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Originally Posted by rrussell1962
I'm with John B and casstony on this. If my 18 inch dob did not have wheels I cannot imagine how I would move it about. Having said that I expect that some of the newer ultra compacts are a lot lighter. It's easy to forget that lugging equipment about is not only done in the shop, it is often done at 3am on a cold winter night when we are knackered!
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That is a good point and usually the dark site I go to is a paddock / field that I can drive on and drop the scope right out of the back of the car. mind you I do not have a big scope yet - Meade ETX 105EC at the moment.