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Originally Posted by glend
Castors are a bad idea in my opinion because they will transfer shock and vibration directly to the structure, with possible effects on collimation. An inflatable tyre trolley would be better. Secondly, if you are taking the dob to a dark site the castors will be useless on the ground and sink in or lead to instability. My dark site experience is that most people put down a small tarp and use pads of ply or something like that to level their scope. Leveling is important if your using setting circles so that you get accurate aiming.
The article by Mike Salway on Transporting a Dob, here on IIS is a good idea. Inflatable tyre trolleys are cheap and have other uses around tbe home.
My 16" dob has wheel barrow handles, which I built, and they make movement and setup very easy. I can even push the dob into the back of the 4wd (using ramps). There are plenty of options. Just forget the castors.
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I should have stated I only move my Dob about 4 meters from my in house man cave to the verandah, I live at a dark site already!
