April 20, 2016 mountainproductions

Staging Spotlight: The SAM-550 Mobile Stage

The SAM-550 mobile stage is capable of standing alone as the main stage for huge festivals, but can also fit perfectly into your stage fleet as a B-Stage. The SAM-550’s impressive size is complimented by its ease of setup. As a mobile unit, this stage is easily built by competent and experienced operators, yet boasts the strength of a full non-mobile system. This helps you reduce labor while still raising a roof capable of holding enormous rigging loads. Our SAM-550 mobile stage has traveled all over the country for shows of all sizes.

The SAM-550 Mobile Stage

The SAM-550 Mobile Stage

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Googamooga Festival / New York

Camp Bisco / Pennsylvania

Camp Bisco / Pennsylvania

Life is Good / Outside Boston

Life is Good / Massachusetts

Our SAM-550 has a performance area of 50’ x 38’, and total load bearing roof capacity of 24,000 lbs (2,200 lb for each 12 rated rigging points and 1,000 lb at 3’ each for 2 front overhang extensions). Each of its sound wings are rated for 7,000 lb of weight, and can be outfitted with branded softgoods. The SAM-550’s roof flies 29’ 3” to trim, providing 27’ of clearance to the T1 truss.

We know that your ideas and event goals are often outside of the conventional, standard package. The SAM-550 can feature custom built scaffold wings, flanking video support, and much more to add on to the basic features built-in to the stage itself. By expanding the stage, the system can take the appearance of a much larger system, and also accommodate more production that may be needed for your event. Just because it isn’t typical doesn’t mean we can’t make it work.

Scaffold video supports flank each side of the SAM-550

Scaffold video supports flank each side of the SAM-550

2 scaffold walls support video and additional lighting in this SAM-550 setup

2 scaffold walls support video and additional lighting in this SAM-550 setup

Mountain Productions also has developed custom SAM-550 stage wings for equipment storage and offstage support. For full weather protection, Mountain builds the stage wings using our clearspan weather resistant panels. (Read more about our Clearspan weather panels and our Clearspan FOH here) This provides 2 flanking areas that can store equipment without the risk of damage. We also can build SAM-550 stage wings using our standard roof skins for adequate weather protection that doesn’t have to be as robust. Below is our SL-250 mobile stage with our Clearspan stage wings, available for the SAM-550 and any mobile stage.

Shamrockfest and the SL-250 with Clearspan covered stage wings

Shamrockfest and the SL-250 with Clearspan covered stage wings

Our standard style SAM-550 covered stage wings

Our standard style SAM-550 covered stage wings

 

Our engineers and production crew have been working with the SAM-550 mobile stage for years. Mountain’s certified staff of Stageline mobile stage operators has built the SAM-550 countless times, all over the country. Want to bring the SAM-550 to your next event? Still trying to decide if the SAM-550 is the right stage for you? We’ve got you covered—give us a call at 570 826 5566 or send us a note to learn more.

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