Deathmetalconga
Platinum Member
You guys inspired me! As usual. Cart with homade hardware box. It's all there, rack drums, mic's, cables, throne, everything!
Slick. Very professional looking.
Cart or carry?
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Slick. Very professional looking.
jim_gregory
Senior Member
Thanks man. It worked extremely well last night unlike some of my evil plans. One trip and done. Sweet!
All this was on it, drumwise. Used to be at least 5 trips. Now I do it myself and nobody touches anything but me until the cart is loaded. I prefer no "helpers" with the pretty kit. The usual road kit I don't worry about.
Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Congratulations on making the jump! I realize that after all these years of having one, I've never really worried about where I've had to park because I know I'll get it in in one trip. The cart is invaluable and it's just part of the gear that goes along for the ride regardless!
jim_gregory
Senior Member
Thanks Bo and thanks for the heads up on the cart! My kit had to wait in the wings a while for the first band to finish up and it was great having it all together in one chunk! Plus I did have to park way down the street,
This friday I will be in a parking garage I believe, so we see how she handles hills. I need hand brakes!
Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Use the elevator!
I know, once you load it down with stuff, it it quite like moving a boat around, but you just marvel at the guy who invented the wheel and I always tell myself 'how did I ever live without this thing before?'.One gig where my cart practically paid for itself was when I did a one-shot gig in Vegas at the Luxor hotel. Of course, I don't have any money to tip the porters at valet, so I just simply parked in the lot behind the pyramid, loaded up the cart with the luggage too, and rolled into the casino. That was a good football field-length trot, and then when I got inside the casino, another long trot to check in and to the room on those elevators that go up at a 45-degree angle! You never appreciate how big they build those places until you have to move a drumset through it.
That would've been totally unacceptable to do without the cart! Too bad I don't play out in Vegas more often!
Aeolian
Platinum Member
Yeah, be careful with slopes. You haven't lived until you've tried to hold on to a fully loaded cart going down a hill in San Francisco. Pushing it up is a bear too, but downhill is truely scary. If I did it a lot, I would put some bicycle brakes on the large wheels on the Rack-n-roller.
Homeularis
Gold Member
Saw this baby at Home Depot for $25 so I grabbed it up.
It holds 150# and is super light and compact.
I still have to make three trips but its way less tireing and clumsy.
It holds 150# and is super light and compact.
I still have to make three trips but its way less tireing and clumsy.
Zickosdrummer
Senior Member
Picked up two of these at Big Lots for $24/ea. www.movemaster.com I tried them and they work great. They take up a lot less room than my regular dolly and I can get all my drums in one trip. I have pics but I can't seem to post them right now. I'll do it when I am able.
Highway Child
Senior Member
I have the same one - specifically because of my Hardcase stand case. I bought the Hardcase (18" x 36") as it was big enough to fit all my stands and seat, even the big square top from my music stand fits in. But its very heavy with all that lot in, around 50ish kilos and the little solid wheels only work ok on hard smooth floors - on carpet or outside forget it, smallest obstacle like a pebble stops it's wheels rolling.
So I got the truck and its marvellous! The case fits just right and it is MUCH easier. You won't regret it - a back saver
braincramp
Gold Member
Carry... put as much in my sonor big box that I reinforced with Gorrilla tape..just got a rack...my set-up time due to way too many cymbals is 1.5 to 2 hours depending on what I'm micing at each venue...since getting rack I cut cymbals down to 11 (counting hats as 1 so really 12)and accessories (blocks,chimes,bells)down a bit to 5, for a total of about 17 pieces go on rack with most of the mounts and stands left on, haul it in truck, it takes 2 people to carry, but unfold it and just mount everything. It has knocked off a good 15-20 minutes..my goal is to get it to an hour set up time. maybe a cart will help go from 5-6 trips to truck down to 1 or 2.
Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Wow. Please tell me your shows are over two hours long!
braincramp
Gold Member
Yeah, doing the club circuit 4 hrs. thats 4- 45 minute sets the real fun begins after the show tearing everything down and taking it back to where we practice...usually get home after 3am and thats the close gigs...we got one coming up thats almost 2hr. away...I would say @ 48 I'm getting to old to be out til 4-5am but somehow this all keeps me feeling young!
Zickosdrummer
Senior Member
Here's what they look like
Here's how they assemble
Here are my cases on them
Here hey are in my car with the cases.
As you can see, they don't take up much room and I can get all my gear on them at once. Just thought I'd share this.
Homeularis
Gold Member
Those look nice, but what if you have to go up or down hill?.
Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Well, I'm all about feeling younger, but I would think maybe it's time to hire some help!
Zickosdrummer
Senior Member
Don't know, haven't tried them at a gig yet.