Dish Network Tailgater Ladder Mount

[jmiller]

Has anybody made there own ladder mount for the tailgater or VuQube? Just don't feel like paying $150 - 200 bucks to buy one.. If you have any pictures that would be great also.. Thanks

[jfran304]

My tailgater is supposed to arrive tomorrow. If you come up with something let me know. I'm figuring it shouldn't be that hard or expensive to make a bracket to mount it on the ladder.

[jmiller]

You will love the tailgater.. I got mine friday and set it up in the front yard and was watching hd tv in 5 mins.. Can't wait to take it camping and get rid of the BIG old dish and the time it took to setup and find all the sat's..

[hogdriver]

I bought my Tailgater three days ago at the Florida RV show in Tampa ( largest show in N America), and it seems great. I had it hooked up in 5 minutes, and locked on via a very easy menu in 5 more. The only trouble I had was talking to an exceptionally dense, non-customer oriented woman at the RV Pay as you Go 800 number who hated her job. 60 minutes later, and three transfers, I convinced someone at the main Dish number I wanted to activate a new unit with pay as you go, since I use DSL at home. Thre was some discussion of my physical location vs my billing address.

I now have HD channels when I drycamp or go to the State Parks

I woud encourage anybody buying a new TailGater or Carryout to try their setup at home first and pay one month for experimenting before you try it on the road.

As for he TailGater ladder bracket, I saw one blog talking about how Mickey Mouse it was, and I plan on making my own. I think the TailGater would be easy to steal. The locking ring is a joke. I think I could cut it with my fingernail clippers.

[jmiller]

Update:
Just came from camping world and found the VuQube ladder mount on sale for $70 bucks.
They are not stocking them anymore so they are blowing them out.. A lot better than $150 to 200 bucks on line...