Anyone got a tripod they might donate / sell?

dnme

Hi folks,

I bought a motorised kit from the web. It has a 1m dish and a TM2600 motor. Where I live has no access to the belt apart from the front of my house so I intend to use a tripod and place the dish out on a temporary basis.

Has anyone a second hand tripod they are no longer using and might sell? If not are their any dealers on here who might do me a bit of a deal ?

Many thanks

Liameter

It will need to be a heck of a tripod made from scaffolding to support a 1m dish.

I hate to discourage you but have you considered the difficulty in re-aligning the dish each time you deploy it? It's not a 5 minute job to align a motorised dish.

excollier

I use one of these for temp set ups and testing dish/lnb combinations.
Very easy but you will need to secure it to the ground somehow.
Omnisat and some satellite dealers sell an almost identical tripod for twice the price.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/heavy-duty-loudspeaker-stand-3408

Here's apic of mine in use two days ago.

edit: I read your post too quickly, I missed the motor bit
Forget what I said:o:o

Liameter

It's only 36mm diameter. I don't think it will fit the TM2600 motor mount?

excollier

I know. I edited my post above. Sorry.

Liameter

I see no need to apologise. That tripod looks like a really neat solution for a fixed dish like yours.

excollier

I only use it for testing new dish/lnb setups. It's not stable in wind, although people do use them for camping and caravanning setups all the time, as they can be anchored to the ground.

theblueirish

would this do?

http://www.satellitetv.ie/shop/index.php?controller=product&path=19&product_id=59

excollier

Just the job if the pole can be set absolutely vertical.
A bit pricey though. They can be got cheaper than that, I think.

darth_maul

excollier wrote: »

J
Try here:

http://www.vanjak.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30667

Thats a trade only website shouldn't really be posting links for that here

dnme

Thanks for all the replies.

What about this?
http://www.tvtrade.ie/tripod-satellite-mounting-bracket-50mm-100cm.html

I have emailed (Tony form here is it?) asking about adjustability. He does a video on it but no mention of plumb adjustability.

I realise that it's not a simple in / out job to setup a motorised dish. I rent an old cottage right out on the road and the only place I can put the dish is at the front. So it will have to be a temporary place where I can place the dish and take it in at times.
Aligning will be tricky but I'd love to learn and practice and get better at it so this solution is ok for me. With the dish at the front, I am literally looking in the window at the STB and can control it with remote etc. Couldn't be handier.

My front area is on a 7-10 degree slope. I was thinking I could mount the tripod on a pallet and throw a cpl of concrete blocks on it. That's not gonna move on a fine day / night. But I need a degree os adjustability.

So what do you think of the above link? (I just need something that is somewhat adjustable on plumb)

excollier

darth_maul wrote: »

Thats a trade only website shouldn't really be posting links for that here

Sorry, wrists slapped!

theblueirish

I have used that type of mount for a 88cm triax, i can't see you having any problems with it for a 1m even motorised.
Might just be that bit harder to get it plumb.

dnme

Folks

Many thanks for all the replies. I have this plumb finder so I think I'll just get this and be done with it. Tell me, who is tvtrade.ie - isn't that a user on here?

John mac

I have this plumb finder

What's wrong with a level ?

Is there an engineering / metal working place close to you ? They could prob do one for you .

dnme

John mac wrote: »

What's wrong with a level ?

Not precise

watty

It's true you do need a very big level or a long plumb line down inside the pipe. I always use a level both ways round and then if it has developed an error you can see it.

Digital Satellite TV

dnme wrote: »

Tell me, who is tvtrade.ie - isn't that a user on here?

yes. We've just recently joined the boards family. We operate on boards under the user name 'Digital Satellite TV'. Probably won't get to put as much time into boards as we would like but will drop by as much as we can for a lookey-see. Don't know what else can add to that really:)

dnme

Digital Satellite TV wrote: »

yes. We've just recently joined the boards family. We operate on boards under the user name 'Digital Satellite TV'. Probably won't get to put as much time into boards as we would like but will drop by as much as we can for a lookey-see. Don't know what else can add to that really:)

Seller's emails to me this morning were a little brief so I am still asking the question, does anyone know where I might get an adjustable tripod for a 1m motirised dish?

Many thanks

St Senan

Digital Satellite TV wrote: »

yes. We've just recently joined the boards family. We operate on boards under the user name 'Digital Satellite TV'. Probably won't get to put as much time into boards as we would like but will drop by as much as we can for a lookey-see. Don't know what else can add to that really:)

I thouht Tvtrade [http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/search.php?searchid=18118200# joined here a few years back

watty

Upside down heavy duty clothesline/ Whirly?

Digital Satellite TV

scaller wrote: »

I thouht Tvtrade [http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/search.php?searchid=18118200# joined here a few years back

One of the lads may have done it ages ago, not sure. It didn't give us an error when registering anyway with a duplicate email address which we have used since day 1, so can't answer that

Anyway, this is the one we will be using now and are going to try and make an effort to keep up.

BTW, checked that link out of curiousity but doesn't work???

St Senan

Digital Satellite TV wrote: »

One of the lads may have done it ages ago, not sure. It didn't give us an error when registering anyway with a duplicate email address which we have used since day 1, so can't answer that

Anyway, this is the one we will be using now and are going to try and make an effort to keep up.

BTW, checked that link out of curiousity but doesn't work???

Here is a link that works http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62560072&postcount=1 Tvtradedave is this not Dave Maher the guy in all the Youtube Videos that Tvtrade use.

Digital Satellite TV

scaller wrote: »

Here is a link that works http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62560072&postcount=1 Tvtradedave is this not Dave Maher the guy in all the Youtube Videos that Tvtrade use.

Jaysus Scaller, you have some memory. We didn't even remember setting that up. To be honest, I am struggling to even remember making the few posts we did with that. This old age thing is making my brain no-workey so good

We have contacted the mods to see if we can get the old account deleted or maybe even merged. Good spot. Thanks for that.

dnme

Well my quest continues. No one doing any offers or deals. If you add delivery, a simple aluminium pole and bracket is costing silly money on some sites. Time to look for a local welder.