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I have a garden shed with a floor that has a section cut out for the pier because the whole shed rolls away... it is out of the way and provides a neat little place to set up the lap top and leave the box of goodies so one does trip over them.
I have a 12 vlt 4wd winch to drag it off and on ..the shed is only 1.5 mtrs square, but that houses the scope and mount.
I found an old pvc pipe that telecom left behind set it up for permanent form work and drove three star pickets down to the bed rock and filled it all with low ratio sand cement mix. The pvc is nice and white ..as is everything really.
I set 4 bolts in the cement so as to add the little unit welded up to join the mount to the pier.
It is lined with pine..walls floor and ceiling ..looks like inside a sauna...
added some little computer fans that run from a solar panel ..so if the Sun is out the hot air gets exhausted.
It is easy to do doesnot take up much room and you have no sides that you cant look over.
Under are 6 small wheels but I forget their carrying capacity..I plan adding another 6 because I can...and the cement patio is a little uneven... more wheels will make it roll better.
It was the simplest and cheapest solution I could design... the pine cost a bit but I could not transport sheeting in my little car and pine siding boards fitted in the little car..
alex
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