Our Journey
In 2011 after a creating a new way to make a low-cost dolly/slider, Owner Lance Lundstrom decided to offer the solution to other professionals and RigWheels was born.
Shipping out of a garage at first, the original RigWheels have been used by customers in more than 90 countries providing a versatile option for camera movement.
RigWheels is now a large eco-system of products and continues to design solutions from a different perspective. Check the receipts, RigWheels creates original products, not copied ones.
RigWheels design philosophy
Utility
First and foremost, we pack as many functions and options for configuration into each piece of gear as we can. This makes RigWheels unique in the cluttered marketplace of single-purpose camera accessories. With our products when you purchase one item, you already have components for several other configurations. This shared-component design philosophy allows you to do more while carrying less and save money by using the parts in different ways.
Portability
Creator Lance Lundstrom has worked in more than 50 countries as well as every State in the U.S. This experience of remote, on-location production is reflected in the design and function of RigWheels tools. We want you to carry as many solutions in the smallest amount of space possible. A slider, dolly, or mount does you no good if it’s sitting in your garage.
Flexibility
RigWheels started out as a product to build DIY sliders and dollies. We maintain that DNA in all of our design and allow customers to purchase components à la carte so they can imagine and create the system that best suits their needs. We purposely use common hardware and not proprietary bolts/screws/connectors to give users the most options for configuring and using parts in different and creative ways.
As creator of RigWheels, my goal has always been to develop new solutions that solve production challenges in more efficient ways.
— Lance Lundstrom, Creator of RigWheels
Our History
1994
The Foundation
Owner Lance Lundstrom starts working professionally in international video production. Assignments for clients like NBC News and National Geographic send Lance to every state in the US and more than 50 countries around the world.
2011
The Beginning
In the middle of the Canon 5D MkII boom, Lance creates a intriguing solution for a personal project and decides to offer it to other professionals. The concept gains traction and the company, RigWheels is born.
2012
Magnetics for Filmmaking
RigWheels releases many new products including RigMount Magnetics, the first magnetic camera mounting products ever manufactured specifically for the film & video industry.
2014
Collapsable Speed Rail
PortaRail is released. The first precision collapsible speed-rail solution offered in the industry. PortaRail is combined with the RailDolly to create the Passport Dolly.
2016
Cloud Mount
With the introduction and boom of handheld gimbals to the market, RigWheels creates a new solution, the Cloud Mount. A groundbreaking portable device that allows gimbals to be attached to vehicles.
2018
Magic Magnets
The award-winning Mag-Tight windshield mount is officially released. Another first of its kind device allowing cameras and accessories to be mounted through glass, magnetically. Passport 2 and MonoRail are also introduced.
2023
Release the Kraken
RigWheels releases the Kraken, integrating mounting, leveling and positioning in one device. A complete (all in one case) solution for mounting full-sized cameras to vehicles.
2024
PT-Zero
With increasing popularity of PTZ cameras for professional applications, the PT-Zero is released to solve vibration problems in the most demanding enviroments.
2024
BIG news soon!
