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Mar 6, 2007 | 10:39 AM

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Gunner_45

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RE: got my fist tripod today.....woo hoo

and this:

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That was until I realized it was just scratches in the 1/4 inch of dust accumulated on the truck ! ! ! !

Scared the hell out of me, almost worse than that stupid hill.

Mar 6, 2007 | 10:48 AM

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Where were you at? Was it somewhere in the Hill Country?

A defunct gravel pit in the Trinity river bottoms.......Been inactive for a decade or so.
So much for the big cement companies returning the land back to it's natural state.

Looks like a freaking moonscape or something out of mad max.

Mar 6, 2007 | 11:31 AM

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ain't it cool? still have a shark fin in your seat?

YES and....You have no idea â€¦..

i think i have some idea of what you were thinking. i've generated a few shark fins myself. each stand is different, and seeing only sky, or only ground, through the windshield is an odd sensation.

Mar 6, 2007 | 12:06 PM

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And here I thought he took too much Viagra

Thought I'd need a valium when I first saw this:

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Just seeing the pic made me cringe at first, glad to hear it did not touch the paint!

Mar 11, 2007 | 11:53 AM

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Had me puckered up pretty damn good I must say.... Never been up on anything that high or steep. A newbie experience for me.

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YIKES! Glad it wasn't me LOL I have this silly fear of rolling over.

Mar 11, 2007 | 04:52 PM

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RE: got my fist tripod today.....woo hoo

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YIKES! Glad it wasn't me LOL I have this silly fear of rolling over.
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Admittedly, the one wheel up thing was an odd sensation, but it was the trip down that
really elongated that 'ol shark fin. Nothing but dirt in the windshield for a hundred feet,
what felt like a straight down decent and a water hazard at the bottom is what really
made me worry about whether or not my payment to Travelers Insurance had posted ! ! !

And yes....I was afraid of rolling over.........

Compared to the what veterans on this site do on a regular basis, that was the trail version of a speed bump.

Mar 11, 2007 | 05:05 PM

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YIKES! Glad it wasn't me LOL I have this silly fear of rolling over.

I don't know that worrying about rolling over is a silly fear! [sm=roll.gif]

Mar 11, 2007 | 09:34 PM

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RE: got my fist tripod today.....woo hoo

LOL Lil HB..I admittedly am a bit of a wuss when I am not on fairly flat ground...when hubby and I drivearound inthe mountains, I make him drive and I close my eyes and white knuckle the "handle" often...got to get over that fear as I see a mountain cabin in the very near future! []