Gas Station Sighting

Culln5 · 10-13-09, 11:18 AM

On my way back home Discovery Channels "SRV Dominator" vehicle was fueling up behind me at a gas station in Virginia. It's a 2007 Tahoo with an external roll cage that is plated with steel and all kinds of equipment. The external steel is on a hydraulic system that lowers it to the ground so that it doesn't allow air to get beneath the veh when the tornado is approaching. Very cool to see and driven by 2 pretty cool.... and crazy.... guys. They said the new season starts Sunday and they actually have had this vehicle in 4 tornados!

1/4 stick · 10-13-09, 11:37 AM

I need one of those for driving thru east Fayetteville.

nofearengineer · 10-13-09, 11:37 AM

Those guys are nuts. I got caught inside an F2 tornado in a much-less armored Dodge Dakota, and I can tell you I have no interest whatsoever in ever doing a repeat event. I would skydive before I did that.

1/4 stick · 10-13-09, 11:46 AM

hehehe... NoFear, you sound like a man that has a healthy respect for staying inside a perfectly good airplane same as me. I'd stroke out on the first step out.

BassMoJo · 10-13-09, 12:14 PM

Not me ...I have 1 take off in a plane and ZERO landings

1/4 stick · 10-13-09, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BassMoJo

Not me ...I have 1 take off in a plane and ZERO landings

Well don't ya think you should be paying attention to landing that thing rather than chatting on a forum????

hehehe....

MrPhotographer06 · 10-13-09, 03:41 PM

wow, thats so funny cause i've been sick and watching the discovery, military and history channels for the past couple of days and i've always wanted to be a chaser and saw that show, and thought how cool it'd be to see their chase vehicle in person

CMorg · 10-13-09, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

Those guys are nuts. I got caught inside an F2 tornado in a much-less armored Dodge Dakota, and I can tell you I have no interest whatsoever in ever doing a repeat event. I would skydive before I did that.

The november 'nado ?? Did you get any damage from that ?

CMorg · 10-13-09, 04:35 PM

I say no way that things street legal ?!!

66KingFisher · 10-13-09, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CMorg

I say no way that things street legal ?!!

You might be surprised.....street legal is actually pretty simple.

nofearengineer · 10-14-09, 09:17 AM

Yeah, in most places, for a custom to be street legal, you just need safety belts, turn signals, brake and head lights, front and rear bumpers of some sort, and pass a standard safety inspection to prove good working order. The funny thing is, I see a lot of people driving cars made in Detroit that don't meet those requirements.

MrPhotographer06 · 10-14-09, 11:09 AM

yeah i remember when my buddy took the bed off his s10 and he took 2 steel rods and screwed his tail lights to it and the frame and he had them sticking up in the air so it was street legal

1/4 stick · 10-14-09, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by MrPhotographer06

yeah i remember when my buddy took the bed off his s10 and he took 2 steel rods and screwed his tail lights to it and the frame and he had them sticking up in the air so it was street legal

And to think they call us Carolina boys rednecks. What are they thinking??

nofearengineer · 10-14-09, 02:21 PM

Yeah, I had a neighbor who once put pieces of 4 x 4 lumber on his POS Jeep CJ as front and rear bumpers.

66KingFisher · 10-14-09, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

Yeah, I had a neighbor who once put pieces of 4 x 4 lumber on his POS Jeep CJ as front and rear bumpers.

Heck, wood bumpers ain't nuthin...My cousin couldn't find airshocks that would jack the rear of his Vega wagon high enough for him to put some oversized tires on the back so he removed the rear shocks and coil springs and installed a couple of 4X4's between the frame and rear end....lol.....talk about southern engineering....hehehe...that thang road like a log wagon, and everytime you turned a corner you could fishtail it without even trying....probably wasn't considered street legal but back then nobody cared.....it looked cool though...all jacked up with some Mickey Thompson 50's on the rear....lol

nofearengineer · 10-14-09, 03:21 PM

Hehe, I've never seen an automobile warranty that covered termite damage. Maybe just a southern thing.

1/4 stick · 10-14-09, 03:51 PM

There used to make woodies...

http://www.oldwoodies.com/ I wonder if they did have a termite insurance.. hmmmm

10-13-09, 11:18 AM	#1
Culln5 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 139	Gas Station Sighting On my way back home Discovery Channels "SRV Dominator" vehicle was fueling up behind me at a gas station in Virginia. It's a 2007 Tahoo with an external roll cage that is plated with steel and all kinds of equipment. The external steel is on a hydraulic system that lowers it to the ground so that it doesn't allow air to get beneath the veh when the tornado is approaching. Very cool to see and driven by 2 pretty cool.... and crazy.... guys. They said the new season starts Sunday and they actually have had this vehicle in 4 tornados! __________________ George - GEO Industries

10-13-09, 11:37 AM	#2
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	I need one of those for driving thru east Fayetteville. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

10-13-09, 11:37 AM	#3
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Those guys are nuts. I got caught inside an F2 tornado in a much-less armored Dodge Dakota, and I can tell you I have no interest whatsoever in ever doing a repeat event. I would skydive before I did that. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

10-13-09, 11:46 AM	#4
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	hehehe... NoFear, you sound like a man that has a healthy respect for staying inside a perfectly good airplane same as me. I'd stroke out on the first step out. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

10-13-09, 12:14 PM	#5
BassMoJo BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hampstead, MD Posts: 801	Not me ...I have 1 take off in a plane and ZERO landings __________________ This is my Signature there are many like it, but this one is mine.

10-13-09, 03:41 PM	#7
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	wow, thats so funny cause i've been sick and watching the discovery, military and history channels for the past couple of days and i've always wanted to be a chaser and saw that show, and thought how cool it'd be to see their chase vehicle in person __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

10-13-09, 04:35 PM	#9
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	I say no way that things street legal ?!!

10-14-09, 09:17 AM	#11
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Yeah, in most places, for a custom to be street legal, you just need safety belts, turn signals, brake and head lights, front and rear bumpers of some sort, and pass a standard safety inspection to prove good working order. The funny thing is, I see a lot of people driving cars made in Detroit that don't meet those requirements. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

10-14-09, 11:09 AM	#12
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	yeah i remember when my buddy took the bed off his s10 and he took 2 steel rods and screwed his tail lights to it and the frame and he had them sticking up in the air so it was street legal __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

10-14-09, 02:21 PM	#14
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Yeah, I had a neighbor who once put pieces of 4 x 4 lumber on his POS Jeep CJ as front and rear bumpers. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

10-14-09, 03:21 PM	#16
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Hehe, I've never seen an automobile warranty that covered termite damage. Maybe just a southern thing. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

10-14-09, 03:51 PM	#17
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	There used to make woodies... http://www.oldwoodies.com/ I wonder if they did have a termite insurance.. hmmmm __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

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