[glend (Glen)]

Have a look at the new Celestron CGX. It has 25kg (55lbs) of imaging capacity and there are people on Cloudy Nights forum imaging with C11s with no issues. The original advertising showed C14s on the mount. It is bargain introduction priced, or was when i bought mine just after Christmas from Bintel. The price was $3299 AUD and that is outstanding value: belt drive, spring loaded worms, usb and aux rj ports on the mount, comes with Planewave developed control software as well as Nexstar hc, and is wifi compatible. It tracks 20 degrees past the meridian, has home and limit sensors with hard stops as well for safe remote operation. All star PA, internal cabling, etc. Mine guides silky smooth. Worth consideration. There is also a higher capacity model, the CGX-L (75lbs capacity) coming soon. These are new generation mounts.
Mine sits on a pier in my observatory, but i have imaged off the tripod during testing and it was rock solid. It is portable enough for dark site trips, the head unit has two handles and is pretty easy to lift onto the tripod (weights 20kg), and i am 67yo and had no issues with managing it.