craftythecoyote87
Member
First post on CB, though frequent guest and idea-stealer.
We're a few months out from putting up Chicago and need to decide soon if we're going through with a lift to take Velma from the orchestra pit to stage floor (about 7 ft from pit floor to stage floor). We blew our season budget on the opening show so cost (and hourly pay for man hours on the build) is a real concern. We've constructed a lift in-house before, but it was expensive and took a chunk of time. I'm trying to find rental information, which is proving to be difficult with the amount of industrial lifts about, and was hoping you guys could give me recommendations on the best and cheapest places to look to rent--and a ballpark figure of how much a 4 week rental would cost if you have an idea. I've searched the forums but mostly found info about (or perhaps rather against...) in house construction.
I'm meeting with the director this week and need to be able to say if it's something even possible with our budget, and being that I personally have never built or used a lift, I feel very frustratingly unequipped to make that call.
Thanks for any help.
We're a few months out from putting up Chicago and need to decide soon if we're going through with a lift to take Velma from the orchestra pit to stage floor (about 7 ft from pit floor to stage floor). We blew our season budget on the opening show so cost (and hourly pay for man hours on the build) is a real concern. We've constructed a lift in-house before, but it was expensive and took a chunk of time. I'm trying to find rental information, which is proving to be difficult with the amount of industrial lifts about, and was hoping you guys could give me recommendations on the best and cheapest places to look to rent--and a ballpark figure of how much a 4 week rental would cost if you have an idea. I've searched the forums but mostly found info about (or perhaps rather against...) in house construction.
I'm meeting with the director this week and need to be able to say if it's something even possible with our budget, and being that I personally have never built or used a lift, I feel very frustratingly unequipped to make that call.
Thanks for any help.