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.
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. 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.
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. 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
Milage rate for grip truck is $.80/mile
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
Milage rate for grip truck is $.80/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
- 6,000 watt Lowell DP kit (3 DP lights 1K openface, 3 TOTA lights, Chimera)
- 6 C Stands
- 2 Combo Stands - 2 riser
- 2 Pole Cats (Autopoles) expandable poles.
- 8 100' 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 110 AC circuits and one 220
- Apple Boxes (4 Full, 4 Half, 4 pancakes)
- 10 Sand bags
- 2 reflectors
- 4x4 Foam Core & Bead Board
- Small assorted gels and diffusion up to 2'x2'
- Gaffers Tape
- 6x6 Butterfly with grif, net, silk and solid
- Assorted Flags and nets (1 4x4 Floppy, 1 4x4 silk, 1 set 2x3 flags & nets, 1 12x42 cutter , 1 set 18x24 flags
& nets) - 4' Micro Jib
- 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
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 Desisti fresnel ............................ $150/day
- 1.2 K HMI Desisti PAR ................................... $175/day
- 2.5 K HMI Desisti PAR ..................................... $275/day
- 2K Open face Colortran .......................................$30/day
- 1K Mole baby solar spot fresnel (407) ..............$30/day
- Motorola CP200 Radios (4 channel UHF) .....$ 10/day each (6 available)
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.