To help your sales.

Young guys can do it.

But if you want your body to be in good shape when you are older. Buy one of these frikken things while there is still time.

You wouldn't believe what damage you can all do moving stuff, until you are getting put back together.

LTG : )

And your pins... and your house...

I can get more than 5 pinballs in my pockets and I'm gettin' old.
(Just not the whole machines. )

You should post pics or a video.

Escalera rules!

Yes best money I ever spent on my pinball machines was my add-on Escalera!

I'm saving a five gallon water jug of change to buy one I'm about half way there.

Yes, video please.

Thanks for rubbing it in Larry!

At what point are we older and no longer young?

There is one on the website.

http://www.escalera.com/

Here is one for the lectro truck

If your asking this question than you are probably already there.

I do want one of these and have my own savings jar going as well. I cant stop getting older but I can do it without feeling the hurt.

I just moved one up and one down yesterday (with an Escalera) and there is no freaking way I'd do it by myself. The Escalera still rules though.

That thing does look handy. I don't have any stairs, but I have helped move pins up and down them.

When you no longer grab the side pockets on a 4 by 8 Valley pool table and pick it up yourself.

Or when the doctor looking at your X-Rays pukes.

LTG : )

Can't watch either video All lines and gobbldy gook. So cut to the chase because I'm not getting any younger at 42. How much are they?

Cheaper than surgery.

PM the OP for details. Great person to deal with.

LTG : )

I don't know, I've got great insurance and I might as well use it.

J/K PM sent.

That, I can vouch for.

And no one should be able to do this unless it's a pretty cheap-o table

4 by 8 Valley pool table isn't a cheap-o, a guy I worked with would lean over the table and pick it up and carry it that way. I'd get the door for him.

I've known movers in coin op that would amaze you. Ray Benson and his partner would pick up the ball bowlers that were two lanes wide ( two stand up heads too ) one man each end and walk with them.

They don't age well though. You see them in their later years and it ain't pretty.

LTG : )

Not glass I hope.

Escalera rules. Kitch rules. Buy one and buy it from Kitch. Money very well spent. I LOVE mine. I'm still nervous going down with it, but I'm getting there. I just have to learn to trust it more. That first step is always pucker time!

I don't know if I need it. After NAVL delivered my SS to the garage I moved it from there, across the lawn, up on to the back steps, through two doors and down the basement steps and set it up by myself. I'm 60 and 160lbs. Don't EVEN ask me about getting it UP the stairs...but I'm sure I'd find a way.

Larry is a great guy. Very easy to deal with. I bought my escalera ms 60 from him. Worth every penny. I have already moved 2 pins and 2 dressers up stairs myself. I have one person help me going down stairs by just holding some forward pressure on the machine so it doesn't roll off the step. Once I get used to it I will be able to do it myself. It is sort of expensive but much cheaper than 8 months of physical therapy that I know one person had to endure from a knee injury moving a pin. By the way the one of the pins I moved was a TZ.

Ya, down is trickier than up.

Sounds fantastic in theory, but I have:

1. A curved staircase.
2. Not only that, the curved staircase has a nice glossy, stained-wood furniture-type finish.

How well will the product work with these variables thrown into the equation?

OK my guess is $ 1200

I picked up one probably a year ago. My only complaint is why did i wait so long to get one. It really is great being able to get games in and out by myself. If anyone is on the fence, just get one already.

rob

That was my thoughts when I got a good appliance dolly, pinball cart, lift gate on the truck.

Should have been years sooner when most of me still worked.

LTG : )

I have a Lectro Truck. No problem on finished hardwood stairs. The hard rubber pads are what contact the steps. Same with the rubber wheels. I've moved pins and slots up and down winding (circular) stairways.

I imagine the Escalara performs the same. I bought mine when my wife had to go to the ER after helping me move some Bally System 5000 (pos) slots it caused her blood pressure to skyrocket. No more. My Lectro Truck is my "wife saver".

The 60 inch escalera should be able to maneuver within a curved staircase. As for the nicely finished steps; the escalera is designed so the wheels will not rub or touch the leading edge of the step going up or down. They show this feature in the video on the escalera website. I can say that it actually does work. Before I moved my pins with the escalera I practiced with a few lighter items like an empty small book shelf. Once you get the hang of it you can move large loads without damaging yourself or your house.

My stairs have a tight right angle turn midstairs. The platform at which point the stairs make the right angle turn is just big enough for a dolly and pin... But not big enough to allow them to ROTATE 90 degrees and continue down the stairs.

The only way to get them down the stairs is to dolly it until two steps above the platform. Then LIFT and rotate gradually those last two steps so that the facing is properly rotated 90 degrees by the time the platform is reached. Has to be muscled plain and simple, and it sucks.

I don't suppose an Escalara could help with that?

My Escalera was one of the best purchases I've EVER made. Saved my marriage...or at least a lot of frustration...
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Are there places that will rent these out?

Check around, some do.

LTG : )

Yep, learned the hard way ... moved a Roadshow in January up the steepest stairs through bilko doors. Long story short: torn cartilage in my right knee. Had to remove portions of the cartilage to stop my knee from locking. I'm done ... no more pin moving on anything but ground level.

Excellent device, highly recommend using one, at least going up stairs. The appliance dolly with skids works fine going down, just not as smoothly.

I'm moving a couple this weekend, but all going down stairs, so I think I'll just use the normal dolly.

Nice! Ehh, just wish I had one of those 3 weeks ago when I brought home my first pin (up 2 and half flights of stairs).

SS-stairs.jpg

With those tight angles I would have removed the backbox and pf ... or get the Escalera.

I don't have any steps to worry about moving my pins up or down, but after watching the Lectro truck video, it makes me want to build some steps so that I can use one of those things... LOL
Those things are awesome!

Although I have no stairs to climb, it still might be a worthy investment.

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Stair climbers are a "game changer" for this hobby. Personally, I have and like my LectroTruck. But, I've used and Escalera and friends have them as well. They both accomplish the same task.

But, if you have to haul games up and down stairs, a stair climber is must have in my opinion!

Jaz

Escalera video is lousy. Does not show one clip of the item in action.

You need to be careful with how the staircliming wheels are oriented on the track. I just effed up my hardwood with an Escalera the other day. If the wheels aren't set right, then the metal piece that connects the wheel to the chain can damage your floor (probably not in stair climbing mode) when you're pushing around on a flat surface. Now I know what to watch out for.

You know, they make 'wheels' for pinball machines right?

ebay.com link: 4 PC PINBALL MACHINE LEG DOLLY CASTER SKATE WHEEL MOVER SET MOVING

Those do look nice.