David Wolfson
EF5
I think I'll give the tractor-trailer storm tour a miss :wink: !
Here's my off-the-wall idea of the morning.... Outfit a bucket-blade of a compact demolition loader or excavator, e.g. a Bobcat, as a protected filming platform. These are transportable on rather compact trailers pulled by a heavy-duty pickup and easily driven on/off the trailer if necessary. The camera operator can be lifted for a better vantage. The cab properly outfitted could also be used as a highly debris, wind and hail resistant enclosure. It can move medium-size debris blocking the road if necessary
Now here's the best part. During the 99% of the year when there's no storm to film you can hire out the equipment for its traditional use and pay for the chasing. Or under direction of emergency personnel you may find yourself on the spot and able to dig someone out of a destroyed structure and perhaps even save a life. FWIW.
Here's my off-the-wall idea of the morning.... Outfit a bucket-blade of a compact demolition loader or excavator, e.g. a Bobcat, as a protected filming platform. These are transportable on rather compact trailers pulled by a heavy-duty pickup and easily driven on/off the trailer if necessary. The camera operator can be lifted for a better vantage. The cab properly outfitted could also be used as a highly debris, wind and hail resistant enclosure. It can move medium-size debris blocking the road if necessary
Now here's the best part. During the 99% of the year when there's no storm to film you can hire out the equipment for its traditional use and pay for the chasing. Or under direction of emergency personnel you may find yourself on the spot and able to dig someone out of a destroyed structure and perhaps even save a life. FWIW.