Touring case libraries: dimensions, weights, and one-click import
Browse each manufacturer's case sizes online, then import a whole library straight into your Truck Packer inventory.
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 29 catalogues published by the rental houses, case makers, and truss manufacturers touring productions actually use: Christie Lites for lighting, EAW and L-Acoustics for line array carts, Pelican, SKB and NANUK for waterproof shipping cases, Spectrum Sound for d&b / Yamaha / Shure touring audio, Gator, 5 Star Cases, ProX and Fiasco for the racks, trunks, and console cases everything else rides in, and MILOS, LITEC, Global Truss, and Eurotruss for the truss that sets the length of the pack. That is 5,572 entries, each with length × width × height in inches and a weight in pounds, ready to drop into a trailer plan. Rental houses publish the tour-ready packed weight; case makers publish the empty case as sold, so add your gear weight on top. Click into any manufacturer to browse the full case list in a sortable table, then import the whole library into Truck Packer in one click.
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, how many sticks of truss go down the middle, 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 29 case libraries published by touring case makers, truss manufacturers, rental houses, and the audio and lighting brands that ship their gear in cases (5 Star Cases, SKB, Pelican, Gator, MILOS, LITEC, ProX, ZARGES, and more), plus a generic starter set. That is 5,572 entries in total. Each one lists case names, length × width × height dimensions, 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 and the in-app importer, so what you browse here is exactly what lands in your inventory.
- How do I use a manufacturer library in Truck Packer?
- Open Truck Packer, go to the Cases page, and open the Manufacturer Library: pick the manufacturer you care about and import its whole case library into your inventory in one click. No files to download or columns to map. You can also browse it without leaving a pack — the Manufacturer Library section at the bottom of the Library panel, or File → Import → Manufacturer Library, and any case can be dragged straight into the packing space. Once imported, you can run AutoPack against any trailer to lay out a 3D pack plan.
- Does the library cover truss?
- Yes. MILOS, LITEC, Global Truss, Eurotruss, James Thomas Engineering, TOMCAT, and Tyler Truss publish straight sections, corners, and the dollies that go with them, and those are in here as loadable units with outside dimensions and section weights. Truss is usually what sets the length of a trailer pack, so it belongs in the plan alongside the cases. Deck panels and stage carts are in the library for the same reason.
- 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", "MILOS M290 truss weight", etc.). When you want the data in a pack, import the whole library straight into Truck Packer from the in-app Manufacturer Library.
- Are these the manufacturers' actual published dimensions?
- Yes. Every library mirrors the manufacturer's or rental house's own catalogue. Where a truss maker publishes only a weight per metre, the stick weight is that figure times the length and the row says so. We refresh the libraries when a manufacturer revises a standard 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 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. Read each brand page for what its weight column means: rental houses publish tour-ready packed weights, case makers publish the empty case as sold, and truss makers publish the bare section.
- Can you add another manufacturer?
- We're adding libraries steadily: the catalogue has more than tripled since it launched. Adamson, Meyer Sound, Sennheiser, Shure, and Yamaha case data is next up. 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.
