I have used a shackle between the hinge and the eye bolt in the top rail with much success, wasn't particularly hard to get set up. Some times I use an amsteel loop to be able to adjust the height of the top rail from the ground without moving the tripod legs. Its all fun, easy to try, what works wonderful for some seems to bother others. My advise is to try whatever you come up with, knowing that it is so very easy to change to something else.
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