Mount won't point below 10 degrees

I have an SVD mount and wished to use it near the equator but discovered the declination axis (?) will not point low enough to allow me to track properly. The OTA and counterweight assembly are already on the same side of the tripod so leaning it another 5 degrees or more is not a solution. Do other Orion/Celestron/Meade mounts have the same problem?

Thanks