Mammoth Camera Support: Tripod(s), Hydraulic Lift Table or Manual Crank Table

[Ol Burns]

This is a 'left field' thought but in my trade of lutherie, a gentleman named Jeff that operates a business named Howard's Total Vise has recently started making a large arrangement of vises and vise holding gear after some input from a fellow luthier. Now he even offers a line of lutherie vise tools.
I've spoken to him a few times and he is very intelligent and has a problem solvers mind. Considering the market we're usually left purchasing from, his pricing is exceptional. He fabricates everything in his US shop.

He may be someone to contact and see if there's something he can think of to help your efforts. His tools function perfectly, are lightweight (when needing to be) and again, the pricing is incredible compared to what we're usually left shopping for.

https://totalvise.com/

Doc

[Farside]

If anyone has an affordable efficient solution that's attainable that is better than Majestic tripods, I'm listening

Motorcycle hydraulic lift bench from Harbor Freight or Canadian equivalent. Pick up a used one from 50 dollars upwards.

[Tin Can]

Go to ULF cameras and see what I made, The Howitzer

I have a motorcycle lift.....don't bother

I also have that table with hand cranks, not enough range

[brucetaylor]

The large Linhof tripod and dolly Tin Can illustrated earlier will easily handle a 50lb camera. You might also look at old cinema tripods and heads, they supported cameras reliably that weighed much more than 50lb.

[tgtaylor]

I recall a wheelchair-bound amateur astronomer attending star parties with a 16" Meade SCT and using a hydraulic lift to off-load the OTA from his van. The OTA of the Meade weighs 300lbs and the tripod weighs another 100. I didn't stand around to watch the complete operation just for the lifting of the OTA from the van.

[Peter De Smidt]

Well, I have one of the Deardorff 11x14 stands that I no longer have space to keep setup.