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03-07-2012, 07:15 AM
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Rivet Master 
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Mantua
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You rock me like the rock of ages, rock me, rock me!! jim
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03-07-2012, 07:27 AM
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Rivet Master
1983 34' Excella
1967 24' Tradewind
Little Rock
, Arkansas
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markdoane
Sounds like you have a little rock envy, Little Rock.
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I gotta admit, Stone Mountain is a fine rock.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lumatic
If they made a big plastic rock they would get better mpgs.
Will the big rock be a tourist attraction like the worlds biggest ball of string?
I bet the dogs will love it too!
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How about carbon fiber? Light weight and high tech snazzy.
I also want to know, why? (As well as who, what, when, and where; some have already been answered, but we need the rest) 
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03-07-2012, 07:33 AM
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Rivet Master
1962 22' Safari
1957 22' Custom
1963 16' Bambi
Vacationland
, Maine
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Levitated Mass | LACMA click on video.
Always good advice to level the frame before welding in cross members.
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VAC - Region 1 vintage Club rep
New England unit
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03-07-2012, 07:50 AM
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2 Rivet Member 
1975 31' Sovereign
Canby
, Oregon
Join Date: Mar 2007
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22 Dollies X 8 Tires each + 3 trucks X 10 tires each = 206 total.
Of coarse that is not counting all the escort and support cars and trucks.
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03-07-2012, 08:22 AM
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Rivet Master
1964 26' Overlander
Richmond
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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they're moving it, because they can. The only way that would be cooler is if they coordinated a bunch of helicopters to move it.
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03-07-2012, 08:40 AM
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Chief Chili Cook
2010 30' Flying Cloud
Bakersfield
, California
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davenpow
22 Dollies X 8 Tires each + 3 trucks X 10 tires each = 206 total.
Of coarse that is not counting all the escort and support cars and trucks.
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They should have went to Can-Am and got a VW Touareg TDI setup properly to tow it. 
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03-07-2012, 08:51 AM
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Rivet Master
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Well it is easy to see why it had to be moved. It just looked so out of place in its natural environment.
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Rock and Roll Will Never Die!
WBCCI 3805
AIR 54011 Since July 2011
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03-07-2012, 08:59 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
1974 23' Safari
Vintage Kin Owner
1947 25' Spartan
, Manor
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by casa3805
Well it is easy to see why it had to be moved. It just looked so out of place in its natural environment.
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This is by far the best explanation !
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03-07-2012, 09:10 AM
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Rivet Master
1967 22' Safari
MILAN
, Illinois
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,013
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Moving from Riverside to L.A.
It would have been less expensive to just use some grease and wait for the next big Quake to let Mother Nature move it herself! But I'm sure if the Rock had its' choice it would rather go to Disneyland...Ha!
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2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab SLE
FORUMS MEMBER SINCE 12/16/2004AIR#7110
"My tire was thumping, I thought it was flat. When I looked at the tire, I noticed your CAT!" Burma Shave
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03-07-2012, 09:53 AM
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Rivet Master 
1991 34' Excella
1963 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Central
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2006
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to me, its obvious why the Big Rock needed to be moved...pure economics and a forward thinking city...
With the Big Rock about to become a huge tourist attraction, it's much cheaper to spend some money and relocate it to a spot where the excited masses can view utilzing public transportation. Even if eveyone of the millions of excited people drove the 110 miles in a Prius, it's very obvious to me, the relocation effort is much Greener... 
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03-07-2012, 10:17 AM
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Rivet Master
1978 28' Ambassador
Morada
, California
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,584
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It's our govt's latest stimulus spending bonanza..."let's find a big rock somewhere and tie up the highways to move it to town - think of all the jobs, police escorts, hard hats, lunch wagons, tire inflators, crane operators we'll employ!"
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03-07-2012, 10:39 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Think of it as LALA's pet rock.
Bob
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03-07-2012, 10:45 AM
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Rivet Master
2010 27' FB Flying Cloud
Fraser Valley
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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"the Big Rock about to become a huge tourist attraction"
Another Flintstone Theme Park? Planning my trip now! (TIC)
If you want to see a giant anything, go to Australia! It's a cultural obsession....which doesn't say much about their culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia's_big_things
"It's our govt's latest stimulus spending bonanza..."
A government that's between a rock and a hard place?
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03-07-2012, 11:55 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 21' Globetrotter
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Arvada
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What part of rock and roll do you guys not understand.
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03-07-2012, 12:32 PM
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Chief Chili Cook
2010 30' Flying Cloud
Bakersfield
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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I seems to me that thing would have been easier to transport if they had just broke it up into smaller pieces first... 
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03-07-2012, 04:59 PM
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Rivet Master
1964 22' Safari
Elyria
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 780
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70K to buy it, and 10 Million to move it. Maybe I don't want one after all. I will stick with the ones that I already have. The most I paid for any of them was a little back ache.
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03-07-2012, 06:15 PM
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2007 30' Classic S/O
Somewhere
, South Carolina
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 6,436
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Did you see any type of WD bar hitch? It would take an entire PC to monitor their TPMS inputs.
Seriously, heard this one this AM on NPR.
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03-07-2012, 06:56 PM
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Rivet Master
1999 23' Safari
Perrysburg
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I think it's pretty gneiss ... at the very least, not something to be taken for granite. So - anyone know when it's slated to be installed?
(Sorry, I couldn't help myself!)
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03-08-2012, 12:19 AM
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Rivet Master
1967 22' Safari
MILAN
, Illinois
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,013
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Hey we all had it wrong...
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1967 Safari Twin "Landshark" w/International trim package
2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab SLE
FORUMS MEMBER SINCE 12/16/2004AIR#7110
"My tire was thumping, I thought it was flat. When I looked at the tire, I noticed your CAT!" Burma Shave
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03-08-2012, 04:07 PM
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Rivet Master
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Pittsfield
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Darn! I wish these dedicated rock movers had been around when I was trying to get a big rock out of the way of a bridge abutment we were building!!!
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2003 GMC 3500 D/A, CC, LB, 4x4 and 2000 Airstream Excella 30. WBCCI 7074
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