Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos

Ford And Chevrolet Trade Barbs and Blows In These 1987 Commercials – Gold!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Rivalries are a part of everyone’s life; Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees in the MLB, Auburn vs. Alabama in college football, North Carolina vs. Duke in college...

Watch The Old “Float Your Monster Truck Down The River Trick” End As Badly As It Usually Does – Swearing At No Extra Charge

Those four big tires you see peeking above the surface of a mucky little watering hole at some undisclosed location are attached to a pretty bitchin’ truck which became a pretty...

#HelloJetman Is One Of The Craziest Stunts In Human History – Guys With Jetpacks In Formation With An Airbus!

Their names are Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet and they are two of the bravest and perhaps craziest human beings on planet Earth. It was Rossy who developed a wearable set of carbon fiber wings that...

The Goodwood Monster: Watch As The KAMAZ Dakar Race Truck Races Up The Lane!

Meet Brian Lohnes’ ultimate fantasy in the automotive world: a KAMAZ Dakar rally rig. There’s no point in counting how many times a KAMAZ has made the Dakar run…either one…but...

Killer Old Video: This 1954 US Army Film Does A Pretty Amazing Job Explaining How A Fluid Coupling Works

Over the years we have showed you some cool old US Army videos that explain mechanical principles in basic and informative ways. Sure, the stuff isn’t over the top with the tech involved but...

This 1951 Van Pelt Power Wagon Fire Truck Is One Of Five Ever Made And Totally Awesome

I’m on a big old truck kick today, hopefully that’s cool with you. After seeing the Mercedes in action I bounced over to one of my favorite YouTube channels, OCDResto. This dude does...

See How The Wreck Of The Car Hauler “Baltic Ace” Was Removed Off Of The Ocean Floor Over The Course Of Two Years!

When the M/V Baltic Ace sank on December 5th, 2012 after being hit by the container ship M/V Corvus J., she settled in 115 feet of water in the middle of the shipping lanes that serviced the port of...

This Lada Samara Is Now Combined With A Tank, Because Siberian Winters Are No Joke!

What is the first thing you picture when you hear “Lada”? Chances are good that you are picturing a Lada Riva, the square, boxy Russian tank of an econocar that was based off of a...

Watch A Talented Dirt Bike Racer Bash Himself Off The Rocks Before Actually Climbing The Infamous Backdoor The King Of The Hammers

I don’t ride dirt bikes largely because it requires balance, agility, and skills that my life has not caused me to acquire. I am more than happy to watch the guys who are great riders do their...

This Incredible 1944 Video Shows How The US Army Carved The First Version Of The Alcan Highway Through The Yukon In 8 Months

While there is nothing “good” about war it certainly triggers, causes, and invites human feats of innovation and creation that would otherwise take far longer if they ever happened at...

Watch This Massive Fiat Tractor Suffer A Clutch Explosion And Break In Half At The Start Of A Pulling Attempt

Sometimes I am convinced that these things are trying to find me. Yesterday when looking for something completely different on YouTube, I happened upon this amazing video of a big Fiat tractor (it...

Would You Have The Guts To Drive A 34,000lb Road Grader Over The Most Rickety Looking Bridge Known To Man?

Here’s a simple question on a Friday that I had to ask all of you in reader land after seeing this video. If faced with the situation below, would you have the, ummm, “courages” to...

BangShifty Exercise Video: One Guy, Two Tractors, And High Stakes Bump Starting Is Good Cardio!

We have all been in a situation where the solution to a problem has been right in front of us and the only thing preventing its execution was a lack of arms, a lack of wingspan, or the inability to...

Incredible Video: Watch A Russian Crane Operator Leap To Safety As His Crane And A Bulldozer Topple Into A Cavernous Hole

It has been a while since we brought you some completely mind-blowing video from Russia, so we decided that it was time to peek around and see what we could find. In true BangShift fashion, we scored...