Convert photo tripod for sat dish

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Thanks I will give this ago,as I do not want to be playing around with steps and dishes on the caravan roof.

Meant to say - on the tripod I have there is a hook on the bottom of the central post - it would be a good idea to hook a bungee from it to a groundpeg or anchor for extra stablity 

Silveraper; you have eluded to my one concern I have with your otherwise excellent suggestion, that of stabilty!  A sat disc offers much more area to the wind and your idea would require the fixing of guys  in a triangle to ensure unit remains stable, not sure a bungee cord would suffice.

Silveraper; you have eluded to my one concern I have with your otherwise excellent suggestion, that of stabilty!  A sat disc offers much more area to the wind and your idea would require the fixing of guys  in a triangle to ensure unit remains stable, not sure a bungee cord would suffice.

Yes, I was thinking that - I'm hoping the downward tension of the bungee will apply enoungh force equally to the three legs to keep it stable, but if not guy ropes are the answer. Tripods made for sat dishes normally have peg holes in the feet, but as you say the dish covers enough area in a strong wind that it will be susceptible to movement affecting the signal, or worse blowing over

SV - many thanks for your post which answered my question posted on the Aldi bargains thread. Funnily enough, I have what appears to be exactly the same camera tripod.  I did look at it as an option and discounted it because I didn't think of using the camera mounting and that part of the wall bracket  I'll give it a try later this week while we are away - just to see if everything works but I don't see it as a permanent solution because of the stability issue.  I think I'm going to get a cheap satellite tripod and then manufacture a clamp which will fit in the top of it - or alternatively source an alternative bracket which will screw to the dish.  Many thanks for your post, though.

Yes, I'll see how it goes too with stability - there are plenty of cheap tripods designed for sat dishes out there so if this set up doesn't work there's nothing lost - it hasn't cost me a penny

I always found that even using pegs through the holes in a Dish tripod were often not that successful and guy ropes were the best answer.

David