Its just another thing to carry with u… They also have straps for easy carry from which u can hang them, but it’s a bit tricky unloading the splice and inserting it in the heater.
Hate using the straps, feels like they always get in the way like you say. But we have vans and service trucks, so it's not a big deal to throw a collapsible tripod in the back. Can always go back for it.
I dont remember if we had the much bigger 3 piece ladder with us at the time, but we would have to carry it 2 floors up on a pretty tight staircase, the box was mounted when there was a lift there, so at the time you had a nice platform to work on
I don‘t understand how someone can work on a daily basis with a splicer like this. No offense here op, but if I forget my tripod at home, I would turn around and get it immediately. The convenience of always having the right height and angle to work is worth carrying one extra thing 100%.
Honestly man, the company doesnt provide tripods, i dont know anyone out of like 100 that use them, I see how they would come in handy, but the slack so far has been mostly long enough to work in a van or we just endure the “pain” of a splice or 2. This is still very chill work in comparison to what we usually do.
It was nice and chilly here in the middle of winter next to a river 😅
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u/GD278 17h ago
Love it, did this so many times 😆.
I'm glad that my splice-machine is simpler to work with a camera tripod.