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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 123119" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: So...What are you carrying as a backup mixer? (or are you?)For several years our &quot;Plan C&quot; console was a Peavey MK IV-24.&nbsp; I think we used it once, when the PM3000 took on water when the FOH tent collapsed.&nbsp; Not an EZup/pop up canopy, a tent-rental company type...&nbsp; The rain came so hard, so fast, that we didn&#039;t get the side walls fully clipped in all the way around. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />&nbsp; The 3K lived - we took it home after pouring the water out of the case - removed every module and gave every control, nook and cranny a low pressure air blast, all connectors un-mated and treated with DeOxIt and then put back.&nbsp; A trip in the oven at 120° for anything that would fit.&nbsp; All done overnight, then we took it on a weekend run.&nbsp; Friday the 3K was taken off the truck, the lid removed and it got to bask in the sunlight while the Peavey did FOH for a small community festival (with some big-boy outboard).&nbsp; We put the lid on later and used it the next day for a national act playing a Make-a-Wish Foundation fundraiser.&nbsp; It worked, but MK IV was back stage, just in case.My most common spare is an 01v96.&nbsp; If I needed to drive something down and dirty we still have a Yammy MC2404 in the back of the shop, and we have a 12 channel Mackie that&#039;s out on rental a lot.&nbsp; Any of them could show up in the nose of the truck.In a way, it&#039;s not just that you have a particular piece of gear but that you have a plan (like Evan lays out) and the cables and kibbles and bits to put it together under pressure.&nbsp; Having the gear with you doesn&#039;t mean you&#039;ll never need it, but if you&#039;re anal enough to do this, you probably don&#039;t find yourself swapping consoles very often, either.&nbsp; The old MK IV covered several providers at festivals when nature tested their preparedness.&nbsp; I like the look on a guys face when I answer his question with &quot;why yes, I do know where you can find a spare, dry console; it&#039;s in the back of our truck.&nbsp; Send a couple guys over.&quot;&nbsp; We put some tarps or visqueen with it, too.&nbsp; Just in case.Obligatory seasonal announcement - the annual &quot;what do you do if it looks like rain&quot; series of topics, coming soon to this forum.&nbsp; :roll:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 123119, member: 67"] Re: So...What are you carrying as a backup mixer? (or are you?) For several years our "Plan C" console was a Peavey MK IV-24. I think we used it once, when the PM3000 took on water when the FOH tent collapsed. Not an EZup/pop up canopy, a tent-rental company type... The rain came so hard, so fast, that we didn't get the side walls fully clipped in all the way around. :( The 3K lived - we took it home after pouring the water out of the case - removed every module and gave every control, nook and cranny a low pressure air blast, all connectors un-mated and treated with DeOxIt and then put back. A trip in the oven at 120° for anything that would fit. All done overnight, then we took it on a weekend run. Friday the 3K was taken off the truck, the lid removed and it got to bask in the sunlight while the Peavey did FOH for a small community festival (with some big-boy outboard). We put the lid on later and used it the next day for a national act playing a Make-a-Wish Foundation fundraiser. It worked, but MK IV was back stage, just in case. My most common spare is an 01v96. If I needed to drive something down and dirty we still have a Yammy MC2404 in the back of the shop, and we have a 12 channel Mackie that's out on rental a lot. Any of them could show up in the nose of the truck. In a way, it's not just that you have a particular piece of gear but that you have a plan (like Evan lays out) and the cables and kibbles and bits to put it together under pressure. Having the gear with you doesn't mean you'll never need it, but if you're anal enough to do this, you probably don't find yourself swapping consoles very often, either. The old MK IV covered several providers at festivals when nature tested their preparedness. I like the look on a guys face when I answer his question with "why yes, I do know where you can find a spare, dry console; it's in the back of our truck. Send a couple guys over." We put some tarps or visqueen with it, too. Just in case. Obligatory seasonal announcement - the annual "what do you do if it looks like rain" series of topics, coming soon to this forum. :roll: [/QUOTE]

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