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the best option.” This adoption of load cells has seen many productions moving away from calculations and it becoming more normal to weigh shows in rehearsals. “Shows are getting heavier despite components becoming lighter,” stated Luke. “Designers seem to be using the weight saved by more modern equipment to use more lights and projectors, bigger video walls and special effects. This is beneficial to the Load Cell approach where weighing the entire rig can result in huge savings. We regularly see two-tonne motors dropped to one-tonne capacities. On one tour, we even saw 12, twotonne motors cut from the rigging altogether, making load-in a bit more pleasurable.” Like so many businesses amid the pandemic, Load Cell
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Rental closed the doors to its office space and kit was put into storage. “We had to diversify into the corporate world,” he said, reeling off jobs the team had been involved in, from weighing cars and aircrafts to wind turbine components. The turn of the new year, however, has brought renewed optimism to Load Cell Rental. “We have picked up a share of a new market and have had more new clients using our services this year,” commented Luke. “We have multiple music tour bookings taking us into 2023, but our biggest step forward has been in the corporate world with clients utilising our weight reports for suspended loads wherever they may be – from hanging off the side of a skyscraper to hanging
items in shopping centres.” Luke closed by paying tribute to Load Cell Rental founder, Richard Young, who sadly passed away in 2021. “Richard identified the gap in the market that would allow Load Cell Rental to be established and grow,” stated Luke. “Even though he was not involved in the dayto-day running of the company, his constant presence behind the scenes was a huge driving force within the company. I think that lasting legacy in the form of Load Cell Rental will continue to raise safety in the industry. I know that given some of the things we have helped to make safer in the past, it is inevitable we will have a direct influence in making the industry safer in the future. We are not finished yet!” www.loadcellrental.com
