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Hi Warren,
Sorry to hear about the back.
As they say, the best scope is the one you use most often.
Three questions that may assist forum members to provide advice are -
* Do you observe just from the backyard or do you load the scope in the car
now and then as well?
* If you are loading into the car at the moment, may I ask what type of
vehicle are you using?
* If you do transport it to a dark sky site, do you always observe with mates that
can assist you with unloading and loading the scope at the destination?
For example, whilst recently visiting another forum member here in Sydney,
I noted he had fitted three castors to the bottom of the ground board of his 12"
Dob and he would simply wheel it out onto the patio.
With the really big Dobs, like the Obsessions in the 18" to 25" class, lifting them
is quite a feat and most owners have removable wheel barrow handles installed
that allow them to move the scope around in the garage and then push them
up a couple of planks into the back of a station wagon or ute. So a lateral
approach to the problem could be, if you transport the scope and irrespective of
what style of scope it might end up being, might there be some way to assist
you in loading it and unloading it out of the vehicle that minimizes back strain and
contortions? Loading a scope into the back seat of a sedan can often be
challenging just to get the scope through the door then secured for the journey.
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