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Originally Posted by bloodhound31
Do a full alignment on your telescope. mark and dig three holes in your grass where the legs are, about a foot deep by a shovel width. Fill them with rapid-set concrete up to three inches below the surface. make sure they are all level.
Wait a day for them to set. Re align your gear on the dry concrete, then pour in one more inch of wet concrete around your tripod feet. Let the concrete set again. Pull your tripod out.
From then on, you will have three exact and unchanging locations for your tripod feet. The mower will go straight over the top of them no problems and the grass will all but hide them.
Baz.
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This is a common idea and a good one. In Canberra it would work well. Unfortunately there are some locations - such as my present backyard - where it won't work as well. The problem is a wet climate and soils with a significant amount of swelling-shrinking clays. Any small piece of concrete will move about as the soil wets and dries. During major droughts even large structures around here can be affected. If you are in such a place checking the alignment regularly is a good idea.