Vincennes, IN
What is the heaviest pinball machine you have ever moved..
So far my vote is for Demolition Man.. HEAVY AS HE**!!!
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Baby Pac-Man
Bally, 1982-
Big Hurt
Gottlieb, 1995
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Black Hole
Gottlieb, 1981
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Demolition Man
Williams, 1994
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Genie
Gottlieb, 1979
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Haunted House
Gottlieb, 1982
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Hercules
Atari, 1979
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Jolly Park
Spinball, 1995
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Sana'a
Demolition man is the only one I've ever moved but it was freakin' heavy! Although I have an EM sitting on the loading dock that just got delivered to take home tonight. 
Quoted from cyroute:Revenge From Mars didn't take it apart until I got it home. I am a dumb ass!
Joe
It's relatively common to move RFM and SWEP1 intact.
Another vote for RFM. If you don't take the head off before lifting it, you may rupture a nut.
Newmarket, ON
Quoted from benheck:From what I've heard, Hobbit is over 400 lbs.
Quoted from PNorth:Safe Cracker! My back was shocked at how much that little pin could weigh! STTNG is another one with awesome heft!
STTNG is the reason I ask if sellers have any staircases now. I need to mentally prepare even if I have the tools.
Every Gottlieb pin I've moved seems heavier than the last--I've moved at least one of each system at this point. They're all pretty heavy. A classic Bally/Stern machine seems light as a feather in comparison.
Baby Pacman is quite heavy. It has both the weight of a video arcade game, plus the additional weight of a playfield.
WOZ is a beast.
I have yet to move a WPC pin. I can image how heavy those things must be consider how stuffed full of components they are.
Quoted from benheck:From what I've heard, Hobbit is over 400 lbs.
That's insane. 
Who would be able to move something like that?
Quoted from vid1900:Genie is insane.
I forced my wife (girlfriend at the time) to help me move a Genie up 3 flights of stairs to our apartment because I didn't want to wait for a friend to get out of work and help me. We were able to do it by moving a bit at a time and resting. She still complains to this day about how heavy it was and how much her arms hurt after moving it. She refused to ever help me move any pins after that.
Quoted from ForceFlow:Baby Pacman is quite heavy. It has both the weight of a video arcade game, plus the additional weight of a playfield.
I will second this. It is probably not the heaviest, but it's awkward size makes it seem that much heavier. I will never own or move one again (twice was enough, with stairs).
I'll say Banzai Run is heavy too. Not only that, but with the head folded up, it doesn't want to sit on it's butt like a normal machine. The large backbox wants to pull the game over which is always scary if you walk away. I have to keep it strapped to a dolly.
Quoted from vid1900:Genie is insane.
I think Black Hole is heavier and i bet HH is worse.
Quoted from schudel5:I'll say Banzai Run is heavy too. Not only that, but with the head folded up, it doesn't want to sit on it's butt like a normal machine. The large backbox wants to pull the game over which is always scary if you walk away. I have to keep it strapped to a dolly.
I have no idea how the box that game came in stayed upright. the game needs a kick stand.
-c
Dragging my Haunted house up from the basement was as heavy as I'd want to move. MY RFM and SWE1 were heavy, but I think the Haunted House wins. Maybe just because it had to come up and the other 2 didn't have to go down.
And as far as RFM and SWE1, much easier to separate top and bottom. Just 4 bolts and a couple plugs. Too top heavy to leave together while moving.
Haunted House is the heaviest pin I've moved/owned. I've found certain arcades to be even more of a pain in the ass. One time the rear section of an Area 51 showcase broke my dolly. My Sega simulation Brave Firefighter was even heavier (by a lot). Pins are nothing compared to those.
Heavy Metal Meltdown. It's right in the name.
https://pinside.com/pinball/archive/heavy-metal-meltdown
I had a third guy when I got my WOZ to make it easier. After the Demo Man move, I figured an extra pair of hands would help with WOZ, and it did. We tossed it right up the stairs.
Of course the new game room in the basement is almost ready, so all this stair crap will be a thing of the past soon. All games are light when you can just roll them into the room!
Quoted from IdahoRealtor:Haunted House is the heaviest pin I've moved/owned.
If Andre had trouble, then you know it is heavy.
Of the few that I've moved, Stargate was the heaviest. Twin Win as an EM was pretty darn heavy, and RFM was awkward because we were stupid and removed the playfield but not the head. After moving Stargate into the house and then later spending 30+ minutes trying to get it out when we sold it, I didn't want to ever move another pinball machine again.
Auckland
Scared myself with my Black Hole,( head folded down and strapped) got the 3rd leg on at the back of my station wagon but couldn't get enough lift to get it up and for me to move across while holding the whole game. Only took 20 mins before I decided, well I can't leave it like this I have to do it. Managed to lift it and not tip it over and without hurting my back! Wow that's a heavy game.
Quoted from blondetall:Of the few that I've moved, Stargate was the heaviest.
I'd just assume RFM would be worlds heavier than Stargate. Good to know, I've always wanted a Stargate. I'll have to bring help if I ever go to get one in the future.
What goes around comes around...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/heaviest-games-weight-stats
viperrwk
Quoted from Gotpins:I forced my wife (girlfriend at the time) to help me move a Genie up 3 flights of stairs to our apartment because I didn't want to wait for a friend to get out of work and help me. We were able to do it by moving a bit at a time and resting. She still complains to this day about how heavy it was and how much her arms hurt after moving it. She refused to ever help me move any pins after that.
Look at the bright side she can never say you need to get rid of them then.
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