Grip Truck
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Blackwater Video Productions has a 3/4 ton GMC van with 4 seats setup as a grip truck equipped with grip,
electrical, and support equipment as described below. We pack a wide range of equipment into a small package. It
is well suited to documentary, corporate and industrial productions. We can make arrangements for a larger truck or
specific equipment to meet your needs.
The tungsten light kits listed below are included as part of the grip truck package. Kinoflo, larger HMI fresnel, par 64
lights and Source IV lights are priced 'a la carte' at the bottom of the page, and can be easily added to the truck on
request. We work in Pittsburgh as local. The truck only rents with a grip or gaffer. Return to the Home Page
electrical, and support equipment as described below. We pack a wide range of equipment into a small package. It
is well suited to documentary, corporate and industrial productions. We can make arrangements for a larger truck or
specific equipment to meet your needs.
The tungsten light kits listed below are included as part of the grip truck package. Kinoflo, larger HMI fresnel, par 64
lights and Source IV lights are priced 'a la carte' at the bottom of the page, and can be easily added to the truck on
request. We work in Pittsburgh as local. The truck only rents with a grip or gaffer. Return to the Home Page
Grip Truck package rate INCLUDES Arri & Lowell Tungsten Light Kits
- Truck with grip $650/day or $2500/week - 5 day week
- Truck with gaffer $800/day or $3,000/week - 5 day week
- Truck with grip & gaffer $1,100/day
- Mileage rate for grip truck is $.50/mile
Standard equipment list for our Grip Truck:
Available on request and as space allows:
- 2,500 watt Arri Softbank IV kit (2x150w fresnel, 1x300w fresnel, 1x650w fresnel, 2x 1K openface, Chimera
- 6 C Stands
- 2 Combo Stands - 2 riser
- 2 Low Boy Combo Stands
- 2 Pole Cats (Autopoles) expandable poles.
- 6 100' AC 12/3
- 8 50' AC 12/3
- 8 25' AC 12/3
- Power Strips and Cubetaps
- 50 Amp Dryer plug power tap with 2 x 110v AC circuits and one 220v
- Apple Boxes (4 Full, 4 Half, 4 pancakes)
- 10 - 15 lb Sand bags, 4 - 25lb sand bags
- 2 reflectors
- 4'x4' Foam Core & Bead Board
- Rolls of Diffusion (116, 216, grid cloth) and Correction (CTB & CTO)
- Small assorted gels and diffusion up to 2'x2'
- Gaffers Tape
- 6'x6' Butterfly with grif, net, silk and solid
- Assorted Flags and nets (1 4'x4' Floppy, 1 4'x4' silk, 1 set 2'x3' flags & nets, 1 12"x42" cutter , 1 set 18"x24"
flags & nets) - Skateboard Dolly with 20' track
- Assorted Grip Accessories - clips, clamps, base plates, cardellini clamps, c-clamps etc
- Hand Truck
- 10' x 12' Green screen fabric with pipe loop
- 8' Fiberglass ladder
- 2' step ladder
- 100mm High Hat
Available on request and as space allows:
- 2x Source IV Ellipsoidal 36 degree ................ $30/day
- 2 x Fourbank Kinoflo Diva 400 light kit...........$120/day (2 lights in kit)
- 8 Par 64 1K .......................................................... $10/day/each
- 8 Par 56 500 watt lights with dimmer pack ... $100/day
- 200 Amp Electric Panel for distribution .......... $40/day
- 575 W HMI Arri Par ........................................ $125/day
- 1.2 K HMI Arri PAR .......................................... $150/day
- 2.5 K HMI Desisti PAR ..................................... $275/day
- 1K Mole baby solar spot fresnel (407) ..............$30/day
- Motorola CP200 Radios (4 channel UHF) .....$ 15/day each with headsets (6 available)
- Sachtler 18 II Tripod & Head 100mm bowl ... $40/day
- JonyJib 18' motorized jib arm............................$900/day with operator
Our company provides grip and lighting equipment with our truck throughout Clarksburg, Charleston,
Wheeling, Fairmont, Charleston, Fayetteville, Beckley, Parkersburg and Morgantown West Virginia, as well as
Cumberland, Hagerstown, and Oakland Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Uniontown, Washington, and Canonsburg
Pennsylvania. We also are close to eastern Ohio, including Steubenville, Marietta and Youngstown. The grip
truck only rents with a grip or gaffer.
Wheeling, Fairmont, Charleston, Fayetteville, Beckley, Parkersburg and Morgantown West Virginia, as well as
Cumberland, Hagerstown, and Oakland Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Uniontown, Washington, and Canonsburg
Pennsylvania. We also are close to eastern Ohio, including Steubenville, Marietta and Youngstown. The grip
truck only rents with a grip or gaffer.
- February 2012 - Grip Truck and lighting package for Blaine Turner and Associates. Uniontown PA
- January 2012 - Lighting package and grip truck for Google Apps in Pittsburgh PA
- January 2012 - Lighting package & 18' Jib Arm for the Coffee Talk Show - Morgantown WV
- December 2011 - Morgantown WV Grip Truck and Gaffer for ESPN and WVU Orange Bowl appearance
spots. - December 2011 - Pittsburgh PA - Grip truck and gaffer - for Unequal Technology informercial
- November 2011 - Pittsburgh PA - Grip Truck and Gaffer - Segal Productions corporate production
- November 2011 - Waynesburg University - Grip truck and Gaffer for commercial shoot.
- October 2011 - DreamOn Creative grip truck & gaffer for Sundale nursing Home shoot
- September 2011 - Sharp Entertainment/National Geographic - 'Doomsday Preppers' Pittsburgh PA
- August 2011 - Vinegar Hill - Commercial for NAB at Sundance
- August 2011- DreamON Creative - Commercials for law firm - grip truck
- July 2011 - Commercials for DreamON Creative. Sentry Bank Huntington
- June 2011 - Safety video for Longview Power Plant
- June 2011 - Indiana PA - Grip truck for Vinegar Hill Creative Music video shoot.
- June 2011 - Vinegar Hill Productions - Pittsburgh PA
- Dream On Creative - May 2011 - Marion Meadows Equine College video - Grip Truck
- May 2011 - Davis Memorial Hospital - Grip truck
- May 2011 - Mark Lamb Productions Documentary - Washington DC