Phils
Paradise, CA
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I bought the heavy duty model from tv4rv.com a year ago and am very pleased with it. I had a small cheap one before that was hard to accurately aim and would blow over in the wind.
Phil
'03 F250 7.3 deezle and '01 Komfort 27FS
Off the grid and outta sight at home
Go camping to have neighbors and amenities
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scooterseats
Texas
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The Lowe's roof antenna mount tripods are the best that I have used.
Ross Murphy
2000 Discovery 37G
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donut dave
Burnett WI
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i built my own for about $10 and it works great.
bought a half sized concrete block, a 24 in pipe (the correct diameter for mounting the dish to it), pipe floor flange. bolt the pipe floor flange to the block. then screw in the pipe and mount dish. it is portable as you can unscrew the pipe, etc. velcroed a compass to the block (so i don't lose it) and glued a round level to the blocks surface. i then level it using wooden shims.
my friend who camps with us, saw mine and the next trip he had the same set up.
i got the idea from someone here on rv.net and he who even included a pic of the set up.
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edatlanta
Panama City Beach, FL
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tv4rv.com here. Full time use for the past 2 years.
I would buy it again in a minute.
Slimline 3 LNB dish.
Ed
2006 GMC 2500HD CCSB 4x4 Duramax/Allison, Titan 52 gallon fuel tank, TTT/Schefenacker Towing Mirrors, Prodigy Controller, B&W Companion Hitch, Progressive Industries EMS-PT50C, TST Systems 507 TPMS
2010 Jayco Designer 35RLTS,Cummins/Onan RV QG 5500 EVAP
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Tom_Diane
Iowa
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Homer wrote:Lowes-Mennards-Home Depot all carry these tripods. They are heavy duty and have feet on the legs for staking down. The are actually made for roof mounts on houses. General price about $20.00. I paid 35.00 for mine at RADIO SHACK. when I was out of town at a camp ground. Got back home and found a RADIO SHACK tri pod for 12.00. Same quality just less money.
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wbwood
Mooresville/Troutman, NC area
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The One I bought. Need to put it on Craigslist with a single LNB 18" dish I have.
Brian
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Dave H M
IL
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been using the roof top tripod for years.
But if I was just starting I think the one from amazon would be the ticket since it already has the piece of pipe in it to mount the dish on.
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hershey
Albuquerque,(fulltime) NM, USA
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I use an 18" piece of exhaust pipe stuck in the ground. It has worked for the last 7 years of fulltiming.
If you do get a tripod, keep it as short as possible. Something that will keep the dish as close to the ground as possible. With that you reduce the shake from tripods I see around the campgrounds that are 5' tall.
hershey - albuquerque, nm
Someday Finally Got Here
My wife does all the driving - I just get to hold the steering wheel.
Superman was an illegal alien.
Expedition - Suzuki Grand Viagra
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jdog
Some Place
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Radio Shack.
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JJBIRISH
Butler, PA, USA
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Might not look very stable but my umbrella stand has worked well for years and remained standing when others had blown over…
Love my mass produced, entry level, built by Lazy American Workers, Hornet
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