PT capabilities as an all-terrain fork lift

toy · Aug 25, 2012

I mentioned using a small trailer in my post and my thinking is founded in how easy it is to back a trailer using the pt with the trailer hooked to the front of the pt. I wasn't thinking of a huge trailer with a front set of tires to guide the trailer with. My thoughts was a small trailer something on the order of a trailer that you would haul a 4 wheeler with. With some thought a person might figure out how to put an axel with electric breaks on it on the trailer to help control your load. Maybe a trailer would allow him to take more of the supplies that he needs with him the first trip and make extra trips unnecessary but then again maybe not but if you front loaded the trailer it would help with the weight problems as more weight would be in front of the trailer axels. 1824 I wish you the best in your decisions, be safe.

woodlandfarms · Aug 25, 2012

1824

Is that an inflatable screen? How do you handle audio? What is your video source and what projector are you using.

We have been thinking if purchasing something for private screenings. Occasionally I get access to old silver screens but speed rail is a pita.

Carl

SpringHollow · Aug 25, 2012

I have an Agrifab trailer that i modified into a walking beam trailer that has an extremely low ground impact even with over 1000 lbs in it. I believe it is in my avatar picture and also on my PT web site. I also have a small hay wagon with flotation tires that I really like and that is also easy on the lawn as long as you are pulling it. If you push it backwards and make a sharp turn, you will have a mess.

Ken

1824 · Sep 17, 2012

Carl,
Yes, it is an inflatable screen, 40 feet wide when open. The inflatable screens make it possible for us (myself and my business partner) to run up to 4 events in a week with just the two of us. We also have a 24 foot wide screen for the venues that we can't fit the large one.

We run events in stereo with line arrays from QSC. We went with QSC since they have a cinema group and their live sound guys are great! Don't know if you have been to CinemaCon but QSC does a great job of turning Caesar's Palace Colosseum into a surround sound screening space. We designed our system (power distribution, audio distribution, and so on) to scale easily to surround sound when we choose to do so.

Right now we mostly deal with released films, so we use consumer media (Blu-Ray, DVD, even VHS once, sadly) and yes, we always check that our clients license the screenings. We have also used cable boxes for live broadcast events (football games and such). The projector we use is a Christie L2K1500 15,000 lumens with a 2k resolution. I wish it had better black definition but truthfully most people don't notice, and we typically don't have control of ambient light at most of our venues anyway.

On to PT's:

We did get a PT 1430 and have used it twice now. The first place we used it had a gentle slope, but the the unit carried all our gear nicely despite that we had no clue how to use it efficiently. It was actually quite funny: I think it took us twice as long to set up and take down because we had no idea how best to use the PT especially since none of our gear is palletized yet. The second location we used it at was mostly paved but access to the screening location was too tight to fit our 26 foot truck through. We moved in all but our line arrays using the PT. We were also able to easily tow a generator into the site.

So far I have mounted attachment plates to our speaker stands, installed two 40 watt led lights on the ROPS (similar to SpringHollow), and lastly, attached a beacon and fire extinguisher like what's installed on the 1850s.

cqaigy2 · Sep 18, 2012

Thanks for the update!
Sounds like a nice setup. If you get the chance to do any photos.....

1824 · Sep 22, 2012

Here are some pictures.

aczlan · Sep 22, 2012

Looks great.

Aaron Z

BobRip · Sep 22, 2012

That is a neat looking quick attach plate. Could you explain it's operation?

1824 · Sep 22, 2012

The quick attach plate pictured is what I came up with to carry the speaker stand that is in the other photos. I chose not to weld the plate to the stand as I did not want to modify the speaker stands. The extension in the front of the attachment plate wraps under the stand and I tapped two 1/2" threads into the QA plate so it would not fall off the stand when I was not carrying it. The stand already had two bolt holes, meant for the stand to have a horizontal transport kit. The eye bolt on the top is to attach a strap or cable to the upper part of the stand to reduce the stress on the bolts.

BobRip · Sep 22, 2012

1824 said:
The quick attach plate pictured is what I came up with to carry the speaker stand that is in the other photos. I chose not to weld the plate to the stand as I did not want to modify the speaker stands. The extension in the front of the attachment plate wraps under the stand and I tapped two 1/2" threads into the QA plate so it would not fall off the stand when I was not carrying it. The stand already had two bolt holes, meant for the stand to have a horizontal transport kit. The eye bolt on the top is to attach a strap or cable to the upper part of the stand to reduce the stress on the bolts.

Thanks for the description. Very ingenious solution.