We’re excited to present an informative and visual look at the components of a venue installation sub-grid. This new video breaks down the different parts of Mountain Productions’ Sub-Grid, including the symmetrical load bays, trussing, rig points, and fall protection. Head over to our Venue Installation webpage and watch the video today!
It’s become one of Canada’s premiere electronic dance festivals over the past 4 years, and the fifth year of VELD Music Festival continued the trend by hosting over 30 internationally acclaimed EDM artists that pumped the music all through Downsview Park in Toronto. VELD Music Festival puts a lot of resources into quality production, and each stage has an impressive display of video and lighting effects. Mountain Productions provided the strength needed to support the enormous production rigs at VELD and built an MTN Truss HD+ System and an MTN Truss HD System.
Dirty Rigger™ is a growing brand in the entertainment industry, and their products have already been distributed to over 50 countries to rave reviews. Their product line revolves around quality varieties of rigging gloves, tool bags and belts that have been designed specifically for entertainment professionals. What makes Dirty Rigger’s product line rise above the competition? We went behind the scenes and spoke with Product Manager Steve Marshall about what drives him and Dirty Rigger to succeed. Production workers face unique issues and specific situations—how does Dirty Rigger manage to meet the high standards we demand? Take a look…
MTN BOX® is excited to partner with Lejan, an experienced provider of flight cases, bags, and transport cases with 80 years of high quality service. Lejan will be the MTN BOX® dealer representative in the Netherlands, making the MTN BOX® product line easily available to European users.
Lejan is a company backed by three generations of experience creating and manufacturing custom packing solutions. They are a full service provider, starting with research and development and following through the entire manufacturing process.
We’re excited to host Ed Leahy from Chicago Flyhouse as the new rigging trainer at our 32nd CM Hoist School event. Ed is a veteran of the rigging industry, working with the world renowned Chicago Shakespeare Theater as their Technical Director before transitioning to The Chicago Flyhouse Inc. as their Head Trainer and Cruise Ship Division Manager. Chicago Flyhouse is a diverse production company providing a wide range of theatrical rigging services, including stage/studio rigging, automation, softgoods, safety/fall protection, and more. Ed took some time to talk to us about the Safer Venue program (Chicago Flyhouse’s rigging inspection program), what he’s seen change in the industry over the years, his career launch into rigging and more.
We’re back with another handy resource detailing the proper lubrication procedures for 5 areas of a CM Lodestar. Maintaining hoists will greatly improve the operation and longevity of your equipment—make sure you’re taking the steps necessary to get the most out of your hoists. This is a quick reference guide, but if you need more information or assistance, we’re only a phone call away. Enjoy!
We’re excited to announce Wade Mannes from LMG as our CM Technician of the Month! Wade gave us some quick info about himself and his career before bustling away to his next job. Read more below.
Nearly everything we build requires some type of ballast for stability and grounding. Ballast is necessary, especially when working outdoors, and ensures our stages are supported from the ground up. Monitoring wind speeds and the effect nature has on our structures is critical, but ballast is the anchor that provides the first level of stability. Here are 5 types of ballast that we use on our staging systems and support structures.
Water tubs offer many advantages as a ballast solution. Using water tubs saves money on trucking, as they are shipped without weight as a factor. Water is easily supplied on site, and the extra weight reduction can make a big difference on transportation cost and efficiency.
Dirty Rigger’s glove line is available in a variety of sizes, ranging from Slimfit sizes for smaller hands all the way up to XXL. With so many size options, it’s important to find the correct fit for you—after all, these gloves are optimized for all-day comfort IF you are wearing the appropriate size. Dirty Rigger created an easy way to find the best size gloves for you, and all you need is a printer and a piece of paper.
Our featured product this week comes from SureFire, a proud U.S. manufacturer of illumination tools, weaponlights, suppressors, high-capcaity magazines, and more. The ultra-compact SureFire Sidekick is a lightweight triple-output LED flashlight that attaches directly to your keys or retractable Lightkeeper clip for instant light when you find yourself in the dark. This product goes beyond the work day, and is ideal for anyone, including children.
Many of us have a small lightsource on our key rings for those times at night when you need a quick beam of light. More often than not, these mini flashlights are built cheaply and stop working after a few uses.