1-Ton Grip Truck Rental
The nimble package — core grip for interviews, inserts, and branded content, in a truck that parks anywhere and works fast. $325/day + $2.10/mile. Multi-day and multi-week rates available — request a quote.
Small Footprint, Full Toolkit
The 1-ton is the truck for shoots that move quick and park tight: interviews, inserts, branded content, corporate video, run-and-gun days around town. It carries the core of a working grip package — C-stands, combos, 6x6 and 8x8 overheads, flags, hardware, and expendables — without the footprint, so you're rolling minutes after you arrive.
Like every Photon truck, the 1-ton comes with a Photon gaffer who knows the pack, drives the truck, and keeps your set moving. We're based in Richmond and run the 1-ton across Virginia — and lighting, a generator, or additional crew can ride on the same booking.
Multiple setups, bigger overheads, or a gear list that keeps growing? The 3-ton and 5-ton carry the depth.
On the Truck
STANDS & RIGGING
(8) C-stands · (16) sandbags
(4) combo stands · low-boy combo
High roller stand
Baby plates, scissor clips & safeties
OVERHEADS & LIGHT CONTROL
6x6 & 8x8 frames with solids, silks, nets & bounce
18x24 & 24x36 flag sets
4x4 floppies · 4x8 bead board
Gels: CTO, CTB, frost & diffusion · hand dimmers
HARDWARE, POWER & SUPPORT
Mafers, C-clamps, Cardellinis & spring clamps
(2) sets apple boxes · wedges & cribbing
15-amp stingers, cube taps & power strips
Ladder, tools, furniture pads & expendables
HOW PRODUCTIONS USE IT
Interview crews book the 1-ton because the whole day fits in one small truck: shape the light, flag the window, box up the talent's eyeline, wrap fast. Branded content and corporate shoots use it for multi-location days around town — easy parking, quick load-ins, no wrestling a big box into a garage. It's also the smart add-on truck: second unit, insert days, or a lean pickup day on a bigger production. And when the shoot needs more than core grip, lighting and crew ride along on the same booking.
WHY PHOTON
Every truck comes with a Photon gaffer — someone who knows the pack, drives the truck, and keeps your set moving
Real production experience, not just rental-counter service
Trucks go out clean, counted, and organized — no day-one gear hunts
Lighting, generators, jib, and crew available on the same booking
Richmond base, working across Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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For interviews, inserts, branded content, and small corporate days — yes, that's exactly what it's built for. The honest test: one or two setups at a time, overheads 8x8 and under, and a crew of a few. If your day has multiple simultaneous setups, bigger rags, or a gear list that grew in prep, the 3-ton or 5-ton is the safer call — tell us about the shoot and we'll size it straight.
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Yes. Trucks are driven to your location by your Photon gaffer, billed at $2.10/mile from our Richmond base. For most Virginia locations that's a straightforward line item — tell us your location when you request a quote and we'll give you the exact number.
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Every Photon truck comes with a Photon crew member who drives the truck, knows the package inside out, and works your shoot — as your gaffer, or as an electrician or grip if you've got the gaffer covered. The crew member is engaged directly by the production, and the rate is quoted separately. Need more G&E for the shoot? Bring it up when you request a quote.
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Mileage runs $2.10/mile from Richmond. For shoots beyond the immediate region, production is responsible for the gaffer's travel days, lodging, and meals — standard practice for out-of-town crew. Multi-day and multi-week rates are available: the longer the run, the more room we have to work with you on the package.
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We require a certificate of insurance covering the rented equipment, naming Photon Grip & Electric as additionally insured. Most production insurance policies handle this in a quick email with your broker.