yeah ya know they always look heavy to me too, but I never really hear anybody complaining about it. I have a new welder and a friend that works and a tubular steel shop (aka free steel) so I've been thinking of building one. for a while I actually thought about cup scaffolding. it's kinda heavy but strong enough that on that small of an area you wouldn't have to have that many braces so the weight would be very close to the tube steel. since I work construction I think I could "borrow" enough to get it done. keep posting the pics so we can see how it turns out. looks great.