Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Truck News
Another One Bites The Dust: Nissan’s Xterra Ends Production After 2015
In a move that really should surprise nobody, Nissan is killing off the Xterra SUV at the end of this year, citing slow sales. This, along with the death of Toyota’s FJ Cruiser, means that...
Dynamically Unstable Racing Plans To Run The 2015 NORRA Mexican 1000 On This 1985 Honda ATC 250 R
There are some awesome creations running in the 2015 NORRA 1000. From the off roader 1964 Ford Galaxie that we showed you last year to vintage trucks that are being pulled out of retirement to have...
The Wheels On The Bus…Yeah, The Wheels On The Bus Fell Off – Rough Ride For Arizona Kids
(Photo by Joe Botticelli/USA Today) – Some school kids in Arizona recently had the bumpiest ride ever on the way to school when their bus spit the rear axle out from under it at a traffic...
Tire Thrash: We Test The New BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 Through Snow And Ice In Sub-Zero Temps!
(Trail Action Photos by Dave Nutting – Tire Photos by BFG) – Along with the coolness of the Red Bull Frozen Rush event that Nutting and I covered a few weeks ago, there was also some...
Will The New 5.0L Cummins Diesel V8 Save The Nissan Titan? We’re Dying To Drive One!
With compound turbos, dual overhead cam heads, loads of Cummins engineering behind it and 555 lb/ft of torque to churn the ground with, the new Cummins 5.0L V8 which made its world debut in the...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Photos From The Roasty, Toasty, Warm Pits At Sunday River
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – As we are gearing up for today’s side-by-side racing action here at Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine we wanted to share...
187-Ton Heavy Haul Load Stopped Dead In Its Tracks By Mother Nature, Broken Axles – Heavy Loads Is Hard
BangShifter Jake Salmonson shot us the link on this pretty neat story that came from the Duluth, Minnesota area and centers around the troubles that a heavy haul team was having with moving a 187-ton...
Best Of BangShift: The Twisted Tale of the Great American Truck Racing Series
Our quest for answers regarding a long-forgotten race series that featured massive big-rig trucks on asphalt and dirt ovals started with a thread on the Bangshift.com forum section. One of our...
Want A Real Ex-Military HMMWV? Defense Logistics Agency Gearing Up To Auction Off Up To 4,000 Of Them!
In many minds (mine included), the only real Hummer is the original, the large-by-huge and unapologetically American version, the one that was sold to civilians as the Hummer H1 and the military got...
Evel Knievel’s “Scramble Van” trailer resurfaces in Worcester, Massachusetts
For the better part of the last three decades, at the corner of Winter and Water Streets in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, there was a single-axle trailer parked in a fenced-in lot. If you...
Man In Australia Arrested For Driving Wingless Plane To Bar – This Could Be Our Favorite News Story Ever
As we have all learned over the last 6 years (our birthday is tomorrow!) at BangShift, fact is truly stranger than fiction. This news story from Australia certainly keeps that line of thought alive...
Is This Fiat Sport Coupe-Ute Concept Really An Upcoming Jeep In Disguise?
What you are looking at is the rendering for the Fiat FCC4 (Fiat Concept Car 4) that was unveiled at the Sao Paulo Auto Show in Brazil. The official statement on what this chimera is supposed to be...
Man Sized Job: Four Rigs Moving Half Million Pound, 200ft Long Tower Through Oklahoma – 100% BangShift Approved Heavy Hauling (Video)
As you read this, four beefy Kenworth rigs are working in teams of two (two pushing, two pulling) to move a massive 186ft, 535,000lb demethanizing tower through Oklahoma to its final resting spot in...
Stay Out Of The Blue Water: Tanker Truck Spills Portable Toilet Water All Over Interstate After Rolling Over
A tanker truck driver in California is probably reconsidering his career choice after an accident left his truck rolled over in the middle of the highway in a lake of blue portable toilet water....