Midwest Twisters

[woody431]

Im assuming none of you guys were really hit by any of the tornadoes on 4-19-11.. Heres a few pics and vids from the one that hit about 2 miles from my house.. pretty intense!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrPHkwrL7Q8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WseanOPXtf4&feature=related

Im not sure if the links to the vids work or not, but it was an F3.. luckily it split the towns between, though there was some intense damage to some farm homes, everyone survived.

 

[FlexdXJ]

I rate that a 3 on the F-that scale!

 

[SAMSET]

holy balls.

 

[terrehautian]

There is only one way I would ever want to be near a twister.


in this

Or the red shoe

If it gets bad here tonight, I might be chasing with a friend, but don't plan to get too close.

 

[Hammered]

I cant imagine living where that is "normal"

 

[KSXJ]

I rate that a 3 on the F-that scale!

X2


I have lived in KS my hole life and have only seen one funnel cloud and not a single tornado.... And I hope I never do!!!!

 

[terrehautian]

It isn't normal here, but severe storms happen all the time. (knocking on wood)Where I live, we have had straight line wind damage. We get tornado warnings all the time due to rotation detected or funnel clouds and the occasional actual touchdown also.

 

[hubs97xj]

I guess we had a smaller tornado South of Lafayette (maybe 30 miles from here), and some 50-70mph straight line winds, and that was about it. Lots of trees down, some damage, but nothing excessive and I've not heard anything about injuries yet. That was enough excitement for me.

 

[terrehautian]

I love storms when I am not at work (tv station) since I can enjoy them. When I am at work, it just means more work and less me time.

 

[seanR]

Did some one say twisting?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7OPTxtR9w

 

[87manche]

There is only one way I would ever want to be near a twister.


in this

Or the red shoe

If it gets bad here tonight, I might be chasing with a friend, but don't plan to get too close.

you know, those vehicles have potential, but they just look like they were designed and built by people with no sense or mechanical ability.

 

[terrehautian]

you know, those vehicles have potential, but they just look like they were designed and built by people with no sense or mechanical ability.

TIV2 was designed and built by Sean Casey, it is a Dodge 1 ton Diesel Chassis. He uses it to film tornadoes coming at him with his imax camera.

The Dominator (red shoe) is Reed Timmers, he did not build it, but has someone else modify a couple year old Tahoe.

Sean isn't the best mechanically, but he can do basic stuff (seen him on the Storm Chasers show on Discovery). Reed, his vehicle hasn't had a problem, or just not shown, yet. Both vehicles have been inside tornadoes and survived. Also Mythbusters had a Jet go full blast 250mph wind blowing at them. The TIV bent the spike a little, but stayed in place. Reed's thing was moved, but did not flip.

The TIV2 is a major improvement over the original TIV.

The TIV was built on a Ford Chassis with a single axle out back. Had so many problems. The TIV2 had issues the first year, but has been fine since.

 

[REWSTER]

Did some one say twisting?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7OPTxtR9w

link no work

here i fixed it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFybwg4wadI

 

[87manche]

TIV2 was designed and built by Sean Casey, it is a Dodge 1 ton Diesel Chassis. He uses it to film tornadoes coming at him with his imax camera.

The Dominator (red shoe) is Reed Timmers, he did not build it, but has someone else modify a couple year old Tahoe.

Sean isn't the best mechanically, but he can do basic stuff (seen him on the Storm Chasers show on Discovery). Reed, his vehicle hasn't had a problem, or just not shown, yet. Both vehicles have been inside tornadoes and survived. Also Mythbusters had a Jet go full blast 250mph wind blowing at them. The TIV bent the spike a little, but stayed in place. Reed's thing was moved, but did not flip.

The TIV2 is a major improvement over the original TIV.

The TIV was built on a Ford Chassis with a single axle out back. Had so many problems. The TIV2 had issues the first year, but has been fine since.

I just don't know why you would start out with something like a 1 ton truck chassis when you're planning on adding a metric ton of 1/4 plate to it. Not to mention keeping the interior and stuff. Why not strip a MDT cab and chassis down and just start from scratch. Bigger running gear, heavier duty electrical, all of it. I guess I can see the low profile aspect of the 1 ton chassis, but there are plenty of low profile MDT frames available as well, along with low profile 19.5 tires.

I just remember when that guy came onto pirate and was talking shit. That thread was funny.

 

[FlexdXJ]

I just don't know why you would start out with something like a 1 ton truck chassis when you're planning on adding a metric ton of 1/4 plate to it. Not to mention keeping the interior and stuff. Why not strip a MDT cab and chassis down and just start from scratch. Bigger running gear, heavier duty electrical, all of it. I guess I can see the low profile aspect of the 1 ton chassis, but there are plenty of low profile MDT frames available as well, along with low profile 19.5 tires.

I just remember when that guy came onto pirate and was talking shit. That thread was funny.

You're gonna post that up and not post the link? Fail Nate! :laugh3:

 

[87manche]

You're gonna post that up and not post the link? Fail Nate! :laugh3:

I don't think that the thread exists anymore.

Here's th sumary:

Dude posts up who he is and that he wants to build a "TIV"
A bunch o people give him ideas.

he dismisses those people and says this is how I'm doing it.

A bunch of people say that those are bad ideas and your truck will always be broken.

he got pissy, built it anyway, and it was always broken, leading to much amusement.

 

[FlexdXJ]

I don't think that the thread exists anymore.

Here's th sumary:

Dude posts up who he is and that he wants to build a "TIV"
A bunch o people give him ideas.

he dismisses those people and says this is how I'm doing it.

A bunch of people say that those are bad ideas and your truck will always be broken.

he got pissy, built it anyway, and it was always broken, leading to much amusement.

Hahaha! Sounds like it was a fun read. Not as funny as the monocoil thread though! :roflmao:

 

[terrehautian]

I just don't know why you would start out with something like a 1 ton truck chassis when you're planning on adding a metric ton of 1/4 plate to it. Not to mention keeping the interior and stuff. Why not strip a MDT cab and chassis down and just start from scratch. Bigger running gear, heavier duty electrical, all of it. I guess I can see the low profile aspect of the 1 ton chassis, but there are plenty of low profile MDT frames available as well, along with low profile 19.5 tires.

I just remember when that guy came onto pirate and was talking shit. That thread was funny.

Maybe it was a weight thing? The current TIV2 is pretty reliable in recent years it seems. You got to be heavy to not be easily picked up by the tornado, but be light enough to be able to drive and not sink into mud on dirt roads and have some speed and mobility.

 

[Rev Den]

I have seen the show.


I have seen the pics.

The engineering is poor at best.
The welds are worse then mine.
The base vehicle choice for both is not heavy enough for the duty.
It is UNSAFE on the road with other traffic.
The driver is poorly trained and ordered to perform dangerous maneuvers in traffic.

Rev

 

[Gonepostal]

you know, those vehicles have potential, but they just look like they were designed and built by people with no sense or mechanical ability.

Looks like Darwin Award time to me.