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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 2150
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My next project will be a full zip bag to carry the tripod. Most of what I have to figure out will be what shape and material to build a saddle from. I'd like to be able to open the bag, lay the tripod in, zip it shut and haul it off. This in and out of the box stuff is coming to a screaching halt for me.
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Steve Durham
www.margesmonograms.com
(Marge made me do it)
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snowdragonusa
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/04/07
Posts: 637
Loc: Denver, CO
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I had the same issue for the last year. I was actually using an old sleeping bag to protect my Giant Field Tripod. I was at my local astro shop a coupl eof months ago and saw an Orion padded dob OTA bag w/handle straps and my wheels started turning. 
I ended up purchasing the XT8 dob OTA case and the giant field tripod fits perfectly! Well, there is a little head room (about 8 inches) but the tripod is heavy enough that it doesn't slide around.
Now my tripod has its own padded home. Hmm, maybe I should get one for me... I've always been told I could use a padded room. 
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Adam
12" LX200R
AT80mm piggyback
DSI Pro, DSI-C, LPI
Denver Astronomical Society
Brighton Astronomical Group
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Trail Jogger
member
Reged: 02/08/08
Posts: 16
Loc: Ohio
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Spoonsize,
I don't chime in often but I was thinking about the same issue when I realized that my old military dufflebag would do the trick. The top can be locked and there's also a reinforced carrying strap.
Mike
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Meade LX200-ACF 10"
TeleVue 13mm Ethos
Series 5000 26mm, 14mm, 11mm Plossl
Meade Deep Sky Imager II
Nikon Action Zoom XL 10-22x50 Binoculars.
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Matthew Ota
super member
Reged: 04/30/05
Posts: 197
Loc: New Hampshire
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I wish I still had my duffel bag. It got stolen a year after I got out of the U.S. Air Force.
I currently store my tripod in a custom made box I made from quarter inch plywood. it also carries my accessories. I built a second box to hold my OTA/Fork/Base assembly that uses the original packing foam.
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Matthew Ota
10 inch Meade LX250GPS SCT (LX50/LX200GPS clone) f6.3-Orion 80ED, ETX-90 OTA, Coronado Helios 1 H-alpha Solar Telescope
Cassini Huygens Saturn Observation Campaign
New Hampshire Astronomical Society
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