When your loading the broom broom - what can you fit in?

Renault Scenic:
1 TV monitor, 1 Karaoke player, 1 DVD player, 4x EV speakers, 1 QSC amp, 1 peavey amp, 4x speaker poles, 4x fx lights, DJ multi stand and 6ft folding front screen and overhead cross-bar, 2x Tripods & T bars, 2x quickloc stands, Pioneer Decks, Laptop Decks, 2xshoulder leads bags, 3 x Karaoke Stands, 2x mic stands, 8 cd folders of various sizes, [B]6 Karaoke folders and a foldaway table.1 Passenger seat

Ford Escort:
All the above except the karaoke gear and minus 2 EV's and 2x poles.
No passenger room.
If I'm not doing Karaoke, I can fit in all the EV's!
There is no possible room for anything else - not even a mouse!
I did, however, have to up-rate the rear suspension after 2 weeks use!

I would like to have a trailor but have no available room for storage. A transit would be nice, but can not currently afford!!!!

Everything!!! and I mean everything there is a knack to packing a car.
You can call me Mary Poppins if you ever saw

Oh yeah, paula's mary poppins motor, dont fly but can get sum karaoke kit in it!!!!!


citroen xantia

2x 15" speakers, 2 boxes full of cables, two scanners, 4 auto moons, stand and two speaker stands

daewoo lanos

2x 15" speakers, 2x cd/mixer box, amps, few more lights.

Totally agree with Paula... its the way you pack em..... have regular debates with my hubby over what I can get in the range.... and believe you me, I can get tons in there... but it doesnt all fit when he loads it... wonder why that is!

I could also get everything in my astra estate but after selling that and getting a Freelander i use a trailer.

In my Mazda 626 i get 2 x 15" speakers, speaker stands, 2 CDJ500s, 3 Chameleons, 1 Galactic Moon, 2 Wildmoons, DJ Stand, couple more lights, 4 cases of CDs, 2 Amps, 2 bags of leads etc etc....

There is a knack.... And if you get one bit wrong (specially at the end of the gig) its all change...... And I REALLY hate it when that happens.....

I used to follow this route of packing in motors.............. but then 10 yrs ago I discovered Tow - A - Van the answer to my prayers........... no tax, no MOT, no depreciation. Easily stored (Well it was when I hung my up and over garage door on side hinges)

Trouble is now I've filled that aswell!! So many light screens!

Spin

I have a White Daihatsu Hi Jet, yes I know I look like a traveller but it's a 1 litre engine, cheap on Road tax, fuel and insurance.

For the usual gigs, when I pack it in I can fit comfortably,

4 Packing Cases carrying lighting, etc, each case around 3' x 2' x 2'
2 DB Technologies Opera Powered Speakers
2 Mobil Tech Wind Up stands in carry boxes
3 ladder lengths, 2 x 2m and 1 x 1m
2 speaker stands
1 microphone stand
CD/Mixer Case 2U x 6U x 6U
2 Light Screens 2' 6" square
1 FAL Rainbow light box
3 x 180 CD Cases
Tool box
Pro-el Deck stand

and still room for more....


Spinko

Yep I'm with Spin on this 1

I couldn't live without my trailer Although my trailer is bigger than most tow-a-van trailers

It's about 10 or 11ft long, about 3ft wide and 6 ft high inside, about the same amount of space as a tranny van so I can get tons of gear in there. When my full setup is loaded in there it takes up about 2 thirds of the space on the floor.

This includes: 4x 12" speakers, Amp, cd player and mixer, 6ft deck stand an goal post thingy, CD case, 2 cables boxes, 7x light screens, a pair of FAL 3 bulb light sequencers that plug into bulgin controller, scrolling message display, 3 chauvet micro-scans, 2 chauvet micro-barrlels and some other lights that don't have names oh yeah and a fog machine.

Erm...

I can't remember everything else.

C ya l8erz

Joe

ooo sin... you clever thing! How many pairs of shoes and boots could I fit in your trailer!

Hi does any of you have a pic of 1 of these trailers also how much do they sell for and where do youpark them as im thinking of getting 1 coz i want to buy myself a new decent car and dont want to keep putting my gear in the back.

thanks kev

I think Chris has a picture of my van with MOST of the kit in....

Well if you want to go the brand new route look here

Tow A Vans

Brand new you would be looking at the £2000+ mark for a twin axle of a decent size however I paid £1000 second - hand for mine about ten years ago and it is still probably worth £800 to £900 even now!

Spin

Thanks spin

Howdy!

On the subject of cars etc something came up tonight and I just wondered if anyone knows...

On the way home from tonights gig, I had to put some diesel in the car - So pulled into service station, put some in, paid for it, but on the way back to the car I realised that it was sitting VERY low on its back wheels.

Is there a legal limit? I know that some vans cannot be over a certain weight - is this the same for all vehicles or????

Just worried me coz noone likes a pull over by the boys in blue!!

Hi, Ive never heard of a weight limit for all kinds of cars that you cant exceed...as long as your tyres aren't warming the arches then you I think you should be ok!

Tbh, I think if you did get stopped it would be more the way you packed your car, ie stuff doesnt fly across the boot when you turn a corner...if everything is secure then it shouldnt really be regarded as anything different from joe public moving a load of their personal effects in thier car...

Obviously this would invalidate your PLG insurance policy!

Steve

I think that it was Dj Kray that asked if anyone had any pics of a van trailer?

Well ive got a couple of mine so here they r.







I can't tell you exactly how big it is 'cos im no good at maths lol.

I'm no good at maths either but I must be going blind because I can't see your pictures. Has someone removed them?

Ok I thnk that I have sorted out the problem with the invsible pictures

I have been well informed by Chris P that 'Geocities', who I had uploaded my pictures to, do not allow, 'hot linking' (or something like that) which means that my pictures didn't display even tho the image address was that of the uplaoded image

So... I have now uploaded them to a new webspace provider and hopefully they are 'seeable' now. lol

Please inform me if these pictures are still not working. I can see them but then again I could when they were hosted by Geocities for some reason

Joe

Cheers joe thanks for the pics