soundcarts 2

Cart No. 7 codenamed SoundCart v.7 1.09.09, looks very much in the same tradition as carts 3,4 & 6. I wanted to get back to the size and weight of Cart No. 4 which I think was my favorite. I have in fact produced a cart which is smaller and lighter than the previous. SoundCart v.7 is 18 pounds lighter than the last cart and loaded with (less) equipment than the last cart, the overall weight should be substantially less. The majority of the weight on my fully loaded cart is the Cooper Mixer and the battery power supply. These have not changed so I still have that weight with the cart.

SoundCart v.7 is 6 inches shorter than the previous cart and is fully 2 inches narrower at the widest point which is hub-to-hub on the rear wheels. This should make getting through narrow doorways easier.

The biggest design change with this cart is the 2-piece construction: lower module has the wheels, large drawer and batter power supply, the upper section has all the working gear. The two sections fit together very solidly with locator pins on the 1” x 1” aluminum uprights and then bolted together with hand-twist knobs. Being in two sections this theoretically allows for transportation side by side in smaller vehicles, and then put together at the location. In practice, unfortunately, the upper section when fully loaded is just too heavy and unwieldily to be separated by one person. This can be done easily with two people burt not by just one. Removing the equipment makes it possible to accomplish this with one person but that sort of defeats the purpose of quick setup of a fully loaded and functional cart when arriving at a shoot.

JSWSoundCart v.7.0 1.09.09

the new cart is considerably smaller when

viewed side by side with the old cart.

the narrow tread bicycle-type mag wheels on the new cart make it much more maneuverable

the cart separates into 2 pieces using the black down-facing knob that bolts both modules together

the gray and black wheel, there are 4 of them, support the upper module (like feet) when it is on its own --- they are not rolling wheels but they do roll so they can be helpful when loading a vehicle or positioning the upper section of the cart when used on its own

right angle connector connects lower section that has the battery supply to the upper section DC distribution