Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
Robby Gordon Learns About Hoon Laws The Hard Way: Indefinite Visa Suspension For Donuts!
Australia’s “Hoon Laws” can easily be perceived by American eyes as heavy-handed, sure, but at the end of the day they are the law and are enforceable. Just ask Robby Gordon, who...
Literally Drove It Like He Stole It: Pickup Truck Found Skewered With 30ft Of Guardrail
Well sir, the good news is that we found your stolen pickup truck. The bad news? The bad news is that it used 30ft of steel guardrail as floss. The double bad news? We have no idea who stole it and...
NASA’s New Mars Rover Concept Is Pretty Sweet, And Looks Strangely Familiar!!!
On June 5th, 2017, the guys over at NASA revealed their new Mars Rover concept vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center in Forida, and for lack of a better term, it’s awesome. It’s a 6-wheeled...
Fiat Chrysler Will Recall 1.3-Million Ram Pickup Trucks Due To Potentially Fatal Airbag Issue
This is a big one. Once again we are talking about a huge automotive recall centered around air bags but this time it is not the airbag manufacturer that’s at fault but the vehicle maker. Fiat...
230 MPH With The Aero Of A Brick Wall: Meet The Land Speed Cruiser!
Toyota’s Land Cruiser is in a strange place. Rumors are floating around that the 66-year-old nameplate could soon be sent to the bin since it costs as much as a Range Rover, weighs as much as...
Lavon Miller Claims Second Ultimate Call Out Challenge – Champion For Two Years Running
For the second straight year, Firepunk Diesel and Lavon Miller have claimed the championship at the Ultimate Call Out Challenge. This is a diesel event that is basically unlimited in the scope and...
Gearhead History: Check Out These Amazing Photos From Inside A Dodge Army Truck Plant In 1942
These are the type of photos that we could literally stare at for hours. All of the images you will see below were found in the Library of Congress digital photos archive and they were taken in 1942...
Truckology: We’re Back With A Fresh Batch Of 100+ Year Old Trucking Photos!
(Photos from the Detroit Public Library Digital collection) We’re back with a fresh installment of Truckology! This is our look back at trucks and the world of trucking from more than 100...
The 2017 Easter Jeep Safari Concepts Have Been Unveiled! Check Them Out Here!
Jeep has pulled the covers off of the fleet of concepts and special one-off builds that they will be bringing to the 2017 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. With the event kicking off on April 8th,...
As It Turns Out, A Jeep That Spent 40 Years Under A Sand Dune Looks As Bad As You’d Expect
Four decades ago a rapidly shifting sand dune basically swallowed up a small garage where a Jeep Wagoneer was parked. After the structure was fully ensconced in sand town officials in the tiny hamlet...
Truck-Ology: Another Look Into The History Of Trucks – A Fresh Load Of 100 Year Old Photos!
(Photos: DPL Digital collection) – Since last week’s look into the history of trucks from the early 20th century was such a hit, I am going to make a regular thing of it and call the...
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...
Incredible Photos: See A Dragline Rescue A Caterpillar D11 Bulldozer Like It Is A Toy
Mining is not an easy business. It is like the world’s biggest game of sand box Tonka trucks and like in the sand box, sometimes things happen. In this case an operator rolled a Caterpillar D11...
