Olle Sjostrom Posted December 3, 2012 Report Posted December 3, 2012 Thank you! How would you say that thing is holding up? Could be sweet for a job I'm on now; a real low end web show.. Quote
Christian Hermans Posted December 3, 2012 Report Posted December 3, 2012 If you stay the hole day on one location, like a trade than it´s perfect. If you use in a city for run and gun, then better not. It would be fine on your low end production. Quote
Kevin Sorensen Posted December 4, 2012 Report Posted December 4, 2012 I'm new to this bag cart concept. But I like the pictures and the ingenuity. Why not just get something like a Rock N Roller cart with a shelf. Load up the gear and go? Kevin, what did you use for you shelves and shelf supports? Where did you get them? The shelves are made from plastic peg board. the angle aluminum, from Home Depot or Lowes. Quote
DjGo Posted December 4, 2012 Report Posted December 4, 2012 I bought a Ruxxac foldable handtruck and added a shelf. It has been on rough terrain (mountains, prairies of Kyrgystan) for 6 weeks in a row and it held up pretty well. It's lightweight and folds down to a little package of about 7 kg.. Agreed, I need a more sophisticated way to mount my antenna mast. Quote
Malcolm Cromie Posted December 6, 2012 Report Posted December 6, 2012 Here's my trusty bag cart built in 1996, still in regular use today. I had a welder simply cut about 12 inches from the height of a standard $30 hand or sack cart so it would fit in the trunk of my car. He fabricated a hinged frame that drops down and sits level, which I filled with plywood and closed cell foam to create the bag shelf. He added a box bar so my plastic bin would be spaced out from the frame so the lid can be taken on and off. The bin is simply secured by a bungee which also serves to hold the shelf up against the frame for storage or the ability to use it as a hand truck. I have fashioned pieces of plastic plumbing pipe with an end stopper and a threaded cap for storage and transportation of my short boom pole and to rest the boom with the mic on it on set. I also added a hook for cables. All up a cost of about $100 with a repaint every couple of years, it has and still serves me well for stand up bag days with a very small footprint. Quote
atheisticmystic Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 Still haven't wrangled the budget to build a stand-up bag cart yet, so I threw together a bag cart from what was here at home. Zip ties are strong !!!...lol. Quote
Alan H. Chang Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 Still haven't wrangled the budget to build a stand-up bag cart yet, so I threw together a bag cart from what was here at home. Zip ties are strong !!!...lol. Ghetto_Cartv1.jpg LOL! Try 3 crates stacked sideways next time, you get 3 shelves and a wider table. Win win Quote
Sunhouse Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 I had a sack barrow kicking about – a few pieces of sheet steel and a few L brackets later it produced this contraption. The bag sits on a shelf and is clipped on, the mixer originally sat on a shelf, but is now bolted to the cart. The black bag at the back holds batteries and wireless. The bottom case is my radio case, which is held on in transit by a bungee cord, and the blue bag is my general bag, held on with a pair of clips. The pole is held on the right by a part from a hoover, supported at the bottom by a part on the side of the blue bag. Fits easy in the car (although it's a big car), goes easily around corners, up stairs – very manoeuvrable. Quote
greg sextro Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 The mini cart I've been using for a while is a bag based cart. It takes me about 1 minute to switch over from cart to bag, maybe a little longer when going back to cart mode. I can also place the bag upright on the top shelf and mix standing up or boom from that position as well. Note that this cart is really for day playing - I wouldn't load it onto a truck for longer projects. I have thought of building another and using milk crates for drawers. It would make the whole cart super light and I wouldn't worry about it getting beat up. Quote
Jeff Wexler Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 Beautiful cart! It's going up in the Gallery of Sound Carts today. Quote
Ze Frias Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 Greg, that is truly a good looking cart! I'm curious as to what you used as a base? Quote
greg sextro Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 Greg, that is truly a good looking cart! I'm curious as to what you used as a base? 8020 aluminum 8020.net Beautiful cart! It's going up in the Gallery of Sound Carts today. Thanks Jeff. Here it is in bag mode: http://jwsound.smugmug.com/Other/jwsoundcarts/19050493_cfMmRQ#!i=1997157984&k=QWbmRDw&lb=1&s=O Quote
Jeff Wexler Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 Thanks, Greg, I forgot that I already put this interesting cart of yours in the Gallery. Quote
stevegrider Posted July 29, 2013 Report Posted July 29, 2013 This is a cart I have built for bag use. The cart and basket are from Home Depot. The wheels and bucket are from Tractor Supply Co. I had a welder create an axle to accommodate the 10 inch wheels. There are small casters under the bucket that lock to keep it from rolling about. The basket holds my rig at the perfect height ( for 5' 7" me) to mix while standing and occaisionally boom at the same time. The basket holds my rig and the bucket holds spare batteries and such. Quote
pampasound Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 Reviving this thread!! There are so many good ideas out there...and it seems like a lot of people are in need of more compact and transportable bag-carts solutions these days....at least in my world! Here's a nice accessory that can basically be "the cart" when paring it with a stand. You can then attach your antennas and monitor/s to that same stand. Or put a boom boy on the stand for those sit down interviews while having the bag on the shelf...lots of options with just a shelf and a stand. http://www.rabbitav.com/rabbitav/Sound_Shelf.html Quote
pampasound Posted February 21, 2014 Report Posted February 21, 2014 Bumped into this interesting lightweight folding cart. http://www.amazon.com/8-way-Converta-truck-Convertible-Hand-Truck/dp/B00ELPYIZ8/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1392965164&sr=8-16&keywords=magliner+folding Doesn't look super sturdy but it is very modular and i'm sure it will hold a bag and some other bits & pieces... Quote
JesseF Posted March 10, 2014 Report Posted March 10, 2014 I just finished building this bag cart based on a folding Magliner hand truck. Total cost was around $400. Thanks a bunch to Matt Brodnick and Tom Visser for their help with questions. Quote
Flip Posted April 11, 2014 Report Posted April 11, 2014 Let me know what you all think. Music sucks I KNOW. I know. Quote
fieldmixer Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 That's GREAT flip. Very nice work. Quote
Flip Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 Thanks! First real attempt. Antenna mount. This is in the folded down view. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Opened view Quote
Phil Palmer Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 Hey Flip! I like this little cart a LOT! Quote
Sean ONeil Posted April 12, 2014 Report Posted April 12, 2014 Flip, Looking Good ! And the music made me dig out my wah pedal from the closet. Lemme know when it's ready . . . . Cheers, Sean O'Neil Brooklyn NYC Quote
Nicholasfargone Posted April 15, 2014 Report Posted April 15, 2014 Hey Flip, You made a really cool cart, I really like it.. You got a diagram and part numbers? By the way, the music on the video sound like a 70s Porno lmaO Quote
fatfatjames Posted April 15, 2014 Report Posted April 15, 2014 This is mine Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Quote
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