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<blockquote data-quote="David Buehler" data-source="post: 19037" data-attributes="member: 37">Re: American Stage-MobileDick,Havent&#039; seen one in person yet, but &quot;world leading&quot; i would think otherwise. I am weary of the units that use the fabric/vinyl tops, like the american stage-mobile and the marshall austin units as the fabric could be damaged in transport and day of show. Watching the youtube setup video of the L model, I would be concerned about how the 2 &quot;roof&quot; wings&quot; are actually stabalized/secured in the wind as there are no corner posts. There are 2 of the similar Marshall austin units here in NM, and i have personally seen one have the roof lifting system fail in action during a load out. These units are much less money than say the SL-100 or a Apex unit but those hydrolic based units are superior in many ways, specifically in the safety aspects. It also appears that it is very tall even in the closed up position for a draw-bar style unit, which in the wind, in transport could blow over easy since it doesnt seem to have much weight to hold it down (5600lbs) verse the side wall surface&nbsp; area. Something that has boggled me, is these units are claimed to be built in Germany, but brought to the USA. I cant find anything about the manufacturer in Germany.. The videos, and vehicles are definently German..&nbsp; Makes you thinkDavid</blockquote>

[QUOTE="David Buehler, post: 19037, member: 37"] Re: American Stage-Mobile Dick, Havent' seen one in person yet, but "world leading" i would think otherwise. I am weary of the units that use the fabric/vinyl tops, like the american stage-mobile and the marshall austin units as the fabric could be damaged in transport and day of show. Watching the youtube setup video of the L model, I would be concerned about how the 2 "roof" wings" are actually stabalized/secured in the wind as there are no corner posts. There are 2 of the similar Marshall austin units here in NM, and i have personally seen one have the roof lifting system fail in action during a load out. These units are much less money than say the SL-100 or a Apex unit but those hydrolic based units are superior in many ways, specifically in the safety aspects. It also appears that it is very tall even in the closed up position for a draw-bar style unit, which in the wind, in transport could blow over easy since it doesnt seem to have much weight to hold it down (5600lbs) verse the side wall surface area. Something that has boggled me, is these units are claimed to be built in Germany, but brought to the USA. I cant find anything about the manufacturer in Germany.. The videos, and vehicles are definently German.. Makes you think David [/QUOTE]

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