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You can buy a half pier extension for the EQ6 pro that works around this problem. I don't know if you can buy a half pier extension for the HEQ5 but you could probably have one made or purchase a full pier for the HEQ5.
I used my iOptron iEQ45 for last years solar eclipse at Maitland Downs. It can go down to low latitudes but you need to load up the counterweights so that they are up close to the top of the counterweight shaft.
Tilting the leg not only destabilizes the mount but makes polar alignment more difficult because as you change azimuth, you also change altitude. Not such a big deal if using the finder but more difficult if using drift align to refine photographic alignment.
Joe
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