rigging/big top hire
If you need a free standing aerial rig, or Big Top you can hire one from Swamp Circus. We have qualified technicians and riggers to set up the equipment you hire to ensure maximum safety.
little big top construction
The 10m high rig comprises 2 trilite towers made from specially tested aircraft aluminium designed to take a moving human load.
The cross is made of heavy duty, structural trilite and is raised to its height with pulleys. The whole structure is tested to take moving weights of 2 tonnes (a safe working load of over 7:1).
All the span sets, shackles and pulleys used in the rig have test certificates and load ratings on them.
The rig is tensioned using steel cables and 0.5 /1m long steel pins which are inserted into the ground at the correct angle. 8 cables anchor the rig to allow for twice the safety i.e. 4 would suffice.
The tent canvas is tested to the latest European safety standards and is raised and tensioned once the rig is erected. The tent has a full tent book with method statements and certification.
