Carrying a tripod on a motorcycle?

No. ?ÿDo not give up your sweet two wheeled freedom.

Wait here for specifically helpful advice from others, coming soon.

https://surveyorconnect.com/community/surveying-geomatics/carrying-equipment-on-motorbike/

I tried carrying a tripod on a bicycle once as an experiment.

The procedure didnƒ??t make it into my manual of standard practice.

Why wouldnƒ??t a modified version of this work?

I've seen a dozen?ÿ cases of Heniken in the bottle loaded on a moped headed down the street being delivered, so it can be done.

You guys remember the "Motorcycle Surveyor?" I think he passed away a few years ago.

Do a search for him and check out his rig, he hauled all his equipment on a standard bike.

wow, this is wierd.?ÿ I just saw where Nate mentioned him in another post about "carrying equipment on a motorbike", about a week or two ago.

I thought I was having deja vu all over again, like yogi-the-bear-a.?ÿ Took a while to find out which thread i was in.?ÿ

Hill Billies on motorcycles.?

Get with it and get an ATV or a UTV. And haul some stuff!

Not that there's anything wrong with Hill Billies.

Hi All, thank you so much for your comments, sorry for the delay, been having to draw and measure things 🙂

Thanks Brad, that's nice to hear - no intention to give up...although 'proper' surveys are in demand locally!

Excellent link Mark, thank you - I never even thought of searching for a similar thread.

Ha! 🙂 I'm not surprised Rich, that sort of procedure may be frowned upon!

Nice one GeeOddMike, not so sure it'll suit my moped, original though!

Thanks A Harris, I guess I could also carry the heinaken as a gift for the client (tax deductible of course!).

Thanks for that Strickland, peculiar that I've come along I guess - as always, I'm not the first!

Hehe, Skeeter, I couldn't be seen dead on an ATV. In the UK, people just look daft driving along the road on one, off-road they're practical enough though!

Pic attached of my moped for any interested.

I really don't have the funds right now, but I had a thought. If I could use a 'tripodless' GPS station which only needs a rod, that would make life easier. I could store the brains in a topbox, within custom cut Styrofoam. A little bit like the attached, only deeper and more protected. I still need to get a topbox for the new bike though, previous bike I had for 5 years had a great one, I could fit 2 crash helmets or plenty of food!

Nice bike. Hereƒ??s a variant of the previous carrier from a shop in Phuket:

Posted by: GeeOddMike

Nice bike. Hereƒ??s a variant of the previous carrier from a shop in Phuket:

Thank you, it's only taken 20+ years of riding to afford a new(er) model...oh, and I'm paying for it over the next 4 years, ho hum.

Wow, gotta give those guys credit haven't you!

Hi All,

Just thought I'd update this thread.

After some decision, I've decided to keep the bike, for the majority of jobs it works perfectly.

Luckily my wife doesn't use the family car on Monday's and Friday's, so that being said, I'm looking into eventually getting a GPS Station of some sort.

Anyway, a discussion in another thread, so I'll due that to keep the place tidy 🙂