Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
Watch This Pro Stock Semi Pulling Truck Called Bad Attitude Hike The Front Wheel At The Start And Never Put It Down – Torque At Work!
My favorite competitive beast of burden is a pro stock semi pulling truck. Why? They look all the world like over the road trucks and have immense power, cool names, and many of them have enough...
Yet Another Fix: Finnegan Gets Another Giant Truck…This Time A Six-Door Ford!
A couple of days ago I took a trip down to Nashville to a meet-up that Finnegan was hosting in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart. Yeah, it happened…a newly janky knee and all, I had no real...
Spring Planting: Burying Mega Trucks In One Deep Hole In Michigan!
February is still a bit early to actually break out the tiller, but it’s the perfect time to start preparing the layout for the garden at BangShift Mid-West. Yeah, that’s right, when...
Finnegan Gets A Birthday Surprise! It’s Amazing What Stuff Will Make A Square Body Crew Cab Guy Happy!
Normal people sometimes don’t understand the stuff that makes us car guys happy. Square body guys are even a different breed, and because some stuff is so hard to find we get pretty giddy when...
The King Of The Hammers 2020 Rock Bouncers VS Crawlers Shootout Was Epic! Watch Here
King of the Hammers is an event like none other. If you haven’t gotten to see rock bouncers or rock crawlers in action, then you are missing out. It is some of the craziest combination of power,...
King Of The Hammers Shootout 2020: Scrambling For Traction On Idle Issues
Rockcrawling and rock bouncing in the dark in the middle of the desert…sounds like a good time, doesn’t it? King of the Hammers is an event that I need to check off of my bucket list....
Watch This Russian ZIL-131 6×6 Truck Take On A Crazy Off Road Obstacle Course
The ZIL-131 was a staple truck in Russia form the late 1960s right through the 20-teens before the factory that made them closed up shop. They are rugged as hell, tough as nails, and we have shown...
On The Boulevard: This 1970s Film Looks Into The Lives Of Independent Truckers And It Is Great
The 1970s were an interesting time for lots of different aspects of America culture but trucking was really an interesting thing to behold during that decade. The idea of getting on the road and...
Must Watch: This Short Film About The Creation Of The Glickenhaus Baja Boot Two and It’s Attack Of The Baja 1000 Is Awesome
It is very difficult to take a legendary vehicle and recreate it to modern standards while still honoring its past. Why? It takes loads of money, heart, soul, knowledge, and passion. The good news is...
Splashdown: Hopping Into The Mudpit In Georgia
Before you did something incredibly dumb with a car that you knew would be the stuff of legends years later, did you ever have that moment where you paused and thought about just what, exactly, you...
Iron Giant: Watch The Most Powerful Steam Tractor Ever Built Haul FOUR Other Steam Tractors Up A Hill!
There’s dedication and then there is DEDICATION. It took Kory Anderson and a load of talented fabricators, craftsmen, and mechanics a decade to rebuild/recreate this 150hp Case steam tractor,...
Officially Jealous: Jay Leno Checks Out The Jeep Wagoneer Roadtrip Concept!
Every year, right about the beginning of March, Jeep likes to unveil a small fleet of concepts and studies that will make it to the Easter Jeep Safari out in Moab, Utah. This is done to advertise...
From Jeeps To Flying Monsters: A History Of Formula Offroad
The combination of a thousand or so horsepower, wide scoop-style tires, and a driver who is hell-bent on telling gravity to go fly a kite make Icelandic Formula Offroad one of our favorite...
Veteran Rehabilitation: Bringing A Sherman Tank Back To Tip-Top Shape
The only Sherman tanks I ever got to see during my military days were display tanks. The oldest tank I ever saw that wasn’t a pretty statue was an M60 Patton variant that was sitting on a back...