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Pit Trike Build Part 5: Tank Tracks Out Back! Okay Now This Is Getting Real Fun!
Tracks on the pit trike! Oh yeah, this is some fun stuff right here and since the pit trike isn’t as good in the snow as it could be, it needs some tracks! Keep in mind that this thing is...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: Safety Third! This Is The Safest The FJ45 Has Ever Been!
No belts and no roll cage is no way to go to Johnson Valley, so the Fab Rats are getting their tubing on. This is going to be snug. If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is...
Machine Shop Fun: The Redline Rebuild Jeep Inline Six Gets The Full Mechanical Spa Treatment
After we got done watching the video that you are about to see, we came to the realization that a machine shop is basically a mechanical spa when it comes to blocks, heads, rods, and other hard parts...
Wild Video: Watch An Insane Brazilian Towing Situation Teeter On The Verge Of Catastrophe But Somehow Succeed
Firstly we have to thank BangShifter Arild Guldbrandsen for the tip on this video and secondly we have to thank two tenacious mo fo’s down in Brazil who refused to let common sense, physics,...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: It’s Bag Mount Time And Stuff Is Going Together!
In this episode of the Bello’s Customs COE project the big C-Notch and rear 4-Link are getting bag mounts so they will be ready to haul any heavy load they want. This is going to be a cool...
Spray and Pray: This In-Depth Look At Using Spray Welding To Repair A Large Worn Shaft Is Awesome
Videos like this make me happy. Why? Because they show someone who is truly capable, talented, and able to right the wrongs that sometimes happen with machines. In this case it is the repair of a...
New One On Us: Watch This Boat Make Repeated Pulls On A Prop Dyno – This Is Pretty Cool
Well this is awesome and something that we really didn’t know existed. A prop dyno for boats is something we should have known about. Hell, if you have a hub dyno for cars and trucks why...
Video: The Tucker Combat Car – The Other Forward Thinking And Inventive Vehicle Preston Tucker Developed
About a decade before Preston Tucker’s venture into the world of mass producing automobiles, he had another idea that was about as forward looking, advanced, and interesting as his cars. That...
Will Cleetus Fix The 700 Horsepower RIPSAW Tank? The Mud Awakes!
The RIPSAW rips, but not without causing some serious grief with multiple breakdowns in the first couple days of ownership. Cleetus and the boys have been thrashing the thing hard, too hard in fact,...
Watch Some Of The Earliest Hornsby Tracked Vehicles Known To Man In Their Earliest Tests Circa 1908
Many people do not know that the “chain track” was invented in England. The Caterpillar company which was a combo of the Holt and Best tractor companies did not invent the technology but...
Forgotten History Video: The US Had Remote Control B-17 Bombers In WWII – Operation Aphrodite
It was called “Operation Aphrodite” and its premise was simple. Find a way to use the myriad of airplanes that had been deemed unfit for active duty and do so in a way that would help the...
Watch These Awesome (and Huge) British Scammell Trucks Attack An Off Road Course
While you may have never heard of Scammell trucks, consider yourself better off for watching this video where a pair of Scammell Pioneer models attack an off road course and show off the ability that...
OUCH! Watch This Mini-Rod Tractor Get The Beans Above The Frank During A Pull
With no wheelbase, a couple thousand horsepower, and a very heavy sled moving at a high rate of speed behind it, a mini-rod pulling tractor is an exciting thing to watch. Like any racing vehicle that...
