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Back before gimbals pan/tilt and video heads were the norm. The problem with a full fluid head/tripod is size/weight, but they're good if not going far from the car.
If you use a gimbal completely loose it's not doing anything for "stability" and you might as well be shooting handheld... it's just a very expensive weight support.
I used to use a gimbal w/ leveling base... now I'm using the UniqBall UBH45 (for pan tilt w/ long lenses).
There is nothing wrong with "plastic" bushings... if they are made of something like UHMW.
Sorry but i have to disagree with that line,i use mine lose as a weight support and find i can drop my shutter speed bellow hand held levels.