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how to get a pinball machine out of a basement

By whoknowsgoi

11 years ago


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    #48 10 years ago

    My stairs has a 90 degree turn. I have always just carried my pinballs up with me and another person. I just bought a stair climber dolly. At the turn I can't twist the pinball without hitting the wall, even if you remove the dolly at the turn it will not twist around. Can you attach the dolly to the side of the pinball, of coarse with blankets to protect the side, and go to the turn, then take the dolly off and put it on the underside, like you are supposed to transport it and take it up the rest of the way. Would this damage anything in the machine?

    #55 10 years ago

    I'm not going to carry them up anymore. I just bought a $1600.00 Escalara stair climbing dolly. I don't have a problem with taking the head off. I was just wondering if it will do any damage to the inside of the pinball if I took it about 6 stairs from the pinball's side, then I could take the dolly off and put it on the bottom side for the rest of the 10 stairs. Would it make the cabnet out of square of damage the playfield in any way to take it up 6 stairs on it's side?

    #59 10 years ago

    Lol I know how to use the dolly. I have a stair climber with a battery it does all the work for you. I was just checking to see if any of the guys have hooked a dolly on the side of a pinball. My stairs turn a 90 degree angle about 5 steps up. I can't spin the machine at the turn without hitting the wall. If I could take it up the 5 steps hooked to the side, I then could take the dolly off the side and move it to the correct position and finish the rest of the way. I need to know if hooking it up to the side will do any damage to the cabnet, playfield, etc.

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