Quote Originally Posted by petez View Post
Great Pics Datahiker, but I still don't get it. Why not put your pole sitting on top of the tripod? Has anyone tried this? Seems like you could still hang from the end caps. Just rotate 60 degrees from the setup in pic. Added advantage: tarp would go over tripod with a little smoothing of the wood
Resting the pole on top of the tripod is just a little more tricky. I can imagine how to do it easily, but it does add a degree of potential instability.

I believe only Samsara has done it.

The origin of this basic idea was to make a simple portable stand, and this is pretty much it. Now with the longer poles being used, I don't really see the need for putting the pole on top of the stand. Hanging it is just so stable and easy and I don't have any 13' tarps anyway...

But I'm up for more innovation!

Go for it Petez!