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  • As 1st unit DP
  •     1 award *
  •     11 feature films
  •     45 short films
  •     4 TV pilots
  •     31 commercials
  •     9 music videos
  •     5 instructionals
  •     10 industrials
  •     6 documentaries
  •     1 corporate PSA
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  • As Director
  •     1 TV pilot
  •     1 short film
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  • As Producer
  •     1 $100k TV pilot
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The 4-Ton Combo Truck

New 17' G&E Combo Truck! Mine doesn't have the Galpin logo on it anymore.

The Ford F550 17' 4-ton truck is perfect for medium to large jobs, or where you need to light multiple smaller sets simultaneously. The truck itself has a massive lift gate, a full length box with attic, jockey boxes, wood slats, and a side door for easy access once the truck is unloaded.

The 4-ton truck carries enough equipment to light any webisode, short film, corporate video, industrial, small-to-medium commercial, and most indie features. With the optional 9-light MaxiBrutes and a 500 amp genie (CineRep/CineLight), you can light a city street.

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First of all, I LOVE LIGHTS. I am so passionate about lighting that I have managed to buy more lights than what fits on BOTH grip trucks put together (150+ lights total; 20 on the 1-ton, 46 on the 4-ton, and an additional 90+ lights in reserve). To reiterate: IF I SHOWED UP ON SET WITH BOTH GRIP TRUCKS LOADED, I STILL HAVE MORE STUFF THAT I DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR. Email me a list of "must haves" and a list of "if it fits on the truck it would be nice". Many times the last job has a different load out than what's listed here. Call ahead to verify that the truck is loaded with what you need.

For example:

DP Scenario 1 - "We're doing daylight interiors in a small living room, so bring two 1200 HMIs and four 4' x 4 Kinos, but leave all the tungsten at home. If you can fit a 575 HMI that would be nice but it's not necessary. I need to block out two windows with two floppies, so 10 c-stands is enough."

DP Scenario 2 - "We are shooting a music video on a small stage, and I need exactly 2 x 2ks, 4 x 1ks, 2 x 650s, 2 combo stands, 6 beefy babies, and 8 c-stands for flags. Bring 12 stingers since we are on house power only."

Secondly, I am always buying more stuff, so if there is something small you don't see here, give me a call and see if I have one. If I don't, I can sub-rent it from any of the local rental houses or one of my friends if my schedule permits it.

Ford F550 4-Ton Combo G&E Truck with 17' Box
Overall Length: 28' 8" Box Length: 16' 6" GVWR: 19,000 lbs
Overall Width: 8' 0" Box Width: 7' 9" Unladen: 11,140 lbs
Overall Height: 11' 2" Box Height: 8' 0" Payload: 7,860 lbs

 

Camera (OPTIONAL)

Canon 7D
(1) Canon 7D Body
(2) 32GB Sandisk CF cards
(2) Batteries + Charger
(1) Sachtler Video 14 tripod
(1) 75mm hi-hat
(6) Canon to Nikon Lens Adapters

35mm Prime Lenses
Nikon MF 20mm-f/2.8
Nikon MF 24mm-f/2.0
Nikon MF 28mm-f/2.0
Nikon MF 35mm-f/1.4
Nikon MF 50mm-f/1.4
Nikon MF 85mm-f/1.4
Nikon MF 105mm-f/1.8
Nikon MF 200mm-f/4.0
Vivitar series 1 "bokina" 90mm-f/2.5 macro

Panasonic HVX-200
(1) Panasonic HVX-200 body
(1) 16GB P2 Card
(1) 32GB P2 Card
(2) Two Chargers
(1) Bogen 3066 Tripod

 

Speedrail Camera Slider (OPTIONAL)

This indie skateboard slider rides on top of standard 1-¼ speedrail; it's length is limited only by the length of the speedrail under it. I carry 2', 3', 4', 6', 8', and 12' speedrail on the truck, allowing for 6 different slider lengths.

NOTE: You supply either a Mitchel tripod head or a 75mm ball head. Call ahead if your tripod has a 100mm ball.

(1) Mitchel Slider
(1) 75mm Ball Adapter

(2) Speedrail-To-Combo Stand Adapters
(1) Speedrail Center Support

 

Car Mount (OPTIONAL)

A very flexible camera mount utilizing a machined aluminum cheeseplate with a built-in ball level and a variety of suction cups. Can support DSLRs all the way to Red One cameras and everything in between. Please allow 30-60 minutes for setup.

(1) Cheese-plate Leveling Mount
(1) 3/8"-16 Camera Plate (Dslr/Prosumer)
(1) 1/4"-20 Camera Plate (Pro Cameras)
(5) 6" Suction cups with 5/8" pins
(3) 3" Suction cups with 5/8" pins

(1) hot-shoe adapter with 5/8" pin
(6) fender hooks
(4) 12" steel rods
(2) 24" steel rods
(4) dedicated ratchet straps

 

Teleprompter (OPTIONAL)

15" 60/40 LCD Teleprompter (with operator). Laptop and tripod supplied.

 

Crystal Sync Honda EX5500 Watt Generator (OPTIONAL)

This 5500 watt "putt-putt" generator is suitable for operating base camps, laptops, and admin support. It can also power a single 1.2k HMI and 3 KinoFlos if needed. Gasoline billed as used.

 

Lighting & Electric

This is my normal working set. However, I also own an extra 90+ lights not on this list, such as 12k HMIs, 4k HMIs, 9-light MaxiBrutes, 10k and 5k tungsten fresnels, source fours, and dozens and dozens of additional smaller tungsten lamps (i.e. 11 more 1k fresnels, 13 more 650w fresnels, etc). Click here for the extra lights list.

HMI Lighting
(2) 1200 HMI Pars
(2) 1200 Goyas

Tungsten Fresnels
(2) 2k Mole Baby Junior
(2) 1k Mole Baby Baby
(2) 1k Mole 3081
(6) 650 Mole 4871 Tweenie
(3) 300 Mole 3131 Betweenie
(4) 200 Mole 2801 Mini-Mole
(6) 100 LTM Peppers

Tungsten Open Face
(2) 2k Mighty Moles
(2) 1k Nook Lights

Kino Flos
(1) Image 80 DMX
(5) 4' x 4 bank
(2) 4' x 2 bank
(2) 2' x 4 bank
(2) 2' x 2 bank
(2) 12" Mini-Flo kit

Electrical
(10) 50' stingers
(10) 25' stingers
(2) 2000w dimmers
(4) 1000w dimmers

Distro
(6) 50' 5-wire banded camlock
(1) 10' 5-wire camlock jumpers
(4) 50' 100-amp bates extension
(4) 50' 60-amp bates extension
(2) 25' 60-amp bates extension
(2) 100-amp to 100-amp splitter
(2) 100-amp to 60-amp splitter
(1) 100-amp 120v snakebite
(1) camlock 3-fer + ground squid
(2) camlock suicide pins (m & f)

(1) 1200-amp 3-phase distro box
(4) 100-amp thru lunch boxes
(4) 100-amp gang boxes
(2) 60-amp gang boxes

 

Chimeras (OPTIONAL)

This optional package provides up to (2) small and (2) medium tungsten softboxes (24" x 36" and 36" x 48" respectively). The two medium Chimeras include a 10" ring which can fit the 2k mighty mole [and if needed, the Mole 1.2k HMI par]. The two small Chimeras are part of the Woodylight -- an amazing "on-the-fly" pure tungsten 250w / 500w / 750w / 1k 2900k, OR 1k 3200k lighting fixture with full dimming.

Small Chimera

(2) 1k Woodylight
(2) Small Chimera (24" x 36")
(2) Lighttools 40° egg crate

Medium Chimera

(2) Medium Quartz Plus Chimera (36" x 48")
(2) 10" speed ring (2k Mighty Mole / Mole 1.2k HMI)
(2) Front diffusion set (1/4 grid, 1/2 grid, full)
(2) Lighttools 40° egg crate

 

Grip

Dolly
(1) American Grip Doorway Dolly
(1) Portaglide 50 + case
(2) 8' Steel Track
(1) 4' Steel Track
(1) 2' Steel Track
(1) Crate Cribbing
(1) Crate Wedges
(1) 4' Level

Stands
(4) Medium Rollers
(1) Baby Roller (monitor stand)
(6) 3-Riser Combo Stands
(4) Low-boy Combo Stands
(8) Beefy Baby Stands
(2) Premie Baby Stands
(16) C-Stands
(2) Gary Coleman Stands

1-1/4" Speedrail
(10) 12' Speedrail
(7) 8' Speedrail
(4) 6' Speedrail
(4) 4' Speedrail
(4) 3' Speedrail
(4) 2' Speedrail
(10) Baby clamps
(2) Junior receiver clamps
(8) Cheeseburoughs
(8) Speedrail corners
(4) Speedrail ears
(4) Speedrail couplers
(2) Deep Jaw speed-Cs

Grip
(10) Cartellni clamps
(10) Spare grip heads
(1) Mafer clamp
(4) 8" c-clamps with baby pins
(1) 6" c-clamp with baby pin
(2) Chain vice grips with baby pins
(2) Furniture clamps with baby pins
(4) Norms Pins
(2) Edison-To-Baby-Pin Adapters
(20) Safety chains
(30) 20 lb Sandbags
(10) 35 lb Sandbags

Light Control
(2) 12x12 frames (speedrail + breakdown)
(1) 12x12 solid
(1) 12x12 ultrabounce
(1) 12x12 silver lame
(1) 12x12 bleached muslin (5.0 stops)
(1) 12x12 full grid (2.5 stops)
(1) 12x12 half-grid (2.0 stops)
(1) 12x12 light grid (1 stop)
(1) 12x12 poly silk (1.6 stops)
(1) 12x12 1/4 silk (0.6 stops)
(1) 12x12 hilite (1.0 stops)
(1) 12x12 1/2 soft frost (1.5 stops)

(2) 8x8 frames (speedrail + breakdown)
(1) 8x8 solid
(1) 8x8 ultrabounce
(1) 8x8 silver lame
(1) 8x8 bleached muslin (5.0 stops)
(1) 8x8 full grid (2.5 stops)
(1) 8x8 half-grid (2.0 stops)
(1) 8x8 light grid (1 stop)
(1) 8x8 poly silk (1.6 stops)
(1) 8x8 1/4 silk (0.6 stops)
(1) 8x8 hilite (1.0 stops)
(1) 8x8 1/2 soft frost (1.5 stops)

(1) 6x6 frame (breakdown)
(1) 6x6 solid
(1) 6x6 ultrabounce
(1) 6x6 silver lame
(1) 6x6 bleached muslin (5.0 stops)
(1) 6x6 full grid (2.5 stops)
(1) 6x6 half-grid (2.0 stops)
(1) 6x6 light grid (1 stop)
(1) 6x6 poly silk (1.6 stops)
(1) 6x6 1/4 silk (0.6 stops)
(1) 6x6 hilite (1.0 stops)
(1) 6x6 1/2 soft frost (1.5 stops)

(2) 4x4 Shiny Boards
(6) 4x4 Floppies
(2) 4x4 Bounce cards
(2) 4x4 light grid (5.0 stops)
(2) 4x4 216
(3) 4x4 250
(3) 4x4 Opal
(2) 4x4 Hampshire Frost

(8) 2x3 Solid
(2) 2x3 Single
(4) 2x3 Double
(2) 2x3 Silk
(2) 2x3 Open Frame

(4) 2x3 Solid
(2) 2x3 Single
(2) 2x3 Double
(2) 2x3 Silk



--Tim