Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
Toughness Video: Watch A Lowly Nissan Pathfinder Take Five Minutes Of The Most Incredible Punishment Ever
Feb 11, 2015Brian Lohnes3
What if I told that that a Nissan Pathfinder was the toughest vehicle that I had ever seen. Up until I watched the video below, I would have laughed as well but the fact is that I have never seen a...
These Multi-Lane Tow Plows Are The Winter Innovation Every State Needs
Feb 10, 2015Brian Lohnes4
This video has kicked around for a couple years but it is something that every person in a cold weather state should see. These tow plows being used by the Missouri DOT (in this film) are brilliant...
Boston Uses Snowzilla To Clear Railroad Tracks – Special Rail Car Equipped With Turbine Blower Is Awesome
Feb 09, 2015Brian Lohnes5
In our continuing effort to show every single mechanical method that man has devised to remove snow from his path of travel, home, driveway, and now train tracks we keep finding neato stuff. This one...
Ever Wonder What It Takes To Custom Paint An Airliner? Check Out This Time-Lapse Video Of The Creation Of WestJet’s “Magic Plane”!
Feb 08, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Ever Wonder What It Takes To Custom Paint An Airliner? Check Out This Time-Lapse Video Of The Creation Of WestJet’s “Magic Plane”!
This Boeing 737-800 is WestJet’s “Magic Plane”. A stunning collaboration of WestJet, WestJet Vacations and Disney Parks and Resorts (Canada), the 737 features Mickey Mouse as...
Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider Helicopter Performs First Run – Co-Axial Rotors And A Propeller!
Feb 07, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
Sikorsky Helicopters recently completed the first ground run tests of it’s S-97 Raider compound helicopter. The Raider is the latest form of Sikorsky’s X2 test program, which used a...
Watch This EcoBoost Powered F-150 Yank A Big Rig Out Of A Snowy Chicago Street
Feb 05, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This EcoBoost Powered F-150 Yank A Big Rig Out Of A Snowy Chicago Street
Here’s the funny thing about social media. If Ford were to have made this video and spread it around there’s an excellent chance that we wouldn’t have run it and you wouldn’t...
Check Out The Buildup Of An Arctic Trucks AT44 6×6 Hilux – We Want One!
Feb 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Ever heard of Arctic Trucks? Unless you spend a good portion of your job huddled with penguins at McMurdo Sound or you’re a fan of Top Gear, probably not. The Icelandic company started out as...
Conquest: Cameron Steele Talks About What It’s Like To Race The Baja 1000 In A Trophy Truck
Feb 03, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Conquest: Cameron Steele Talks About What It’s Like To Race The Baja 1000 In A Trophy Truck
Cameron Steele is a certifiable bad ass. He’s one of the greats of Baja, and a guy that we’ve never heard a bad word about. In off-road racing, that’s saying something. In a sport...
The 2015 Nitto Tires King Of The Hammers Week Is LIVE RIGHT HERE!!!!
Feb 02, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The 2015 Nitto Tires King Of The Hammers Week Is LIVE RIGHT HERE!!!!
That’s right folks, we’ve got Nitto King of the Hammers Off-Road Racing action coming to you live tonight and throughout the week. BangShift will also be on site getting you photos this...
Our Norwegian Hero With The V12 Jag Ferguson Tractor Has Added A Snowblower And It Rules
Feb 02, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Our Norwegian Hero With The V12 Jag Ferguson Tractor Has Added A Snowblower And It Rules
As another foot of snow falls here at BS eastern world HQ today after the three feet we got last week, things are getting a little tight. I failed on a deal to grab a tractor before this winter and...
Legends: Interview With Baja Royalty, Malcolm Smith, Winner Of The 1st Baja 1000
Feb 02, 2015Chad Reynolds2
In 1967 Malcolm Smith heard about a race that would run all the way down the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, and was just crazy enough to think it was a great idea. If that was the only great thing he ever...
The Stuff Of Nightmares: Up Close And Personal With A BNSF Rotary Snowblower
Feb 02, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
After seeing the few feet of snow that Lohnes and everybody else in New England has had the misfortune of dealing recently, I couldn’t help but think of how else besides a Honda three-wheeler...
Off-Road Playground: Watch This Jeep Get Twisted Up In Rocks And Logs!
Feb 02, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
First of all, where is there an obstacle course set up at a fair-like event? Rides for the kids, funnel cakes and off-roading? Yes, please. We don’t know exactly where this is located, though a...
Ever Wondered If A Big Rig Tow Truck Could Beat A Small Tug Boat In A Pull Off? Here’s Your Answer (Video)
Jan 31, 2015Brian Lohnes9
Calling the boat in this video a “tug boat” may be generous but I’m not really up on the maritime terminology these days so forgive me. Either way it is a working boat of some sort...






