Christie Lites touring case library

About this library

Christie Lites is one of the largest concert-lighting rental houses in the world, with depots in Nashville, Los Angeles, London, Las Vegas, and Toronto serving arena and stadium tours that move through dozens of cities a month. Their touring inventory is built around a small set of cleanly catalogued road cases: Eighth, Quarter, Half, and Doublewide racks for amps and dimmers; flight cases for moving lights, hazers, and follow spots; trunks for cable and rigging; truss carts. The dimensions and weights below come straight from the Christie Lites case catalogue and reflect the actual tour-ready packed weights including foam, hardware, and brackets, not just the empty shell. Production managers planning a Christie-supplied rig use these numbers to lay out trailers, build line-array routing diagrams, and estimate per-truck load weight before the production rolls into rehearsals.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Christie Lites case library contain?

Roughly 140 cases covering Christie Lites' standard touring inventory: Eighth / Quarter / Half / Doublewide rack cases for amps and dimmers, flight cases for moving lights and hazers, follow-spot crates, truss carts, cable trunks, and rigging accessories. Each entry has length × width × height in inches and packed weight in pounds.

Are these the actual weights or just the empty case weights?

They are tour-ready packed weights including the gear, foam inserts, brackets, and case hardware. That is what the case actually weighs going on a truck. This is what you want for trailer planning. Empty-case weights are useful for cost estimating but not for load-out and almost no production manager works in those numbers.

How do I import the Christie Lites library into Truck Packer?

Download the CSV from the hub page, open your pack in Truck Packer, and use the Universal Manifest Importer in the case library. The columns (Name, Length, Width, Height, Weight, Category, Flip) map directly to the importer schema, no remapping needed.

What is "Flip" in the case data?

Flip indicates whether the case is symmetric end-to-end and can be loaded with either face up. TRUE means the case has feet or skids on both ends; FALSE means there is a designated bottom. Truck Packer uses this when laying out the pack to keep non-flippable cases right-side up.

How often is the Christie Lites case library updated?

We refresh the library when Christie introduces a new standard case size or revises an existing dimension. 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 will update.

Where can I find more Christie Lites equipment specs?

Christie Lites' own gear list is the authoritative source at christielites.com. The CSV here is specifically the case dimensions used for trailer planning. It is not a catalogue of the lighting fixtures themselves.