[Konvas] OT -- Who needs a crab dolly???

[fauxfilm at aol.com]

Hey gang...

Although I almost never get rid of anything, my partner is making noise about selling our crab dolly (he makes this argument about once every six months).

http://www.fantasticplastic.com/dolly.gif

I really want to keep it (it's just way cool), but have finally accepted the fact that we hardly ever use it (I can't even remember the last time) and that it would be must smarter to reclaim the stage space that it is taking up (even smarter would be me moving out two motorcycles, but that's a very different argument).

Before I put it on eBay or Mandy, I thought I would offer it to this group.

It's a quite large McAlister dolly, eight pneumatic tires, fully crabbable.? It's quite ancient (who knows when it was built) but still perfectly fuctional and solid as a tank. ?It has a large hydraulic boom.? In addition, it has the very unusual feature of a hydraulic head riser that pops up an additional two feet or so, so you never have to put on or take off head risers... you just turn a knob.? It has 110v electric pump, or it can be hand pumped (although I've never hand pumped it).? It has a Mitchell top, although I have put other heads on it.

I don't have any good pics at the moment other than the little animated gif on our website, but if anyone is serious about it I can take some.

KNOWN ISSUES OR DOWNSIDES:

1) Because it sits for loooong periods of time the tires have developed flat spots.? I imagine they would roll out fine if someone wanted to spend a little bit of time driving it around, but can't guarantee that.? In that case the tires would need to be replaced, but I don't think that's the case.

2) It audibly gurgles a little bit, usually right when finishing a boom up or boom down move.? I strongly suspect that it is simply low on hydraulic fluid and there's a bit too much air in the system and that a refill would eliminate that.? I will probably top it off before I get serious about selling.

3) Size and Weight.? This is no little Fisher 10.? This is the biggest downside to this bad boy... heavy dollys make for silky smooth moves of course, but it would create some challenges in getting it to whomever wanted it.? It's HEAVY... I don't know just how heavy, but my guess is 500lbs or better.? A buyer would have to arrange for a freight company to crate it and truck it.? If you live anywhere in the great Southeast picking it up in Huntsville Alabama would be the easiest route... it'd roll right out the stage door onto our loading dock and into your truck.

HOW MUCH?

When I get serious about it I will probably ask $2500 for it, but If anyone in here wants it I'll give it the "Commrade Special" price of $2K... buyer taking care of all shipping of course.

So... who has a heavy Kinor or other bigboy camera and needs something cool to hold it up??

If so, contact me OFF LIST PLEASE at todd at fantasticplastic.com, or you can do it the old-school way at 256 564-9854.

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
http://fantasticplastic.com


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