Category Archive: Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: Trans Tunnel Fab Work And More! Plus, Breaking New Tools.
Like most of the Fab Rats videos there is way more to this one than the description might suggest. What starts out with a trans tunnel as the goal quickly becomes more than that as tools break, funny...
Parking Lot Transformation: Check Out This 1997 OBS Chevy Getting Ride Tech Air Suspension In Rustic Conditions!
Buy a truck, road trip it 860 miles, give it a completely brand new suspension system, road trip it home. Oh, and that whole suspension system thing? Do that part in a parking lot! That’s the...
DAKAR 2022 Daily Video Highlights: Stage 8 Baby! The Saudi Arabian Desert Is Putting Up Quite The Fight.
Dakar 2022 is in full swing now, and everyone is on the downhill side of this treacherous journey. Of course that downhill side is still full of sand, and ruts, and jumps, and waypoints that confuse....
DAKAR 2022 Video Highlights: Stage 7 Saw Teams Pushing To The Limits And Beyond!
After one day of rest, it’s time for the second half of Dakar 2022 and here are the video highlights. Some epic driving happened this week and a couple guys missed it by just a touch. Ouch....
Week One Highlights From The DAKAR Classic Class: Pre-2000 Only Rally Racers Conquering DAKAR
If you aren’t familiar with the Dakar Classic, you are not alone. It was added to bring back pre-2000 race cars, trucks, and more to compete at Dakar just like the old days. In truth, some of...
Weird, Cool, Or Both? WORLD’s TOUGHEST LAWN MOWER RACE – King of the Trimmers 2021
Anyone who has been around here for long knows that I love off-road racing and that King of the Hammers in California is one of our favorite races of the year. There are a lot of King Of events that...
Best Of 2021: Tuff Truck Carnage At A Whole Other Level. SEND IT!!!
Tuff Truck racing is an absolute riot to watch because, in many cases, it is the perfect storm of a track meant to destroy trucks, POS trucks put together with duct tape and baling wire, and folks...
Dakar 2022: Stage 5 And 6 Highlights From The Most Demanding Rally On Earth!
Stage 5 and 6 aren’t giving any of the competitors at Dakar a break, and you’ll see what we’re talking about in the latest two highlight videos! Dakar 2022 is on and man is it...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project Update: Oops… Making Cool Parts And Then Having To Fix Them.
Anyone who has built a car, truck, motorcycle, or whatever has at some point or another built a part for their ride only to find that their perfectly designed part had a flaw that kept the next part...
Dakar 2022 Video Highlights: Stage 4 Was Full Of Flipping And Cartwheeling, Which Is Not The Way To Finish A Dakar Rally.
Stage 4 was tougher than a bunch of racers wanted, as several misjudged the terrain and found that when the front bumper find the ground at speed, and the rear tires are more than a couple feet off...
Job Done: Check Out This Second And Final Part Of The Big Compressor Restoration
Here’s the second and final part of the big compressor restoration we started to show you yesterday. Talk about awesome, this machine really is interesting. This video concentrates on the power...
DAKAR 2022: Stage 3 Highlights From The Sand! Things Are Getting Real Interesting And There Are Still 10 Days Of Racing Left!
Dakar 2022 is on and man is it already living up to its reputation of being one of the toughest races in the world. Famous racers and teams, well known for their prowess in the sand and on Dakar in...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: Headers And Exhaust, Rear Shock Mounts, And More!
Exhaust and more going together in this episode of the FJ45 Rock Crawler project, where nothing ever seems to go together without some cutting and welding, no matter what the plan. Check out the...
