Extremely compact and easy to transport.

The Folding Pier comes in one single compact transport bag. It will fit in the trunk of even the smallest cars. When folded down the pier is completely smooth with no protruding parts and can be transported in the soft bag without any risk of damage to the Pier or surroundings. With a weight of only 11kg the Pier is easy to bring to the darkest places.

Fast setup and great stability

It takes only a few seconds to unfold the legs and mount the pier tube. The three support rods are easy to tighten and secures a very stable pier. With the Panther mount head there is no need for leveling the pier making the setup even faster.

Leveling

For use with other mount heads this version of the folding pier has adjustable feet for leveling the pier. The Feet can each be adjusted 15mm. 

Pier extension

Sometimes for visual observations you might want a higher pier. This can easily be achieved by installing one or more TTS Pier Extensions

Fast adapter for Mount Head

To attach the TTS-160 Mount head or another mount head to the folding pier you need a Pier Adapter. For the TTS-160 Mount Head adapter, please see HERE. For other mounts please contact us . This adapter attaches the mount head to the pier with a flick of  finger.

Using the Pier with other Mount Heads

The folding Pier can be adapted to be carry other mount heads. Installing the Pier adapter onto the mount head secures the same fast and easy assembly as with the TTS-160 Panther mount head.

Included Items

• TTS-160 Folding Pier with Adjustable feet
• Large transport bag for Pier

Stable, compact, transportable

The Mini Pier makes the TTS-160 Panther mount an extremely transportable  mount system. The low height and short legs makes the pier just as stable as the bigger folding pier.

For astrophotography the minipier can be placed directly on the ground as there is no need to look through the telescope. This will give great stability and lower the influence from wind.

For visual use the minpier can be placed on a stable table or another stable flat surface.

Standard Pier adapter

The Mini Pier receives the standard Pier Adapter for fast and easy installation of the mount head.

It is also possible to install the Pier Extension between Mini Pier and Mount head.

Included Items

• TTS-160 Folding Pier with Adjustable feet
• Medium transport bag for Pier
• NOTE A Pier Adapter is required.

Increase mount height for visual observations

If you observe visually with a long focal length refractor the eyepiece will be positioned quite low when the telescope is pointed high in the sky. With the optional Pier Extension you can easily increase the pier height with 200 mm / 8inch. If you want an even higher pier more Pier Extensions can be stacked.

Extremely fast and easy

The Pier Extension attaches to the pier with the quick lock Pier adapter in a matter of seconds with the flick of a finger.

Included Items

• TTS-160 Folding Pier with Adjustable feet
• Medium transport bag for Pier
• NOTE A Pier Adapter is required.

Extremely fast and easy

The Quick lock Pier adapter attaches the Mount head to the Pier in a matter of seconds with the flick of a finger.

Installation on mount head

The Pier adapter is installed on the mount head and stays there. It matches the TTS-160 Panther mount head but can also be installed on German equatorial mounts to be used with TTS-160 Folding Pier. Contact us for details.

Installation on Pier extensions

The Pier adapter is also used on the pier extension tubes. This allows for the same fast assembly of the Pier.

Included Items

• TTS-160 Pier Adapter and Fixings
• NOTE A Pier Adapter is required.

Use the Panther Mount head on your existing Tripod

Install the TTS-160 Tripod Adapter on your high quality tripod and get the fast attachement of the TTS-160 mount head

Standard 3/8×16 TPI thread

The Tripod adapter can be installed on any flat top tripod and fixed with standard 3/8″x16 TPI photo thread.

Extremely fast and easy

The Quick lock Pier adapter attaches the Mount head to the Tripod Adapter in a matter of seconds with the flick of a finger.

Installation on Pier extensions

The Pier Extension can be installed on the Tripod adapter if a higher setup is needed.

Included Items

• TTS-160 Tripod Adapter