The silly part was he could have called Primos and gotten it replaced when it first happened instead of needing to hillbilly engineer it.
I forgot a Trigger Stik Tall Mono Pod (not a II) in one of our box blinds for 2yrs. It was badly chewed by packrats and had seized in the open position when we found it. My wife forcibly telescoped it, and from hence on, it wouldn't hold grip. Even out of warranty and an victim of obvious neglect and admitted intentional damage by force, Primos replaced it with a II model.
