Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
This Econoline VS Corvair Truck Video From The 1960s Proves Everything You Ever Thought About Them
Cab forward trucks of the 1960s were a short lived and neat period in light truckin’ history. There were Forward Control Jeeps, the Chevy Corvair truck, The Ford Econoline, and the Dodge A100...
This Video That Shows How To Start A 1912 Cadillac Will Make You Appreciate Modern Stuff
It is always annoying when you hit the key in your car and it doesn’t start but the reality is that (at least with our junk) slapping some jumpers on it or jiggling some wires usually gets the...
The Mud Down In T-Town? You Heard Right! Check Out Mega Truck Racing From Oklahoma!
You know the Throwdown in T-town well…Tulsa Raceway Park turns into a battleground as drag racers stack up against one another as our cameras bring you the action. But the strip isn’t all...
Here’s The Dirt Equivalent To Outlaw Pro Mod Racing – These Dirt Drag Racing Rigs Are Nuts!
We’ll forever be fascinated with the application of massive horsepower to the ground whether it is on asphalt or something way less sold. This video falls into that “way less solid”...
It’s Tops! This Historic Sales Video For The Allis-Chalmers HD-19 Crawler Tractor Is A Fun Watch
The Allis-Chalmer HD-19 was an important crawler tractor for the company and it was used everywhere from the farm to the battlefield over the years. They were shipped to England as part of the...
Watch The Most Impressive Two Minutes Of Big Rig Driving You Will Ever See – This Dude Dominates A Truck Rodeo
If this were a sports car we’d call it an autocross or a gymkhana but because it is an Iveco big rig, we’re calling it a rodeo. You may think you are somebody behind the wheel but until...
What’s Worse Than Turning Your Pulling Tractor Over? Turning It Over And Blowing Up All The Engines
We have showed you plenty of pulling mishaps over the years but this one has a special class that it will end up in. Why? Not because of the rather gentle roll but because of the fact that after the...
Bigger Than A Tank And Faster Than You: Check Out The “Hoenado” Tahoe As It Flexes It’s Muscles!
You know how sometimes, the story behind the vehicle is more interesting than the vehicle itself? Well, it might be a little bit of a stretch, but the story behind DMD Offroad’s...
This Three Wide Locomotive Drag Race From Finland Is Way Cooler Than You Are Expecting
If you are a big time steam freak or someone who is into locomotives and have known about hi-jinx like this for years, forgive us. We never knew that locomotives were drag raced! In this video (which...
Massive Engineering Video: Watch The Spectacle Of The Marquette Michigan Ore Dock Loading A 1,000ft Ore Boat
(By Greg Rourke) – We like things big here at BangShift, and they don’t get much bigger than the 1000 foot boats hauling ore from the Upper Great Lakes to the steel mills on the Lower...
1900 Sheets Of Paper And 100 Tons Of Pressure Deliver More Entertainment Than We Expected!
It has been a while since we checked in on the Hydraulic Press YouTube Channel and as we suspected, our pal with the great accent has been up to his old tricks. We skipped the videos about crushing...
Awesome Video: How To Make A Blacksmith’s Anvil Out Of Railroad Track!
(By Greg Rourke) – When it comes to metalworking, you can buy all sorts of high zoot equipment. English wheels, planishing hammers, and all sorts of welding machines. When it comes down to it,...
In Estonia, They High Speed Rally Old Russian Trucks Packed With Screaming V8s – This Video Is AWESOME
Your eyes are not deceiving you, that really is an old truck power sliding around a dirt corner on a rally course. We got tipped off to this madness by our buddy Arild who found this video and passed...
Watching This Huge Tank Get Hauled Onto The Back Of A Flatbed In Alaska Is Pretty Awesome – Because Science
The lesser thinking people around the world (known heretofore as “non-gearheads”) would look at the scene above and think that some sort of crashing disaster was imminent. They are of...