Category Archive: XL Off Road Feature, XL Spotlight, XL Truck Feature, XL Videos
This Doomsday Or Ultimate Adventure Ready Unimog Went From Fire Truck To Zombie Ready In The Most Epic Way
Jan 23, 2021Chad Reynolds1
This is one hell of a Unimog. I have been drooling over them again lately, even though I know that I have zero time or money to put into one. But when I get ready to build an off-road expedition type...
Built To Roam: UNIMOG EXPEDITION VEHICLE Walkaround And First Trip! – 1983 Ex-Army Mercedes Benz Unimog U1700L
Jan 17, 2021Chad Reynolds1
Maybe I’m weird, but I’ve always thought that going out in an expedition vehicle to travel some of the world would be an epic adventure. Not only because you would be on a killer road...
These Off-Road Monster Motorhomes Are Expedition Machines, And Here’s How They Are Built
Dec 05, 2020Chad Reynolds1
I’m an RV freak, everyone around here knows it. But I also really dig off-road stuff and when I see a motorhome that can go where these big beasts can travel I’m completely in awe....
If You Want An Off-Road Motorhome, This Showhauler Is The Bad Ass Choice For Sure!
Nov 15, 2020Chad Reynolds2
This isn’t a drive around the world expedition vehicle, but if you want something bad ass that can haul you off-road to the dunes, to the lake, or across the desert, this is one bad ass ride....
2020 Toyota TRD Pro: Long In The Tooth, But Not Much Else
Apr 22, 2020Brian Lohnes6
The 2020 Toyota TRD Pro is the latest in a long, long line of Toyota pickup trucks based on a platform that was introduced in 2005 and has been little changed since then. This off-road themed and...
Trophy Truck Testing In And Around The Office Park Is Super Awesome With Robby Gordon
Apr 19, 2020Chad Reynolds1
I’ve been lucky enough to visit Robby Gordon’s race shop, and can tell you that the street out front, and the parking lots around it, lend themselves to truck jumps and testing and it is...
Toyota HUMVEE? Close, This Freakish Thing Is The Toyota Mega Cruiser and Next Year You Can Have One In America
Apr 03, 2020Brian Lohnes2
(By Tom Lohnes) – In the 90’s AM General was thriving. With their massive contract with the US army their H1 or HUMVEE, was flying off the production line. In 1992, they released a civilian...
Watch Bryce Menzies Destroy The Desert During King Of The Hammers In His Bitchin Trophy Truck
Mar 08, 2020Chad Reynolds2
Ultra 4 rigs are some of the most insane things to watch bombing across the desert, because lots of what they are about just don’t seem to compute for the average off road racing fan. Watching...
Shreddy Life Is Building A Class 11 Volkswagen! This Is The Gnarliest Class At Baja Period
Jan 25, 2020Chad Reynolds1
Class 11 is the nearly stock VW beetle class that SCORE runs in Baja and it is without a doubt the most difficult class to finish in each and every year. Any racer in Mexico knows that these...
LS Fest X Quick Take: Polaris RZR
Sep 08, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Last year I got the opportunity to blast a Polaris RZR around on desert trails in southern Nevada as part of a BFGoodrich promotion for the Mint 400. Of all the things that I could say about the...
The Rtech Fabrications Built Ponderosa 1966 Chevrolet Crew Cab 4×4 Dually Truck Is One Awesome Beast
Aug 26, 2019Chad Reynolds4
If you aren’t familiar with the crew over at Rtech Fabrications, you certainly need to be. They build trucks that never came from the factory and build them in a way that makes you question...
This Super C Motorhome Is A Military Grade Giant That Would Be An Epic Off-Road Adventurer
Jul 20, 2019Chad Reynolds2
I like RVs and I cannot lie! Of course my norm isn’t something this gnarly and huge, but I’ll take it! This is one of those things that pulls into the campground or out on the beach and...
A Diesel Stroker That Isn’t A Cummins: Innovative Thinking And Machine Work Make This 383cid Power Stroker Fly
Jul 06, 2019Brian Lohnes1
Normally when we talk about stroked diesel engines around here, we’re talking about Cummins inline six power plants. There are multiple options out there on the market for stretching the...
BangShift Feature: The Story Of The Lost and Forgotten WWII Ford Sea Jeeps
Mar 08, 2019Brian Lohnes2
In late 1941, after signing off on construction of the original Jeep vehicles, the US government threw out a new challenge to manufacturers. That challenge was to design an amphibious version of the...