Category Archive: BangShift Road Test, BangShift XL, XL Off Road Feature, XL Truck Feature, XL Truck News
BangShift (Off) Road Test: The 2017 Ram 2500 Power Wagon
(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tony Sestito) – Athletes come in all shapes and sizes. From the string bean marathon runners to the brutes that power lift twice their body weight, there’s a...
Power Wagon Week: This 1978 Dodge W100 Power Wagon Is Survivor Perfection
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – As sure as I am sitting here typing this, I can say that Jim Dayotas’s 1978 Dodge W100 Power Wagon truck is one of the coolest vehicles we have ever featured on...
Big Uglies: We Found A Pair Of Cool, Old Hendrickson Trucks Resting Comfortably
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Ever seen a Hendrickson truck? If you live outside of the upper Midwest, probably not. Hendrickson started building trucks in Chicago in 1913, and in 1926...
BangShift Truck Review: The 2016 Ram Rebel – Is Ram’s Fun Truck Offering Just That?
The 2016 Ram Rebel is an interesting case in that it kind of created its own niche in the already populated pickup truck market. Not as hardcore as a Raptor or a Power Wagon but more capable than...
The Awesome History Of The Black Beetle A Jet Powered High Speed Train That Went 184 MPH In 1966 – WITH VIDEO!
(By Greg Rourke) – High speed rail is and area where the rest of the world has it all over us. All over Europe and Asia trains regularly run at over 180 MPH. In France and Japan there is...
The International Harvester Sightliner Definitely Fits In The WTF? Files, But Visibility Was Great!
(Words by Greg Rourke) From the WTF? files comes a truck International Harvester designated the ACO and ACOF series, better known as the International Harvester Sightliner. First question...
Remembering GMC Crackerbox Trucks – Stubby, Square, and Tough!
(By Greg Rourke) – Yes, more big trucks, more cabovers. GMC called their all new, aluminum tilt cab trucks the F model, but truckers called them the Crackerbox. It’s easy to see why. All...
Dodge Once Made The Coolest Cab Over Trucks In The World – The Story of The L600 and L700 Here
(By Greg Rourke) – We love old trucks here at BangShift, and I love cabovers in particular. Medium duty cabovers are now dominated by offshore produced trucks, but once upon a time we made...
Lohnes’s Two Favorite Cab Over Trucks From SEMA 2015 – One Ford and One Chevy
If you had told the engineers and designers that were making these trucks come to life decades ago that the yeoman equipment they were working on would be considered iconic Americana in the next...
Luxo-Rig! This Kenworth Has One Of The Most Awesome Rolling Apartments We’ve Ever Seen On Its Back
(By Greg Rourke) – We love trucks here at Bangshift. We also love RV’s, and there has been a smattering of custom vans lately. So it’s only natural that we would like all three...
Doing Camping Right At Bonneville! This 1967 International 4×4 Paired With A Vintage Shasta Trailer Is Perfect!
I truly wish I had run into the owner of this truck and trailer combo that I spotted on the salt yesterday. Why? I would have laid a solid man hug on him because the whole package is pretty much...
Locomotive Breath: A Look At The Massive And Monstrously Fast Joint Venture Freightliner Truck
What you are seeing here is 228mph. Sure it was at zero when we shot most of the photos and just a couple miles per hour when being pushed to the tech line, but as far as an impressive and an...
Super, Indeed! Ford Releases New 2017 Super Duty Power And Capability Numbers – They Are HUGE
Just when you thought that the pickup power wars had reached critical mass, Ford has assured that they are a long way from over. Just days ago, the company announced the power levels and capability...
