My sincere thanks to you all for your encouragement and experience.
Correction: Not sure where I got 54 lbs. from (maybe a dream I had one night). This is from Telescopes.com:
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The sturdy German equatorial mount is both accurate and precise. RA and Dec axes move effortlessly on four high-precision stainless steel ball bearings. High-Precision worm gears also provide smooth tracking and slewing. Capacity is 47 pounds.
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Obviously I take that with a grain/bag of salt. But I'm at 48 lbs. with the OTA and counter-weights. That's a risk I'm willing to take.
Also, it was kind of rude of me to say "Money's definitely an issue for me", like all other members at IIS have money trees in their back yards and just throw money around. Sorry about that.
Anyway, thanks again to you all.