Summit SS-P Leg Sections

[Drenalin]

How do you remove the lower sections? And did you reattach the knurled rubber feet or replace them with a cap? I assume the leg sections would unscrew with enough torque, but I didn’t want to start cranking on them and break something without confirming.

 

[22lr]

I have the hi-country, and there were 2 little tabs to unclick. For the feet, I just used electrical tape to make sure dirt didn't get up in there. I had to youtube it, but once I saw how the tabs worked it was super easy.

 

[Drenalin]

Closing the loop on this. The Summit SS-P tripod has the twist-lock legs rather than flick locks. They're held together by little plastic sleeves at each leg-to-leg connection. Thanks to @TravisIN for the tip - if you put some heat on them at those sleeves, the legs slide right out. I think he used a torch, I used a BRS stove. Each of us ended up capping the legs with trekking pole caps.

I removed the lower two leg sections, and also took the hook off the center post. I left the stud in place in case I ever wanted or needed to put the hook back on for stability. For now, using this strictly as a sitting tripod for 10x42s, I think I'm good. Here's the final weight on mine with the QR plate:



I've seen advertised weights on this tripod of 32 ounces, and I was hoping to take 4 ounces off of that. Either I was optimistic, or the advertised weight is off. It's still not bad for a tripod with a pan head, but I'm probably going to be in the market for a KDC tripod soon for binos only.

 

[Peak a Week]

Thanks for closing the loop on this...I had seen this post before and was curious. For reference, mine comes in at 36 oz with the hook removed. I can't imagine removing the lower legs would get me all the way down to 30 oz. How much did the lower leg sections weigh? I'm considering "lower" being the bottom-most three legs + leg cap.

 

[Drenalin]

Thanks for closing the loop on this...I had seen this post before and was curious. For reference, mine comes in at 36 oz with the hook removed. I can't imagine removing the lower legs would get me all the way down to 30 oz. How much did the lower leg sections weigh? I'm considering "lower" being the bottom-most three legs + leg cap.

I didn’t do a “before” weight, so I’m sure of the actual weight on the leg sections I removed. I did the two lower sections on all three legs. I think a good percentage of the weight loss probably came from the original leg caps.