# Last Time I'm Lugging This 35 Pound Monstrosity Around!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Proton Packs\ **Created:** [November 1, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518 "2016-11-01T00:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![evlares](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@evlares](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/evlares)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518/1 "2016-11-01T00:59:24Z")
After 3 hours, my back is beat…i’m getting out my original Vincenzo330 shell tomorrow, and geting to work..no more Resin,MDF, and solid wood for me. Besides, i built that 9 years ago, and didnt know ■■■■ about Packs…With all the things ive learned from you AWESOME FOLKS, i will build my lightest, coolest pack ever!!! I guess this one will be a loaner, or a wall hanger [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/9/29cf4587df79cf78a9bf823b9528ba6cc3ff84d8.jpeg)](http://s76.photobucket.com/user/evlares/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-10/20161031_174400_zpsxtrsgowm.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![galeap](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@galeap](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/galeap)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518/2 "2016-11-01T11:07:24Z")
Out of curiosity what does a pack built with a fibreglass shell fully fitted with aluminium parts and an aluminium thrower weigh (on average)? ---
**Author:** ![pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@pyhasanon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/pyhasanon)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518/3 "2016-11-01T15:19:24Z")
Shoot, mine is 37 lbs… and I wear it for an average of 7 hours straight per event… V330 shell with full aluminum parts… I highly suggest padded straps ala GB2 and proper neckfoam, it makes it feel like 10 lbs lighter… However, I am also in the Military, so 30+ lbs on my back is not too bad… Try passing around 5-inch Gun Shells around for over 10 hours (that’s over 49,000 lbs or 22 tons in weight to lug around in less than a days time)… ---
**Author:** ![evlares](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@evlares](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/evlares)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518/4 "2016-11-01T20:18:25Z")
Yes, but you are a big-strapping-youngster… I’m a fat-old-man 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/alex-newborn/32/4017_2.png) [@alex-newborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/alex-newborn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518/5 "2016-11-03T02:15:18Z")
I’m with you on the fat and old department. My first packs in the 80s were made of styrofoam. My ‘hero pack’, begun a few years ago, is a thirty pound V330 beauty with an aluminum wand. For my sons, I wanted lightweight, so I went with Studio Creations shells and Matty wands. I am getting to the point that if either son opts not to go to an event, I wear the spare featherweight one instead of my full one. I’m seriously contemplating making one more… a ‘stunt pack’ for myself for parades and similar events. We recently were asked to ‘protect’ the attendees of the 90-minute-long guided foot tour of the haunted spots of historic downtown Florence, the annual “Ghost Walk” event. (I mean, they allegedly hanged a robber and buried him under the street. Every block or so is another haunted building.) Heck, on Hallowe’en I saw a little kid wearing a Rubies foam pack-- upside down-- and thought to myself, it really doesn’t look all THAT bad, LOL. Funny… I’ve come full circle, back around to the idea of a foam pack. Alex ---
**Author:** ![evlares](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@evlares](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/evlares)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518/6 "2016-11-03T02:32:56Z")
I think I’m only strong enough to to carry a Rubies inflatable pack…filled with helium 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ccv66](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ccv66/32/123692_2.png) [@ccv66](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ccv66)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/last-time-im-lugging-this-35-pound-monstrosity-around/19518/7 "2016-11-03T03:38:26Z")
I remembered when i finished my first pack and doing halloween in san Francisco. A few hours of walking up and down hills. I remember thinking this is what the final scene must have felt Like, walking up 22 stories.. Never again and that was with leds and a small battery. Couldnt imagine wearing one with metal parts , motorcycle battery and incandescent light bulbs. I wonder how much time during filming they were wearing hero packs vs stunt packs