Once upon a time
Truss was simple a warehouse full of Tomcat and bolts and off you went. Now after much research and leads from Porkchop and TimMc I see selecting
truss is not so easy. So my question is I trust 4
bolt connections. However XSF has what they
call a Steel Fork Ended design. Milos (who I am leaning towards) offers a separate pin and lock
system. Well tomcat seems battle ready and expensive, XSF has both a
bolt and fork end price yet unknown 12"x12"x10'. GLP sells a Cosmic
Truss is this
line safe or is it Comic decoration
truss?
4 Wall Entertainments new equipment site newlighting.com has Milos Quick
Truss Ultra 12"x12"x10' sections for 299.99 Gearsource.com has a variant of Milos for 283.00 a stick both are new. Even used Tomcat is 12"x12"x10' is 560.00 I just don't think I will be lifting more than 8 to 12
LED moving heads such as
Clay Paky K10/20s or
Mac Aura's I may have 2 Moving Head spots I may not. I may be surprised by something an incoming show has. Just a simple 40' span supported on 3 points about 20-25' up. The owner would like it to go up and down to be stored between events. I keep trying to explain every event can use lighting and rigging and unrigging every show is ridiculous. This is not a tour the
truss and hoists may never leave the
venue or be rearranged.
So do I need Tomcat strength and weight and bolts Uhmmm. What would you use
bolt, fork or pin. Thanks All I appreciate your input. Now back over to lighting to get a
grip on this
LED vs Arc fixtures. Take Care All OS512