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My Pinball Got Towed !

By fattrain

10 years ago


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    #1 10 years ago

    Yup. Sure did.

    Someone from CL came to look at a game I had listed for sale and shows up in this giant flat bed tow truck. We make a deal and then I ask when he'll be coming back with his truck / suv. He proceeds to tell me he hauls EVERYTHING with his tow truck. Who am I to ask questions? So let it be written...

    And yes, I told him about moving it with the head on e.t.c. but he strapped it down and seemed pretty confident in his abilities. It made it home safe and sound.

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    #2 10 years ago

    Good stuff. Would be a perfect pinhauler for Hercules.

    #3 10 years ago
    Quoted from fattrain:

    So let it be written...

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    #4 10 years ago

    Will come in handy when the pin flies in the ditch when he hits a steep turn.

    #5 10 years ago

    OMG he left the legs on!! (Fainting)

    #6 10 years ago

    I'm sure he is capable of strapping it down so that it doesn't fly off the truck, but those legs were never designed to go around turns at 55 MPH. I'm glad it made it safely.

    #7 10 years ago

    If that guy can't figure out how to properly secure a pinball machine on his truck then he has no business being a tow truck driver. I'm sure it was fine. A little bit stressful on the cabinet corners but being properly strapped down would prevent any real torque.

    #8 10 years ago

    Guy with a flat bed came to pick up my car and told me how he was a specialist in towing German cars. He hooked up to a hook on the gas tank instead of the rear axle. Hit the brakes at a stop light and it came loose and crashed the front end. Sometimes confidence doesn't match ability or logic.

    #10 10 years ago

    Did you let him him play the game?

    #11 10 years ago

    My Diner got delivered in a pickup truck early in the morning, not tied down or anything (legs on, head up, lol!). Man he must have been a careful driver. That guy there would have been a big step up for me back then.

    Hilariously, no damage that I've ever found in the years I've owned it.

    #12 10 years ago

    So a pin WILL fit in a Freightliner Century! Now we know.

    Brian

    #13 10 years ago
    Quoted from davewtf:

    Did you let him him play the game?

    LOL. Yes I did. In fact he just asked if it was all working and was ready to start haggling. I had to make him jam a game and show him how to play e.t.c.

    And for the record, I know people hate on this game but I think it's a lot of fun. I especially like that there is no auto launcher so the light saber battles where you have to keep plunging balls as you lose them while playing, IMO, adds a very fun and unique element to the game. It feels like you're really "battling"

    #14 10 years ago

    It is a lot of fun. Unfortunately a lot of ops didn't bother to learn the game adjustments so they had really stupid configurations out there. The game makes a whole lot less sense if the adjustments are not thought out. When that happens it does sort of suck but that's not the fault of the game.

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