Can equatorial mounts be used at lower latitudes? I wanted to order a Celestron 127EQ and I was going through the manual online and just noticed that the manual says that latitude is adjustable in about a 20-60° range.

The PowerSeeker equatorial mount can be adjusted from about 20 to 60 degrees (see figure 4-3)

I'm in Costa Rica which means that it's less than 10° latitude. Is the 20-60 limit a hard limit or it can be lower?
By looking at various telescopes equatorial mounts pictures in internet, I think all will have the problem that the counterweight might hit the legs of the tripod if lowering the angle a lot, so it's not like a problem unique to 127EQ.
I have seen that a cellphone can be used to measure this angle so that would not be a problem as long as the mount can physically rotate down to about 10° but I wonder if this setup would not trip the telescope because the center of mass would be too far to the front..... at least while setting up its axis.
Let me answer myself: Yes, they can. I got a 150mm x 1400mm Newtonian with a EQ mount and I am able to align its axis... even if it had no scale, it can be done with a cellphone (I have already done it... both for pointing north and adjusting latitude).
WARNING: Need to be careful that the weight doesn't go off-balance.