Mike in Maryland wrote:
I have an EMS external frame backpack that I use.  I can carry a VII, two strobe setups with stands and a couple different mods, and a few other things.  As long as it's balanced, the worst part about it is putting it on.  I then carry my camera bag in my hand.

I need to have you come to Az and give it a go. Moutains, 110 heat, etc.

I do back pack but it really gets old packing two vagabonds, heads, tripod, stands, cameras, lenses, etc.

Bernie Browder  wrote:
here it is, not sure if thats what you have in mind.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=291144

That's the one I was trying to find. Thanks Bernie!

Lighting Magic wrote:
I'm working on a Portable rig for taking eq on location. Anyone have any cool ideas they have built or seen for packing gear and rolling into a location to do a shoot?

I searched the forum with no luck but one time I did see a post with some home built carts for hauling gear.

I have vagabonds strobes etc. and looking for some cool ideas for building a solution to this.

It was a golf cart, I searched on ebay and found some for around $20.

Lighting Magic wrote:
I'm working on a Portable rig for taking eq on location. Anyone have any cool ideas they have built or seen for packing gear and rolling into a location to do a shoot?

I searched the forum with no luck but one time I did see a post with some home built carts for hauling gear.

I have vagabonds strobes etc. and looking for some cool ideas for building a solution to this.

I am building two actually.  This is the big one.
It is 7' long and I can actually move it around by hand if need be and only weighs about 400 lbs. Environmentally sealed against weather.

http://www.pbase.com/patrickth/image/89063712

The small one is in the works. It will have a pure cine wave invertor, batteries, high security locks and some other trick capabilities and can be towed with a vw passat or whatever.

http://www.pbase.com/patrickth/image/97959683

Lighting Magic wrote:

I need to have you come to Az and give it a go. Moutains, 110 heat, etc.

I do back pack but it really gets old packing two vagabonds, heads, tripod, stands, cameras, lenses, etc.

No problem!  I'll take the desert dry heat over the pea soup for air that I have to trudge through in the summer!  Try climbing up one of those mountains in 90 deg heat with 95% humidity.  I don't know which is heavier sometimes, my pack, or my sweat waterlogged clothes... 

Of course, if I'm packing it into a location, the furthest I've gone in is about a mile and half.  Any further and I'm looking for a way to get my Jeep in.