Only from your perspective Tony
I guess what helped my setup Lee is the compactness of the SCT, lever arm moment is minimal compared to a newt or even a f/8 refractor. Weight is not the whole story. I used, and still do, a side by side setup very similar to Johns (
see link,). That helps alot keeping the center of gravity as close to the mount head as possible, rather than piggybacking the guidescope. Normally my SCT would be where the Celestron 102-HD is.