Grip Truck
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'  

Our company provides grip and lighting equipment  with our truck throughout Clarksburg, Charleston, Wheeling,
Fairmont, Charleston and Morgantown West Virginia, as well a Cumberland, Hagerstown, and Oakland Maryland,
and Pittsburgh, Uniontown, Washington, and Canonsburg Pennsylvania. We also are near eastern Ohio, including
Steubenville, Marietta and Youngstown. The grip truck only rents with a grip or gaffer. Return to the
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Grip Truck package rate INCLUDES Tungsten Lights
Truck with grip $650/day
Truck with gaffer $800/day
Truck with grip & gaffer $1,100/day
Milage rate for grip truck is $.80/mile
Standard equipment list for our Grip Truck:

  • 2,500 watt Arri Softbank IV kit (2x150w fresnel, 1x300w fresnel, 1x650w fresnel, 2x 1K openface, Chimera
  • 6,000 watt Lowell DP kit (3 1K openface, 3 TOTA lights, Chimera)
  • 750 watt Lowell Pro Light (3 x 125w or 250w)
  • 4 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 net, silk and solid
  • Assorted Flags and nets (1 4x4 Floppy, 1 4x4 silk, 2 2x3 solids, 1 12x42 cutter , 2x 18x24 nets)
  • 4' Micro Jib
  • Skateboard Dolly with 20' track
  • Assorted Grip Accessories - clips, clamps, base plates, cardellini 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:
  • Source IV Ellipsoidal 36 degree ...................... $50/day
  • 2 x Fourbank  Kinoflo Diva  400 light kit...........$120/day
  • 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     ................................... $200/day
  • 2.5 K HMI Desisti PAR     ..................................... $300/day
  • Motorola CP200 Radios (4 channel UHF) .....$  10/day each (6 available)