Tyler Herron
Member
I've often heard of double stacking truss on top of one another to add more capacity to the system. Usually just attaching two pieces of truss together with cheeseboroughs every so often and rigging from the bottom cord like usual, but is it possible/safe to do the same thing except attaching them together width wise instead of height wise? Does that make sense?
Basically, here's what I'm doing. I have a projector I'm flying and we usually fly it with 20.5" box truss. The projector has mounting points on the bottom that we screw eyebolts into (shouldered and rated of course) and then use spansets and shackles to hang it from just below the truss. The projector rigging points are 24" apart from each other so this gives a little bit of an angle to the spansets and subsequently puts an angle on the force of the eyebolts. I do know it's well within the limits of the eyebolts but I have other reasons for wanting to do this.
I currently don't have any 20.5" box truss but I have loads of 12" laying around. I was thinking maybe if I could "stack" two horizontally it would give me 24" of width which would help with the rigging of the projector. I just don't think that's even feasible since I feel like I'd be putting the cheeseboroughs in a tension scenario.
If I used the 12" truss, the angle on the eyebolts would be 45 degrees. I'm unsure if that is acceptable, and I don't think I'd even feel safe with that based solely on looks.
Thoughts? What would you do? Just find some 20.5"? Cause that's what I'm trying to get my hands on.
Basically, here's what I'm doing. I have a projector I'm flying and we usually fly it with 20.5" box truss. The projector has mounting points on the bottom that we screw eyebolts into (shouldered and rated of course) and then use spansets and shackles to hang it from just below the truss. The projector rigging points are 24" apart from each other so this gives a little bit of an angle to the spansets and subsequently puts an angle on the force of the eyebolts. I do know it's well within the limits of the eyebolts but I have other reasons for wanting to do this.
I currently don't have any 20.5" box truss but I have loads of 12" laying around. I was thinking maybe if I could "stack" two horizontally it would give me 24" of width which would help with the rigging of the projector. I just don't think that's even feasible since I feel like I'd be putting the cheeseboroughs in a tension scenario.
If I used the 12" truss, the angle on the eyebolts would be 45 degrees. I'm unsure if that is acceptable, and I don't think I'd even feel safe with that based solely on looks.
Thoughts? What would you do? Just find some 20.5"? Cause that's what I'm trying to get my hands on.