Who still manually carrys the gear into a gig?

versus using a Rock-N-Roller type kart or similar type of transporting device?.....

I have seen people carrying keyboards under their arms "No Cases" making 20 trips back and forth wires dragging all over etc etc ....just wondering how you transport your gear....I personally only use a Rock N Roller multi kart on almost every gig....which lets me make only ONE trip in & out...I wont leave home without it....one of the best investments a musician can make.
http://www.rocknrollercart.com/

How do You do it?

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I use a hand truck that lays out flat and the handle is waist high. I decided a long time ago, if it doesn't fit on the cart, I really don't need it. It's one trip and one trip only baby.

Joe

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Joe Ayala

I have a roadie.

Ian

Joe I used to use that type rig also BUT ......everything would always slide off the back due to nothing there to hold the gear on back...thats the beauty of the RnRoller kart.....doing this every day its a pleasure to roll.



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For my part time gigging this does the trick, I use 2 long bungee cords to hold everything in place.( one trip only )

HomeDepot HandTruck

me too!

I use the rock 'n roller for everything. When I'm not gigging, I use it in the yard to move bags of mulch, pavers, etc.

I would use it to get to the train station to go to work in the morning, but it's all uphill! ;-)

Al

The perfect solution:

Is that Ian's roadie...?

(Not sure HOW they get around in Nova Scotia!)

Stephen..you are in the "Big" league now [G70}..Get the Rock N Roller...
I know a lot of folks that went from your hand truck to a R and R...but know no one that went from a R and R to the HomeDepot hand truck..

Fran,

You are only in the "big league" when you can afford roadie...or roadies.

Ian

Ive had roadies with my group years agao ....most are drugged up useless pot heads......no thanx I'll take the time do it myself. had more gear broken, or hooked up wrong then I can count.....big acts ok....but the little guy do it your self
Thank the Lord for OMB's!

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My roadie doesn't drink or do drugs, and is also a terrific keyboard technician...I really lucked out.

Certainly makes life easier for a lazy guy like me.

Ian

In Quebec this week, there was a street performer playing sax ... when he finished, he packed up his mp3 player (backing files), CDs, the stand the CDs were on, amplifier, and other odds and ends, strapped them to his BICYCLE with bungee chords and off he went ...
t.

Everything goes into the van by hand. Everything comes out of the van by hand. Sometimes there are 4 or 6 hands. Sometimes there are only two. I do have a hand truck I used to use, but the problems with them are well known. No R&R cart in the foreseeable future.

Hey Bruno123, is the guy in that picture above your 'Manuel'? (private joke - to figure it out see the buy&sell forum).

Fran, You just never know 2 months ago I hadn't planned on the G70 either.

Andrea......."CHIUCCIARILLO" !!!

ciao



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You have to be careful, though...

Donny ... Is that photo taken from just outside the Valle di Templi in Agrigento, Sicily? ... I have a very similar photo from our trip to Italy ...
t.
PS .. hoping for a return visit in 2009 ...
t.

Tony thats my new Roadie in the front of my house

Looks like my Families Town I rememeber visiting as a child (sigh)

Andrea & Donny ...
That IS the "Valle di Templi ...Agrigento, Sicily is the birthplace of my wife's Grandmother ...
My family originated in Maddaloni, outside of Naples, Italy ....
t.

Tony I have the best of both....
Sicilia & Napoli I've been there many times as they all still live there.

How I ENVY you !!! .....
t.

Tony you need to be there more then a few months and sink your teeth into the culture.....not on some tourist vacation at some high falutin hotel in the city....live & feel the "REAL" Italian people & culture and the let the essence of Italia seep into your veins.....

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“ Choose a Job You Love, and you will Never have to Work a Day in Your Life! ”
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And HUG Someone tight Everyday....
You'll Feel better afterwards

Right now the plan is 1 month, touring the country on our own ... the first trip by tour bus was the right way to go for the first time ... saw a lot, learned a lot ... this time it is to EXPERIENCE a lot ...
t.

Just rent a car go drive around the country randomly & get lost where ever it takes you and enjoy Italy like the locals do

Tony,
the Motherland awaits you... again!

...and all these people carry their own equuipment?

double post

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Yes Andrea ...excactly!!


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Donny

“ Choose a Job You Love, and you will Never have to Work a Day in Your Life! ”
________________________
And HUG Someone tight Everyday....
You'll Feel better afterwards