It's a nice idea but really, anything that's not inside the cab WILL get
caked with mud out there, so unless you seal it up good, it won't work.
Plus, the mud will still come into the cab through the slider.
brad k wrote:
>
> I just read on an RT forum where someone mounted a
> camera in the rear slider window for video taping
> SCCA and hill clinm events. The mount they used is
> made by bushnell and is available at sporting good
> stores. It maybe something worth checking into.
>
> Brad K.
>
>
>
> --- Granpa Silver89 <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Andy Levy wrote:
>>
>>>Well, we tried the camera on the tripod in my cab.
>>
>> Jason Bleazard rode
>>
>>>shotgun and held the tripod down and we
>>
>>got...decent footage of 2 mud
>>
>>>pit runs. The tripod was a little too tall, so
>>
>>the angle is sort of
>>
>>>looking down at the nose of the truck, but you can
>>
>>get a little feel for
>>
>>>the ride.
>>>
>>
>>I would say it was a success for a first time trial
>>set up. I have been
>> pondering a way to set up a camera in my truck
>>now. I'm thinking
>>either a version of a tripod - or some sort of
>>bracket I can hard mount
>>inside the cab somewhere.
>>
>>You know what would be REALLY cool? is if we could
>>get cameras to show
>>the inside of the truck too. Like you see in spy and
>>sting operation, or
>>Dateline investigations? Heh the Dateline I am
>>thinking of, oddly
>>enough, is one where they had cameras inside cars,
>>and they were
>>reporting on reckless adolescent drivers heh....
>>sounds exactly like
>>what we need at the BBQ!!!
-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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