How does he plan to get a ton on and off a trailer? A crane?
It is reasonably well-balanced Joe, but it weighs a ton. Takes a bit of
muscle to get it going. If it wasn't balanced, it wouldn't stay where you put it. But overcoming the rest mass does take energy, and you don't have the leverage of moving it by the upper, long end of the telescope. You have to move it by the short end, a much less efficient lever. It's a bit easier at the eyepiece, where the lever is a bit longer. Things move out of the field of view FAST!
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Why is it hard to move? Is it balanced?
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