Camera Crane Truck

Don't sweat it! It was fun chasing you down that road.

 

Upgraded the pump (that powers the crane) to a higher pressure unit. 2000psi vs 1200psi of the first one. More pressure = more torque to move the arm against forces like high wind speed.





Also, I'm prepping for a shoot this Thursday and we're gonna run a pretty heavy camera package. 45lbs! It will put the crane and gimbal to the test.

 

Digging the paint marks on the hydraulic fitting.

 

Gotta have em! In fact, thanks to the paint marks, when I started testing the new pump, I noticed the pulley adapter was ever so slightly slipping on the pump shaft. No good. So I machined a new one that's a couple tenths tighter on the bore as well as being longer (more surface area to grip the shaft). Been holding strong since.

 

Filming new Tacomas with a Tacoma!

 

Shooting an indie action movie this past weekend:

 

Truck sans crane.

 

Ready at first light. Seacoast NH.

 

Trailer for the action short film from a couple posts up:

 

Too freaking cool!

 

We may or may not have hit 115MPH trying to keep up with Lambos on this shoot...

TRD supercharger put in the work!

 

Fuggin sweeeeeet!

 

Final cut for the action short film THE LOCALS, largely shot with the Tacoma camera crane truck.

Featuring all real guns and big military trucks - check it out!

 

Damn!