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Old 11-01-2015, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by raymo View Post
I'm in my late 70s and can carry my collapsible 10" tube assy, or the base quite easily. The tube assy is approx. 14.5 kg, and the base around
the same. You carry it like a suitcase, using one of the extension tubes as a handle, and even doing that doesn't upset the mirror collimation.
I am neither large nor athletic.
raymo
Thanks raymo, I just learn't now how to carry it , thought that handle was too low to turn the Dob-much easier now!

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