Tom, didn't I see on another thread that you purchased a mount from Raul at DesertSky Astro? I have one on order from him too and it is similar in design to the eztouch so I would think that the weight issues might be similar. I went into it with my eyes wide open knowing that my WO ZS80 (baader film) and Coronado PST would be as big as I would be putting on this mount design so I could do side by side Solar observing.