Arkay 6JRCW Mono Stand Jr with Counter Weight (6')

I have plenty of images and or PDF's of this equipment in use. I have purchased and installed 4 of the 8 ft. and 3 of the 6 ft. models over the last 7 years.

This is the adaptor post. <a href= http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/660321-REG/Manfrotto_496RC2_496RC2_Compact_Ball_Head.html target= _blank >http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/660321-REG/Manfrotto_496RC2_496RC2_Compact_Ball_Head.html</a>I will measure the length of the support arm when I get home on Sunday.I love my mono stand ! It is perfect for food photography.

The 6JRCW has a locking lever that you push down to lock the arm in place and lift up on to move the arm up and down. At least thats how its designed to work. On the copy I received, there was a gap between the metal locking arm and the metal pole. Making the locking arm useless. I wanted to return the 6JRCW, but I found that sticking a plastic peel and stick hook and loop pad onto the locking arm fixed the problem. The plastic acts like a break pad between the locking arm and the pole. After about a year of use, the plastic wore thin and I needed to add another pice of plastic peel and stick hook and loop to the locking arm, and that fixed the problem again.The other problem I had with the 6JRCW out of the box was there is a wooden plug that goes into the foot plate that acts as a stopper to block the counter weight from falling through to the floor. This plug was too large to fit into the foot plate and needed to be sanded down to size to make it fit.Over all, after the modifications I made, the 6JRCW is working great, but Im not sure I would buy it again. I may have just received a bad copy.