Grip Truck Rental in Virginia
Fully stocked 1-ton, 3-ton, and 5-ton grip trucks for film, television, commercial, and photo productions. Based in Richmond, serving productions across Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic — trucks, lighting, and crew from one call.
Grip Trucks for Virginia Productions
Photon Grip & Electric rents fully stocked 1-ton, 3-ton, and 5-ton grip trucks to productions across Virginia. Based in Richmond, we regularly support shoots in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, Charlottesville, Washington DC, and everywhere between — from single-day interviews to multi-week features.
Every truck goes out production-ready: stands, grip hardware, rigging, and expendables organized and counted, so your crew isn't hunting for gear on day one. Whether you're a line producer locking a package for a commercial, a production manager coordinating an out-of-town shoot, or a DP who wants a truck that's stocked the way a working grip would stock it, we build the rental around your production.
Need more than the truck? We also provide lighting packages, generators, jibs, and experienced grip and electric crew — one call covers the package.
Grip Truck Packages
1-TON GRIP TRUCK
Nimble package for smaller shoots
Interviews, inserts & branded content
Easy to park, fast to work out of
Core grip: stands, flags, clamps & expendables
3-TON GRIP TRUCK
The workhorse for most productions
Small commercials, docs & corporate shoots
Full stand complement & 12x12 overheads
Flags, hardware, gels & expendables
5-TON GRIP TRUCK
Our largest, fully loaded truck
Commercials, features & multi-day work
Overheads through 20x20, deep stand package
26' box with room for added gear
HOW PRODUCTIONS USE IT
Commercials and branded content run lean on the 1-ton and 3-ton — in and out of tight locations, parking-friendly, everything a small G&E team needs without hauling a warehouse. Documentary and corporate crews like a truck that shows up organized, with a gaffer who already knows where everything lives. Features and larger commercial work take the 5-ton for its overhead packages and depth of stands. And because we're based in Richmond, we routinely run trucks to Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, Charlottesville, and DC — out-of-town producers use us as their local G&E department: truck, gear, and crew handled with one call.
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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Yes. Trucks are driven to your location by your Photon driver, billed per mile from our Richmond base.
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Every Photon truck comes with a Photon gaffer who drives the truck, knows the package inside out, and works your shoot. The gaffer's rate is quoted separately. Need more crew — camera, grips, electricians, a full G&E team? We know them all.
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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. Booking without production insurance? Contact us and we'll talk through options.
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IYes — production doesn't keep office hours and neither do we. Weekends book up first, especially in spring and fall, so lock your dates early.