Touring-AV case dimensions, in one place

International touring runs on road cases, and trailer planning runs on knowing exactly how big and how heavy each case is. The Manufacturer Library is a free collection of case catalogues published by the rental houses and case makers touring productions actually use: Christie Lites for lighting, EAW for line array carts, Pelican for waterproof shipping cases, Spectrum Sound for d&b / Yamaha / Shure touring audio. Each entry has length × width × height in inches and packed weight in pounds, ready to drop into a trailer plan. Click into any manufacturer to browse the full case list in a sortable table, or download the CSV to import directly into Truck Packer.

How production managers use the library

Most touring productions don't pack their own cases; they get supplied by one of the big rental houses (Christie, Spectrum, Clair, Pisgah, etc.) and the case dimensions are baked into the rental house's catalogue. For trailer planning, what matters is knowing those dimensions and weights ahead of the load-in: which case sets the trailer height, where the heaviest cases need to live to keep axle weight legal, how to route line-array carts through tight dock doors. The libraries here let a production manager pull the actual case data into Truck Packer in seconds: no manual entry, no remapping. Once imported, AutoPack generates a 3D pack plan against any trailer size, and the same data flows into the carnet manifest merger if the tour is going international.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Truck Packer Manufacturer Library?

A free collection of case-library CSVs published by major touring-AV manufacturers and rental houses (Christie Lites, Pelican, EAW, Spectrum Sound) plus a generic starter set. Each library is a clean CSV of case names, length × width × height dimensions, packed weight, category, and a flip flag indicating whether the case is symmetric end-to-end. The same data drives the per-brand landing pages below, useful when you want to look up a specific dimension online instead of opening the CSV.

How do I use a manufacturer library in Truck Packer?

Download the CSV for the manufacturer you care about, open your pack in Truck Packer, and use the Universal Manifest Importer in the Case Library section. The columns (Name, Length, Width, Height, Weight, Category, Flip) map directly to Truck Packer's case schema, so no remapping is needed. Once imported, you can run AutoPack against any trailer to lay out a 3D pack plan.

Why do I want a case library on a website instead of in a spreadsheet?

Browsing case dimensions in a sortable web table is faster than opening a CSV in Excel, especially when you're triaging a production rider on your phone. The per-brand pages here are server-rendered with proper structured data, so Google indexes them and you can also find specific cases via search ("Pelican 1650 dimensions", "d&b Y10P case size", etc.). The CSV download is for the case where you want to bring the data into Truck Packer.

Are these the rental houses' actual published dimensions?

Yes. Every library mirrors the manufacturer's or rental house's own catalogue. We refresh them when a manufacturer revises a standard case size or adds a new format. If you spot a discrepancy between the library and what you see on a current tour, email help@backlinelogic.com with the case name and we'll update.

Are dimensions in inches or centimetres?

All dimensions in the CSV libraries and on the per-brand pages are in inches, and weights are in pounds. These are the units the source catalogues use and what touring stage managers in North America expect to see at a glance. Truck Packer itself supports both metric and imperial; the unit conversion happens on import.

Can you add another manufacturer (d&b, L-Acoustics, Adamson, Sennheiser, Shure, Yamaha)?

We're expanding the library over time. d&b, L-Acoustics, Adamson, Sennheiser, Shure, and Yamaha case data is on the roadmap. If you have a production-grade case list for any of these brands you'd be willing to share, please email help@backlinelogic.com. We treat shared inventory data as confidential and credit the contributor on the landing page.