Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos

Watching Guys Weld Railroad Tracks Together In Siberia Using Thermite And Molten Steel Is Absolutely Awesome

We mention Siberia only because it is a unique location, not because it is the only place where this practice is used. Now, we will say that further investigation yielded some more modern looking...

A Big Block, A Pulling Sled, 2.5 Ton Rockwells, and A High Hitch Point Add Up To One Heck Of A Wheelie

We all have our ultimate dream vehicles, right? For my kids at this moment those are the crazy exotics that cost millions of bucks. For older guys maybe it was the car that they could not afford in...

The Beauty In Brutality: The Story Of A Surviving Land Rover Discovery That Ran Camel Trophy

The photos and video clips are seared into my brain: heavy mud, jungle tracts that would be a bitch to hike, let alone drive, river crossings, handmade bridges, the kind of stuff that if made today...

Watch This Right Hand Drive Kenworth Logging Truck Power Through Some Deep Water And Muck

The work that all big rigs put in is pretty amazing but the work that logging trucks perform is about as brutal as it gets in the trucking world by our estimation. The rigs are loaded to the gills...

Vegas 2 Reno 2019 With Bryce Menzies: Off Road Desert Racing Greatness

Suspension travel is the key to hauling ass across the desert at big speed. So when you have more than two feet of suspension travel, you can find yourself feeling pretty invincible out on the desert...

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These Rock Bouncers Find Out Just How Gnarly A Waterfall Climb Can Be! Flips, Spins, And Tumbles Oh My.

Rock bouncers are pretty awesome rides. They use speed and momentum to almost fly over and through some obstacles. But climbing shear faces and waterfalls takes all the right combo of power,...

Classic YouTube: Toyota’s 1990 Off-Road Racing Season – “Ironman” Stewart And Jeff Huber Flying Toyotas To Victory!

I don’t want to know how many quarters I dumped into an “Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Super Off Road” arcade game when I was a kid…the figures might make me...

Finnegan Found A Good Trade For His Big Red Ramp Truck. Wait Until You See This Thing.

Weeks ago Finnegan put the word out that he wanted to hear from all of you in the car world with any, and we mean ANY trades that you might be willing to make for his Big Red Ramp Truck. He told all...

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Spintires IRL: This Off-Road Mud Race In Estonia Is An Absolute Slogfest!

“Spintires” is a video game reference. Put simply, it’s an off-road simulator that encourages you to push through some of the most intense off-road situations you can dream of....

The Dune’s Curse: Carnage By The Ton At The Liwa Hillclimb!

The Liwa hillclimb at the Moreeb Dune in the UAE is one of the most brutal motorsport activities we know of. Take serious, high-horsepower engines, shove them into older Nissan Patrols, and point...

OUCH Video: Watch This Cummins Powered Dodge Blow A Tire On The Dyno and Bust A Guy’s Arm

We have talked a lot over the years about how dyno pulls are inherently dangerous. We have thrown driveshafts out at 100+ mph, we have seen cars slide off the rollers, seen connecting rods bounce off...

Consider It Sent: Watch As This RZR Buggy Defeats An “Impossible” Hill Climb In Kentucky!

“Impossible” is a word that usually means that the driver gave up. An “impossible” mud hole. An “impossible” lap time. There are difficult tracks and difficult...

The Punkin Pine: This 1950s Allis-Chalmers Film About Logging In Maine During The Winter Is Pretty Wild

This is one of those films that could make you appreciate your job on this Monday. See, unless you are reading this from an arctic outpost of some kind, you don’t have it has hard as the guys...

You’re Welcome, Lohnes: This 1956 GMC Is Brought Back To Life After 26 Years In A Field

You know, it doesn’t seem right that Lohnes doesn’t have a project vehicle. We know, we know…he’s super-busy with his NHRA duties, and we wouldn’t want to take a second...