIY Gooseneck Trailer Build: Building a Gooseneck Trailer From Scratch!
Oct 31, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on DIY Gooseneck Trailer Build: Building a Gooseneck Trailer From Scratch!
If you don’t own a trailer of some kind, and have never looked at one close, then you might not have considered building your own trailer. But if you have ever looked at one from underneath or...
You Wish: This Comparison Between A Real Makita Electric Impact And A Wish Knockoff Is Pretty Great
Oct 25, 2021Brian Lohnes2
This is some great stuff. Before today we never knew of the Torque Test Channel on YouTube. These guys have built all kinds of neat testing rigs to see if impact tools live up to their advertised...
Custom Truck Feature: LS Swapped 1950 Studebaker | Bello Build
Oct 22, 2021Chad Reynolds5
Bello’s Kustoms is owned and operated by Mike Bello who’s one of those SoCal builders everyone knows. He’s got a great attitude, serious metal shaping skills, and an eye for...
Got Guts? This Video Showing Guys Trucking Through Africa Is Wild – Cowboy Capitalists In Action
Oct 22, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Got Guts? This Video Showing Guys Trucking Through Africa Is Wild – Cowboy Capitalists In Action
Risk and reward, that’s what life is about, right? Guys and girls who take bug risks can garner themselves big rewards. They can also find themselves in big trouble or on the losing end of a...






