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Old 22-11-2012, 10:37 PM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
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I remember those tripods , sturdy but .......
.. a handful . .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by MortonH View Post
Years ago I had a Celestron C8 with heavy duty wedge & tripod. One night I was observing in my parents' yard and I decided to move the scope to view some other objects. Lifted the whole thing up and one of the tripod legs fell off! Ended up with a bit of back strain before someone came to help but the scope survived intact.
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