Hi everyone, thanks for your comments, I appreciate it.
To give a bit more background to my situation, I live in a unit with a small courtyard out the back, half covered by a large tree, so no real backyard to speak of. I have a long driveway in the front that I have used for stargazing, but there is alot of light pollution out there due to lights outside the units.
I'm sure that there are ways of making the dob more portable and less cumbersome, but knowing myself (how un-diy-inclined I am, plus on the lazy side), I'm not convinced I'd get around to making it work for me, unfortunately. It is also quite large for car transportation, at least for mine anyway.
I am still keen on the hobby tho, but really only if it's on the easier side.
Considering how little I have seen with the dob, going smaller/lighter/more portable is not a huge deal to me, as long as I can still see something (preferably Saturn's rings, one of the reasons I got the scope in the first place).
Oh and I dislike collimation immensely (I have never got the hang of it).
