Geoff Maxwell Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 I have been contemplating the purchase of a sound trailer and wanted to get some opinions as to their practicality. I would use it for features and presumably get a rental. I'm tired of being the "red headed stepchild" on the camera truck. And when we (sound and video) do get our own truck it's usually not outfitted properly and a pain to work out of. So a few questions for those of you with trailer experience if you please... 1) How receptive is production and transpo to the sound trailer solution and what type of rental rate can you get? Along the same line, does accommodating video help the sell to production and the rental rate? Were those of you with trailers ever forced to move onto the camera truck? 2) What sort of maintenance issues did you encounter? 3) What features would you consider mandatory? 4) Did weight distribution influence your design? 5) Any size recommendations? I was thinking 16'L x 7' or 8'W with a height of 7' 6) For those of you who had space for "hanging out" did you really use it? 7) If you had AC did you also have a generator or connect to shore power? Any other pros and cons or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 wow, Geoff, this is a major decision, and a major it depends. (major subjective!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 All I can say is: a truck is better than a trailer as you don't have to worry about the balance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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