Spider Feet Stand-Ups - Your Thoughts?

[Sign_Boy]

I recently posted a thread about a high end sidewalk sign,
a few things have changed and I'm thinking this product might fit my needs.

Has anyone used Spider Feet Stand-Ups?

http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23024&highlight=Spider+Feet+Stand-Ups

If so would you recommend them?
Any drawbacks?

Thank you in advance for any info.

 

[tomence]

I have used them few times for indoor trade shows using coroplast signs.
Customers were happy no complaints at all.

 

[Sign_Boy]

I have used them few times for indoor trade shows using coroplast signs.
Customers were happy no complaints at all.

Do you think they would hold up outside?
Holding dibond or something heavier than coro?
Do you think a little wind would make it topple over?

Thanks

 

[tomence]

I don't think they are good for outdoors. Little wind is all it takes to knock them down. They are very light weight. Whatever you put up to their thickness they will hold but only indoors.

 

[Pat Whatley]

We used a pair of them on an MDO sign 36" tall by 18" wide. It would have stood up forever indoors, outdoors where we were using it the sign kept blowing over.

That said out local Kentucky Fried Chicken has something similar on the sidewalk that's working with a 24" x 48" tall sign in it. It looks like it's bent from 1/8" steel and is about 24" wide. Looks kind of like this....

Edit.....my helper just told me he'd already found them and bookmarked them. http://www.sidewalksigns.us.com/sidewalk-signs-wide.asp?ID=13616

 

[Sign_Boy]

I don't think they are good for outdoors. Little wind is all it takes to knock them down. They are very light weight. Whatever you put up to their thickness they will hold but only indoors.

Thank you for the info.
That's a shame because they would have fit the look I was going for. I'm wondering if cross bar welded between the two feet would help to stabilize it at all.....hmmmmmmm

 

[tomence]

Thank you for the info.
That's a shame because they would have fit the look I was going for. I'm wondering if cross bar welded between the two feet would help to stabilize it at all.....hmmmmmmm

You gonna have to try to find out, it may work.

 

[Pat Whatley]

If that crossbar weighs about 20 pounds it should do.

 

[Sign_Boy]

You gonna have to try to find out, it may work.

True.

I checked out the length of the feet.
The 1/2" Jumbo is 16 1/4" (total)
The Jumbo Adjustable is 8" (per side)
I'm wondering if that's why the wind would knock it over.
Maybe a bigger footprint would be a better solution.

If that crossbar weighs about 20 pounds it should do.

Or there's that.:ROFLMAO:

 

[Sign_Boy]

We used a pair of them on an MDO sign 36" tall by 18" wide. It would have stood up forever indoors, outdoors where we were using it the sign kept blowing over.

That said out local Kentucky Fried Chicken has something similar on the sidewalk that's working with a 24" x 48" tall sign in it. It looks like it's bent from 1/8" steel and is about 24" wide. Looks kind of like this....

Edit.....my helper just told me he'd already found them and bookmarked them. http://www.sidewalksigns.us.com/sidewalk-signs-wide.asp?ID=13616

Good thing I came back to this thread.
Thank you Pat, these just might do the job