Practical tips how to stabilise the tripod with the instrument

Sometimes the floor is slippery or it is windy. One has a 30k, 40k or 50k instrument on the tripod.

What one wants is to:

• Prevents costly instrument falls
• Provides a stable platform for accurate layout and monitoring
• Offers a long-term monitoring solution

Here are a few tips how to stabilise the tripod.

• Have high-quality tripod, such as Nedo or Seco Trimax
• Use tripod stabilizer with O-Rings for tripod feets
• Heavy Duty Tripod Sand Bag Link
• Put a big carpet down

For monitoring or high-precision work: if it is clay, stone or soil, you can dig a small hole, cast in 2 bags of postcrete and bolt down a Survipod Boltfix. For heavy-duty fixing in concrete, brick, and concrete block. This solution has been used many times on railway, bridges, mining and other infrastructure projects. Link