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Sorry for the poor video quality (I was the one filming and driving at the same time, as you can tell), and I'm going to have it checked soon, but what's your preliminary diagnosis?
Looks like you have a tire/wheel substantially out of balance and/or out of round.
There appears to be quite a bit of snow on the ground, is there a lot of snow wedged in the rims? That can cause an imbalance until all the snow/ice is flung out.
That's what I was thinking, Drover. A tire is either out of balance, or you have a bent rim. One time I also had a bunch of snow that had froze on the inside of the rim and caused this kind of shaking. Once I knocked it all out it went away.
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If it's really cold overnight and it does this first thing in the morning it can even be the tire out of round, flat spot on the bottom and will go away when the tires warm up.
Could be that the front end is really out of alignment... Or, a broken steel belt in one of your front tires. The steel belt in a radial can break and the tire can still be intact. It tends to make a thumping noise...
Age of car, use, and how many dirt roads you've been down, plus maintenance could point the way.
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