Tuesday, July 03, 2018

1 MORE SHOW TRUCK


9 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Should have let some air out

of the tires (or all of it)

Hate it when that happens

Roger Smith said...

And it had to be an elephant truck.

Chic Silber said...


Easily understood why some

bulls were hesitant to load

after incidents like this

Chic Silber said...


I'd bet he blew the arrow

or they needed to replace

the 24 hour man

Roger Smith said...

I'd go with blew the arrows. 24-Hour guys knew the heights of the trucks, and looked out for low bridges. Most of the time, anyway.

Deven said...

24-hour guys? I'd love to know that meaning please and thank you!

Chic Silber said...


Hi Deven it's a person with

hopefully some common sense

that's familiar with many

facets of the show & route

Most often has been a man

but it doesn't have to be

who travels a day ahead of

the show & to place arrow

markers on poles & other

prominent places for the

drivers to follow to the

next lot & then to lay out

the lot with positions for

the big top & most other of

the arriving equipment

Often a 24 hour man will

also arrange for many of

the show's daily needs

such as fuel & feed

Thanks for your comment

Deven said...

Chic no THANK YOU!!!

I've been doing research on Circus life for a few years now and that is a new term. It's similar in the movies that they put up signs for cast and crew......probably film got it from the CIRCUS!!!! are there any pics of these signs? So the 24 hour man was the equivalent of a Locations Manager...kind of......

Thanks again for your response!

Chic Silber said...


More likely an assistant

It would depend on the

size of the staff for the

shoot & whether a feature

or a smaller project

I'll gather some show arrow

images to put on the Blog

one of these days stay tuned

I've also worked in film

but don't care for it much

Primarily a Circus Showbum

& a Broadway Stagehand for

more than 57 years