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<p>[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 83859, member: 878"]<span style="color: #0000b3"><b>Does anyone have any idea what this is? </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, no problem. It’s a tripod. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Beyond that. I think it’s old. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Know something. I’m not sure I'm right. I originally thought maybe a surveyor’s. I’ve been looking at hundreds/thousands of tripods. But I began to realize this one doesn’t look like any type of tripod I've seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The legs don’t go all the way up to the top. To a whatever, base, holder, platform. <u>They crisscross about 2/3rds of the way.</u> And the whatchamacallits there with the hooks on them have no logical use - on a tripod. Also, what's the round things on top supposed to hold? Except for Komo's super star basketball player friend?</p><p><br /></p><p>There are hooks and a chain as shown to add extra strength. There are also hooks on the bottom for another chain. Or is that the top?? </p><p><br /></p><p>Loro-Rico "Nevermind... wood would catch fire!" </p><p>There's one on Etsy made with tree limbs for legs. But it's only $17.95[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 83859, member: 878"][COLOR=#0000b3][B]Does anyone have any idea what this is? [/B][/COLOR] Sure, no problem. It’s a tripod. :yuck: Beyond that. I think it’s old. :happy: Know something. I’m not sure I'm right. I originally thought maybe a surveyor’s. I’ve been looking at hundreds/thousands of tripods. But I began to realize this one doesn’t look like any type of tripod I've seen. The legs don’t go all the way up to the top. To a whatever, base, holder, platform. [U]They crisscross about 2/3rds of the way.[/U] And the whatchamacallits there with the hooks on them have no logical use - on a tripod. Also, what's the round things on top supposed to hold? Except for Komo's super star basketball player friend? There are hooks and a chain as shown to add extra strength. There are also hooks on the bottom for another chain. Or is that the top?? Loro-Rico "Nevermind... wood would catch fire!" There's one on Etsy made with tree limbs for legs. But it's only $17.95[/QUOTE]
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