The specialty rig directory
Find camera cars, cranes, and moving-shot gear
A national directory of specialty rigs. Search by company, city, or category.
- rig vendors listed
- 64
- states with listings
- 16
- rig categories
- 8
- rig type guides
- 11
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Categories
Equipment groups used to find a shop. Each listing was checked on that company's own public website.
Camera cars
Arm cars, insert cars, and chase vehicles, including Russian Arm style U-Cranes.
32 listings
Motocrane
Portable remote arms that bolt onto cars, trucks, UTVs, and boats.
15 listings
Technocrane
Telescopic cranes: Technocrane, SuperTechno, MovieBird, Hydrascope, Technoscope.
20 listings
Remote heads
Flight Head, Libra, Matrix, Newton, and other wheeled or joystick heads.
37 listings
Motion control
Repeatable robot arms and programmed moves: Milo, Bolt, Kuper, Technodolly.
10 listings
Process trailers
Low-boy and process trailers, insert tows, and motorcycle dollies.
10 listings
Gyro-stabilized
Shotover, Flight Head, Movi, and other gyro mounts for cars, cranes, and air.
17 listings
Car mounts
Hood, door, and suction mounts, plus speed-rail grids for picture cars.
3 listings
Markets
Locations
Start with a market, then open the company page for service area and contact.
West Coast
Los Angeles, the Bay, the Northwest, Hawaii, and Nevada.
29 listings
Southwest
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
5 listings
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, and the rest of the state.
4 listings
Midwest
Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, and the central states.
5 listings
Southeast
Atlanta, Florida, Louisiana, and the rest of the Southeast.
10 listings
Northeast
New York, New Jersey, and the rest of the Northeast.
11 listings
Common questions
- What is a camera car?
- A self-propelled vehicle built for mounting and manning cameras and other equipment, to film from a moving or stationary vehicle. Insert car is the common name for the same thing. CSATF Safety Bulletin #8 sets the safety guidelines.
- What is a process trailer?
- A towed vehicle or trailer that carries crew, equipment or a picture car, pulled by a camera car or heavier equipment sized for the shot. CSATF treats it as part of the camera car.
- What is a Russian Arm?
- A vehicle-mounted remote camera crane arm. The Filmotechnic U-Crane, formerly sold as the Russian Arm, is in this family. Listings here describe it from each vendor's own site.
- How much does it cost to rent a camera car or specialty rig?
- Moving Shot does not publish rates. Each of the 64 vendors listed quotes by the job, so send the dates, location and rig to a few of them and compare. Submit a Request sends yours to matching shops at no cost.
- Do camera car and crane shots need a film permit?
- Filming on public roads is handled by the local film office. In the City of Los Angeles, FilmLA lists a minimum of 2 LAPD motorcycle officers for an insert car without a trailer and 3 with a process trailer, plus LAPD review of location, time of day and traffic volume. Every city page lists its film office, so check there before you book.
- How do I find a camera car or crane rental near me?
- Moving Shot lists 64 rig vendors across 16 states. Search by company, city or category above, or open a market page for 10 film cities. If nothing matches, Submit a Request and we route it to shops that may travel.