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Don't know if this has been posted on Pinside before (the search function on Pinside sucks); if it has I apologize.
Go to this site and put in any info you have about vehicles and whether a pinball machine fits or not.
http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Vehicles_for_Moving_Pinball_Machines
It will give a single location where people can go to find out this info.
Robert
tbanthony said:
Why bother with dimensions and putting a pinball machine inside a car, when you can put stuff on top of it instead?
http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/lumber.asp
Seems legit ... 
I miss my Nissan X-trail as it was perfect for hauling pins. It also had plastic liner on the floors and back of the folded backseats so sliding a pin in and out was easy.
xtrail.jpg (165.6 KB, 0 downloads) 1 year old 2002 Toyota Rav4 will fit a pin, regular or widebody (Got my STTNG in there!) with a decently beefy dolly as well. Takes some creative maneuvering of the dolly to get it in there right with a widebody, but it's doable. The back seats come out. It's been my best friend since I figured that out... I hate driving that car with car seats and junk in it, but it's nice with the back half of the thing empty, or with a pin in it.
Dawson said:
gas saver , 92 toyota corolla wagon ---32 mpg a super wide body and all the tools with loads of room to boot , even a pin lifter
TJ
32mpg? Here in the UK (and the almighty cost of fuel we have) 32mpg is considered to be quite poor. Most commuter cars here do at least 50mpg (some up to 80mpg). Of course, the vast majority of them are gutless and have no soul whatsoever, but thats the price you pay when your government rapes you daily on rates of £1.40 ($2.26) a LITRE!!!!(yes just 1000ml's)
I have an old turbo celica GT4 which i could no longer afford to drive. At 400bhp and less than 2mpg on boost, it used to cost me half my wage at the time to go to the shop for a pack of cigarettes...haha.
Sadly, you wouldnt get a pinball machine in the celica.
spfxted said:
Even a machine with the head folded down? Thanks!
Yup, absolutely. I have hauled an F14, and a Judge Dredd with the head folded down. I have hauled an 8 Ball, Flight 2000, and Gorgar with the heads next to the game (older games don't fold anyway).
Chevy HHR = NO!
You can technically put it in with the front of the pin towards the front of the car but eventually you'll wedge in against roof line. You'll have to tie hatch down because pin will be sticking out. I experienced this last week ;-p
vid1900 said:
Don't forget that an enclosed utility trailer with ramp door rents for $15.
Don't even have to take the legs off....
Where can you rent an enclosed trailer for $15?
I was looking for one to haul stuff to the Allentown show, and the only ones I could find were $85 a day.
Chris
futurepinhead said:
I believe mine is 2001 (is it bad that I dont know?) I had to physically take out seats. I never sit back there anyways.
Ah ... That's exactly what I was thinking. I had a feeling your rear seats were out, and not folded down. A fair trade for enclosed pin transportation.
Wow, what a slacker of a page, no Jeep Cherokee?
I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee and a pin fits just fine.
Actually on the way back with one once at night I was too tired
to make it home and I just slept next to the machine in the back.
The only hazard is that mine has a 3.5" life which adds a level
of difficulty lifting it in and out of.
Well I tried tonight and was able to get a BSD in the back of a 2011 grand Cherokee. It was a loaner I got from a local dealer.
It's a standard version, so I don't know if options change anything.
It has about 30 1/4 inch vertical clearance carpet to opening bottom; giving about 1/2 inch clearance with the BSD head.
Don't know about other games/manufacturers, but apparently a Williams WPC does fit.
Robert
MrSanRamon said:
Well I tried tonight and was able to get a BSD in the back of a 2011 grand Cherokee.
To those that PM'd me, the BSD coin slots were toward the rear door.
pinballx said:
No one uses tape measures anymore?
Tape measure is only good for obvious sizes, like the opening is 27" or 35". If the opening is notionally just slightly larger than the pinball measurement...and the floor is sloped, or there is a lip on the door area, or some other feature; then the tape measure method is not acceptable.
Robert
Someone PM's me asking how I got the machine in the Jeep...here was my response:
2 people, though I could have done it myself...with some risk.
Pulled the back end of the BSD up to the back of the jeep, rotated it so 1 back leg was right at the back plastic bumper.
Took that leg off and then lifted that corner into the back of the jeep about 3".
Took the other back leg off and lifted that end into the jeep and rotated the machine so it aligned.
Pushed the machine in until the front legs were just off the back end of the jeep.
Removed both front legs.
Pushed the machine the rest of the way in
Closed the rear gate.
I had a piece of cardboard down on the carpet. If you have one of these jeeps, I suggest getting a sheet of Formica and cutting it to fit.
It's thin, and will allow the pin to slide easily...there isn't enough space to roll the machine on dowels or sprinkler pipe.
Robert
Tape measure is only good for obvious sizes, like the opening is 27" or 35". If the opening is notionally just slightly larger than the pinball measurement...and the floor is sloped, or there is a lip on the door area, or some other feature; then the tape measure method is not acceptable.
Robert
Sure it's acceptable. If you see or suspect an area that is smaller than the opening, you measure it as well. In fact, don't even measure the opening...just measure the smallest point.
Tested over the weekend: two Stern machines will fit into the back of a Ford Freestar minivan. And perhaps a third could fit if the heads were unbolted, but not necessarily unwired.
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