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Stand Outside
I didn't own a C stand or steel stand of equivalent strength, but I did have a medium strong aluminium stand that reaches 10 feet and rated at 6 Kg capacity. I've used DH's / Reuben Krabbe's mod to create a DIY levelling leg and I wanted to try out Sandbags & Tie Downs.
On grass or comparable surfaces, this combo won hands down. I've used a large parasol holder screw for grass. Two Sand bags were nowhere near as effective at resisting a toppling moment. Obviously keep the tie down close to the main column and fully within the triangular footprint. The weight of the modifier would go on the opposite side.
On a hard surface? Sling all your bags together, I bungy them on a foldable sack cart, suspended from the same bungy above, just off the ground, (in fact one wheel goes just the other side of one cross-brace) and close to the main column.
This stand wasn't up to holding a Kupo Steel Baby boom/Rovelight Jinbei 600v, so it's kept for medium to lightweight duties and heavier duties are shared between an Aluminium MSE 'Light (Wt) Heavy (Duty) triple riser' stand (387490) (modded with leveling leg) and a MSE Digital Baby stand (387032) with its own leveling leg and castors available when indoors.
Stand Outside
I didn't own a C stand or steel stand of equivalent strength, but I did have a medium strong aluminium stand that reaches 10 feet and rated at 6 Kg capacity. I've used DH's / Reuben Krabbe's mod to create a DIY levelling leg and I wanted to try out Sandbags & Tie Downs.
On grass or comparable surfaces, this combo won hands down. I've used a large parasol holder screw for grass. Two Sand bags were nowhere near as effective at resisting a toppling moment. Obviously keep the tie down close to the main column and fully within the triangular footprint. The weight of the modifier would go on the opposite side.
On a hard surface? Sling all your bags together, I bungy them on a foldable sack cart, suspended from the same bungy above, just off the ground, (in fact one wheel goes just the other side of one cross-brace) and close to the main column.
This stand wasn't up to holding a Kupo Steel Baby boom/Rovelight Jinbei 600v, so it's kept for medium to lightweight duties and heavier duties are shared between an Aluminium MSE 'Light (Wt) Heavy (Duty) triple riser' stand (387490) (modded with leveling leg) and a MSE Digital Baby stand (387032) with its own leveling leg and castors available when indoors.