New Scope Buggy assembly advice needed

Hey gang,

I'm a proud new Scope Buggy owner and I have a set up question for you all. I plan on calling Robert at Scope Buggy tomorrow morning but I thought some here might have some insight.

Tonight as I was assembling the unit I could not find any way of positively locking the rear axels into the T-Bar (no pre-drilled holes nor hardware). Are the rear wheels and axels held in place solely through the tension provided by the telescopes tripod? If so, should I assume that the Scope Buggy is not designed to be pulled without a tripod in place? (the rear wheels would pull out of the T-Bar if a turn was made). This seems counter intuitive to me, am I doing something wrong or is this "free/floating fitting" actually a design feature which allows the tripod more height adjustment flexibility?

Thanks for any help or insight you might have.

Jerry

Hi Jerry,

Nope, that is the design and it works very, very well. Unless you try to pull this behind your car, those wheel assemblies will not come out. Also, it is assumed that you will have the weight of a tripod bearing down on it. This makes it very easy to adjust for different sized tripods. I am not sure what you mean about making turns without a tripod...they still won't come out. Set it all up and give it a whirl. I think you will find this to be an excellent device that was well thought out. Remember, you're pullin' this thing around at slow walking speeds. And NO, I don't work for ScopeBuggy!

Jerry Mason said:

Hey gang,

I'm a proud new Scope Buggy owner and I have a set up question for you all. I plan on calling Robert at Scope Buggy tomorrow morning but I thought some here might have some insight.

Tonight as I was assembling the unit I could not find any way of positively locking the rear axels into the T-Bar (no pre-drilled holes nor hardware). Are the rear wheels and axels held in place solely through the tension provided by the telescopes tripod? If so, should I assume that the Scope Buggy is not designed to be pulled without a tripod in place? (the rear wheels would pull out of the T-Bar if a turn was made). This seems counter intuitive to me, am I doing something wrong or is this "free/floating fitting" actually a design feature which allows the tripod more height adjustment flexibility?

Thanks for any help or insight you might have.

Jerry

Hi Jerry,

Back when I had a SB, I used an elastic bungee between the two rear wheels. I stretched it between the big rosette knobs on the back axle. Maybe it wasn't necessary, but I felt a little better having it there...

Mike

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