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slitherjef
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Reged: 09/08/04

Loc: Denver CO

Atlas EQ-G users... leg distance fully extended new

#2986563 - 03/16/09 06:15 AM

I am thinking about pouring a slab of concrete in my back yard so I have something level and solid to set up on. My question is, when you extend the legs of your Atlas, how far apart are the feet from one another? Can I talk some one into taking their Atlas out and a tape measure and checking?

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Applal
sage

Reged: 01/23/06

Loc: Appleton, WI

Re: Atlas EQ-G users... leg distance fully extende new

[Re: slitherjef]
#2986772 - 03/16/09 10:21 AM

Fully extended, the feet of my Atlas EQ-G end up 54" apart.
Hope that helps!

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Al Canarelli
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Reged: 12/06/07

Loc: Central New Jersey

Re: Atlas EQ-G users... leg distance fully extended new

[Re: slitherjef]
#2986779 - 03/16/09 10:25 AM

I don't know exactly the size of your mount's footprint, but I poured a concrete slab in my backyard for a larger mount and made it 7' X 7'. This size is large enough but my thinking was to make it larger than necessary in the event that I later went to a larger mount.

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slitherjef
sage

Reged: 09/08/04

Loc: Denver CO

Re: Atlas EQ-G users... leg distance fully extende [Re: Applal]
#2987208 - 03/16/09 03:21 PM

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Fully extended, the feet of my Atlas EQ-G end up 54" apart.
Hope that helps!

Thanks!
I was going to build like a compact "observabox" sort of like the one: observabox

Though it would be more of a roll-away and probably not built as good. I was going to use a 48"x48"x4" thick slab just something to keep the mount from digging into the soil and level. Looks like I may need to go a little bigger. Probably should wait until I have the mount in my hands before I start diging a hole and mixing concrete eh?

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