Skywalker - 5 Heavy Duty Antenna Tripod Mast Pole Dish Tripod for Roof Mount

Sturdy, good product for weather station mount. Read more

I recently bought the Skywalker - 5' Heavy Duty Antenna Tripod to use with my ham radio 4 element beam antenna with a rotor. It was easy to install and all you need to purchase other than the tripod are the lag bolts which I purchased here at Amazon and they worked well also. After getting everything mounted on the roof its nice and sturdy and looks good and now I have quick access to my antenna to tie it down or take it down completely when threatened with a hurricane as we have already had two this year and another one possibly on the way. The tripod is made of good material and is sturdy. I do recommend after you get it installed that you use a good sealing compound all around the pads of the tripod and all the rivets and bolts to protect them from the elements and ensure against any leaks in the roof. Glad I bought it, it was a good purchase. Read more

After reading some reviews, I was worried about the feet being defective. But the item I received appeared to be defect free! Pros: -Sturdy steel legs, looks to be galvanized. -All hardware included, excluding feet mounting hardware. -Easy fold-out and up. -Feet all point in the same direction, so slanted roof mount is possible. -Two sets of supports (three points of mast contact) make for solid mast structure. -Removable metal cup on bottom center support, gives two mast mounting options. -Drilled holes in feet allow for three bolts/screws per foot for extra security. -All hardware appears (except legs) appears to be Yellow Zinc Chromate coated. **See important note about included hardware below** Cons: -Rivets securing supports to legs and center cup to supports seem cheap and possibly flimsy. -Not much else! To mitigate the weak-looking rivets, another reviewer suggested drilling them out and replacing them with bolts. I did just that, drilling out the center support rivets with a 1/4” size drill bit and using 1/4”-20 x 2” Grade 8 bolts/washers/locknuts in their place. Grade 8 is overkill and Grade 5 or 3 would suffice, but I have tons of Grade 8 around my shop. (The Grade 8 is also Yellow Zinc Chromate coated so everything matches as before.) I may drill out the leg rivets and replace those too, but we’ll see. I would not recommend this modification for a temporary, or installation where it will be set up and removed often. It would be a hassle to have to loosen all that hardware! But since I plan to mount this permanently into the ground, I need all the strength I can get. **Note on the included hardware: Though Yellow Zinc Chromate coated, it is NOT Grade 8 as indicated by the three-lines on the bolt heads (Grade 5). I would assume the nuts are also Grade 5, so please don’t let them get mixed in with your supply of Grade 8 hardware—easy to do as Grade 5 hardware is not typically Yellow Zinc Chromate plated. Read more

We've have this thing for our cell phone repeater for several years, still looks brand new with a quick rinse for the dust that we have on our farm. It's solid and stable and has not corroded at all. If you buy the right size pipe, you can replace the Mast portion with probably double the length without hurting anything if you need it to be taller, the base is sturdy and strong and as long as you seal around the flanges and screws you will have no roof leaks for years and years. Read more

Although it was stated as new there were obvious signs of it having been used prior, most notably was the lower bracket having been bent where the bolts feed through the holes. Although it doesnt give full support at the base because of the angle the base bolts come in when tightened it does still allow for almost no movement & the middle & top support brackets do allow for more than enough support for my needs. Of the different Tripods ive looked through im glad I chose this one as the height & overall build quality are wonderful for setting up high masts & tall, heavy antennas. Read more

I needed a way to mount my SL dishy about 8-9 ft above the roof peak to clear the tree line. This tripod was perfect. I used it in conjunction with the SL "ground mount pole" to get a final height of about 9 ft. I added two lengths of uni-strut to spread the legs over to the rafter 24" centers and secured them with 6" lag bolts then tar. Very securely mounted and not afraid of any wind. I was a little worried about long term wear on the alimunim rivets so I drilled them out and installed 1/4" bolts/nuts in about 12 locations. I pre-installed a guy-wire ring just in case, but it's been holding up great. This setup is solid and will probaby outlast me. On arrival the box was a bit damaged, but the tripod inside was wrapped and undamaged. Easy set up. It holds the center pole securely, but be aware the legs DO NOT fall on 24" centers, so you will have to use something to make them reach the rafters. Refer to the pictures. Read more

These are nice, well built tripods. They will work fine for my roof-mounted antennas. They arrived folded up inside plastic bags inside boxes, but the bags were open on one end and the hardware was loose (the hardware for securing the masts). I found some of the hardware rattling around inside the plastic bags, but some of it was also missing. It would not be difficult for someone to tighten the hardware or, at least, staple the bags closed before shipping them. Read more

I used it to hold a exterior lighting that I built Read more