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<blockquote data-quote="Evan Kirkendall" data-source="post: 148209" data-attributes="member: 5">Re: Lighten the loadLately I&#039;ve been having issues overloading axles vs. the whole truck. I had CDL 26 out for a few weeks last fall that was ~1,100lbs under total GVW, but at some points almost 2,300lbs OVER on the rear axle! That was fun trying to put as much weight forward as possible! As far as getting the whole pack down weight wise, well thought out &quot;system packages&quot; seems to be the winning route here. What&#039;s the least amount of shit you can get away with taking to a gig? Seriously. When festival season gets rolling, I often have the generator company supply feeder up to the stage so I don&#039;t have to haul out 100&#039; it. 1/2 ton motors with 60&#039; of chain instead of 1 ton motors with 75&#039; of chain, efficient speakers and amps, digital snakes instead of analog snakes, smaller/lighter cases, ect. One of my popular rigs I send out over the summer is 8/side d&amp;b Q1(49lbs), 3/side dual 18&#039;s(200lbs), 8x d&amp;b M4 wedges(44lbs), 3x amp racks(D12/PLM20k), Midas Pro 2 at FOH, digital snake, SC48 on mons, pair of 1/2 ton motors, plus a mic box, stand trunk, and cable caddy. The whole package fits in a 16&#039; truck and will do many SL250 sized gigs just fine. Evan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evan Kirkendall, post: 148209, member: 5"] Re: Lighten the load Lately I've been having issues overloading axles vs. the whole truck. I had CDL 26 out for a few weeks last fall that was ~1,100lbs under total GVW, but at some points almost 2,300lbs OVER on the rear axle! That was fun trying to put as much weight forward as possible! As far as getting the whole pack down weight wise, well thought out "system packages" seems to be the winning route here. What's the least amount of shit you can get away with taking to a gig? Seriously. When festival season gets rolling, I often have the generator company supply feeder up to the stage so I don't have to haul out 100' it. 1/2 ton motors with 60' of chain instead of 1 ton motors with 75' of chain, efficient speakers and amps, digital snakes instead of analog snakes, smaller/lighter cases, ect. One of my popular rigs I send out over the summer is 8/side d&b Q1(49lbs), 3/side dual 18's(200lbs), 8x d&b M4 wedges(44lbs), 3x amp racks(D12/PLM20k), Midas Pro 2 at FOH, digital snake, SC48 on mons, pair of 1/2 ton motors, plus a mic box, stand trunk, and cable caddy. The whole package fits in a 16' truck and will do many SL250 sized gigs just fine. Evan [/QUOTE]

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