awaddie Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I'm in the process of buliding the set for a show at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre (i.e. the stage is flat - no rake). The set consists of two large (24' x 8' x 22') trucks with a quantity of flattage on the front and one of the trucks has a platform at 10'9" (or 3.3m) which one of the actors requires access to during the run. The designer has planned for a stair access tower to be used for getting onto and off of this platform and I'm trying to come up with a way to do this safely and quickly. Due to the shape of the lower areas of these trucks we can't fix a set of treads to the truck and use that for access - we have to enter from the back and the access tower can't be permanently attached to the truck. So I need a stair access tower to a height of 3.3m preferrably on wheels (with suitable outriggers etc for stability) which will be clamped (somehow - haven't got that far in the thoughts) to a large truck (which when in position will be solidly on the floor, i.e. off its wheels - we're going to use scoots to do the necessary lifting and shifting). There are a wide range of stair access towers available but all that I've found to date (PlusEight, Haki) seem to be intended for static use. Has anyone ever had a similar sort of problem to solve and/or any ideas of a possible solution. Thanks, Andrew P.S. This is my first time posting on here - and although I'm building for a large venue I am mostly amateur (professionally I'm an optical engineer) - so please be gentle with me ;) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Maybe something like mobile access steps to the appropriate height with optional platform gate might fit the bill. (from Key Industrial; other companies like Slingsby might have similar competetively priced possibilities) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipstream Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 The shipyards use the scaff with nodules every 300mm on the uprights - no idea of the brand - not my thing, it gets built into access towers up to 60' tall and they crane lift it about as the ship build progresses, scared the heck out of me the first time they picked it up but as far as I could see the stuff was rigid enough in it's standard form to be acceptable for this kind of movement. No special fixings or permanent welding, and if BAE figure its fine, I would assume it is, they are pretty safety aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth McAllister Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 We had a similar challenge here at Xmas. One of the actors needed to get up & down from an overhead walkway on the set, at about 2m90 height, wearing a rather expansive bustle type dress. We ended up buying a set of stairs from Platform and setting them up on a moving truck base. It worked a treat, even though it was a last minute fix as the 300quid mobile access ladders that we'd bought her turned out to be too narrow! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamharman Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 The shipyards use the scaff with nodules every 300mm on the uprights - no idea of the brand Sounds like cuplock http://www.scaffold.com.cn/cuplok.htm It has it's uses, but it's probably not what's needed here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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