Tripod Gantry

Have you ever been cooking over a tripod and wanted to raise/lower or adjust your pot and felt like you are stepping into the fire?   Here is a viable solution for that situation.  The tripod gantry.  A quick easy to fashion method for adjusting your cook set without having to step in. 

Tripod Gantry in action

 You’ll first need stick (provided you have already constructed your tripod) about thumb width or slightly larger to the length of your choosing; recommend about finger-tip to elbow in length.  You’ll want to drill a hole with an awl about 1/3 of the way on an end of the stick.  Then you will want to square off about three to four inches to the left and right of the hole, this is where the most pressure will pull on the stick, and allow the stick to set into the natural triangle of the tripod.  Run some cordage through the hole and attach a toggle on the end.  One method that works well is using a jam knot to set the stick to the tripod and run that cord through the hole.  Options are plentiful so use your imagination!  

Finally all you have to do is turn the stick to lower or raise your cook set, as the remaining length of the stick should be off to one side of the tripod allowing you not to step into the fire/coals.  Then the most critical part of any campfire cooking…enjoy the meal you just cooked in the great outdoors!!!  

Tripod Gantry