<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2379077&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2379077&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2379077">Indiana gravel bars?</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user785170">Bad Dog</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.

Landed on a gravel bar and my 26" Goodyears pinched a baseball sized rock right through the prop arc. Thank goodness if missed the prop! That's a new one on me. It was my lucky day. Take a look at the video at about 59 seconds and you will see it on the left side of the video.

It happens. Treaded tires are worse by far, and your tail takes most of the beating.

If you can't live with a few rock dings.....stick to airports....

That said, looked like a lot of good landing spots there, and off airport is great fun.

MTV

Your video reminded me of a similar situation. In the early 60's I was driving a machine gun jeep (no top) patrolling the east German Border. We had been on a muddy dirt road, and when we pulled out onto the pavement under acceleration at about 40mph a glob of mud ( about the size of a big wad of bubble gum) came off the right front tire. Now how in the world it missed hitting the fender I don't know, how in the world it shot out ahead of us 75 feet or so, I don't know, why it managed to miss the windshield I don't know. How it managed to hit old Sarg square in the forehead, I don't know, but I do know it put me in hystrices. God I'm laughing right now!! I'm glad it missed your bird, it's a looker.