Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Truck News

Red Heaven: We Visit The Incredible Paquette International Farmall Musem and Hall Of Fame

One of the highlights of a recent family trip to Florida was a visit to the Paquette International Farmall Museum and Hall of Fame which is located in the town of Leesburg. It was about an hours...

Goodguys Del Mar, California – A Look At The Coolest Trucks At The Huge Show

The California wing of the BangShift enterprise was really busy last weekend as you have seen. We were bouncing around to multiple shows and events, trying to bring you all the stuff that you want to...

The 2015 Ford F150: All New, All Aluminum, A Refined Version Of Your Granddad’s Hammer – We Drive It

(Photos by Dave Nutting)  – I was pretty excited to get my mitts on a 2015 Ford F150 for obvious reasons. The thing is one of the world’s best selling vehicles and a keystone part of...

Trucks, Trucks, and ONLY Trucks From The 2015 Carl Casper Show – Big Ones, Small Ones, Short Ones, Tall Ones

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I would consider this the utility group, but I’m not sure many of these could handle much of a load these days or be pressed into hard service.  The...

Go Big AND Get Home With Kelderman – This Video Of Their 8-10″ Lift Working On A Dodge Ram Truck Is Awesome

We live in a world where everything is shrinking, where the materials used to build things are being made thinner, lighter, and less robust, where quality is becoming something that people are having...

Air Traffic Control Has Cleared You For Takeoff! Truck Jumping Gone Wild.

Extreme Mud Trucks are awesome. Part monster truck, part swamp buggy, all bad ass. These things haul ass, tear it up like none other, and in this case have been cleared for takeoff. We don’t...

2015 Mint 400 Action Photos: Limited Class Race Action From The Historic Romp Through The Nevada Desert

(Photos provided by Mint 400) – Roger Starkey claims victory last weekend at the Limited race as part of the 2014 Polaris RZR Mint 400 presented by General Tire. The grueling contest that pits...

Big 3 Swap Meet 2015: A Last Collection Of Killer Truck Photos – From RVs To Mini-Trucks They Are In Here

We went car and truck shopping on the parking lot of Jack Murphy stadium in San Diego last weekend at the Big 3 swap meet, which has been going on for some 49 years now. No, we didn’t buy...

Kelderman Air Suspensions Equipped Trucks Were EVERYWHERE At SEMA, Check Them Out

Jeff Kelderman, and the entire crew at Kelderman Air Suspensions, are some bad ass folks. Not only do they build some insanely cool heavy duty suspension systems for your stock height or lifted...

More Rock Crawling, Truck Bashing, Off-Road Racing Photos From King Of The Hammers 2015

We’ve still got lots more action photos from the King of the Hammers 2015, and we want to make sure you get to check them all out. if you think 800 horsepower, 130 mph speeds, and a combination...

Rock Crawling, Truck Bashing, And More From King Of The Hammers 2015!

If you have never been to the Nitto King of the Hammers, you are MISSING OUT! But the good thing for you is that we went this past weekend and shot approximately eleventy million photos. We’re...

The 2015 Nitto Tires King Of The Hammers Week Is LIVE RIGHT HERE!!!!

That’s right folks, we’ve got Nitto King of the Hammers Off-Road Racing action coming to you live tonight and throughout the week. BangShift will also be on site getting you photos this...

Legends: Interview With Baja Royalty, Malcolm Smith, Winner Of The 1st Baja 1000

In 1967 Malcolm Smith heard about a race that would run all the way down the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, and was just crazy enough to think it was a great idea. If that was the only great thing he ever...

This Kelderman Built 2015 Ford F-350 King Ranch Tops The Charts In Size, Capability, And Comfort

(Words by Kasey Sutherland – Photos by DWS Photography) – When you see a truck that catches your eye, sometimes you just have to have it. When Todd Peverill came across a Super Duty on...