And probably only kept up with the latch .
Our police would have stopped him .
No way to drive like this on our Autobahn .
Lazy or just unfamiliar with pins? I can't imagine anyone that knew better wouldn't take the 2 minutes to fold and secure. You would think at least the guy who sold it to him would be like uhhh...hey buddy you might want to......
Isn't there a possibility that the head keys were lost and there are a few bolts connecting it to the body?
Cross-threaded bolts? There are some legitimate reasons to do this, but it should at least be covered and have rubber or something soft covering the playfield glass.
Of course it could also be an undercover cop trying to catch people taking photos with their phones while driving...
I actually remember seeing this happen back in the 90's before i knew better... Makes me cringe now!
Quoted from NathanP:North Carolinians are not the smartest. I was born there.
Yeah but you were smart enough to move.
That picture brought back memories. Mid 1980's Rollie Beech ( head of Twin City Novelty then ) approached me at the distributor. And remarked "F' Lloyd, I was doing 90 on highway 100 and you passed me like I was standing still. With a game on the back".
I miss the good old days.
LTG : )™
Quoted from jfh:This is how I brought my newest pin home today. Just a tad safer I think.
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Will a crated pin fit in the bed of a 40 year old F-150?
Guess you answered that for us.
Quoted from jfh:This is how I brought my newest pin home today. Just a tad safer I think.
Dammit, jfh. I KNEW you were secretly in on MMR!
I have seen this a few times here on our freeway over the years. I always sort of Shake my head. A few of them have been operators or operator employees
So when I bought my MM from a coin opp. place in Detroit ( Union Music ), I laid a thick towel over the playfield glass , carefully lowered the backbox down as to not damage the side rails ( already dinged ) and wrapped the game in plastic , removed the legs and set it on a hand cart. When I looked up the hole shop was watching and looked at me like I was from another planet. Right then I realized they had never seen or moved a pin like that !
while I personally would never move a pin like this, I can see where it is completely acceptable to an operator.
It likely causes no damage at all and made his day quicker since he just carried it out of one location and into the shop (hopefully for a good cleaning) without out any time spent on tear down and set up.
If you think all of the routed pins that you have haven't been moved in this way at some point in the past, you're kidding yourself
Quoted from jfh:This is how I brought my newest pin home today. Just a tad safer I think.
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Two questions;
No snow in Lafayette, and why does the driver of the pickup have it in reverse?
just lazy people man, lazy people. do this in the summer time, then you are scrapping bugs off the backbox, well, I guess this guy wouldn't scrape them off. lmao
I have also seen this scenario before I got into pinball. I of course didn't know any better and thought it was pretty cool! I wanted him to stop at a gas station so I could run a power cord and play a few games
Quoted from RonB:Two questions;
No snow in Lafayette, and why does the driver of the pickup have it in reverse?
The snow from earlier in the week melted. Don't know about the reverse question. I took the pic when we were stopped at a light. My friend's truck is ancient, but it got the job done!
Quoted from jfh:The snow from earlier in the week melted. Don't know about the reverse question. I took the pic when we were stopped at a light. My friend's truck is ancient, but it got the job done!
What pin you buy?
Quoted from Atomicboy:If you think all of the routed pins that you have haven't been moved in this way at some point in the past, you're kidding yourself
I was a game tech in the 90s and saw this and worse. I saw more than a few toppers broken when guys moving them through doorways with head up.
I have seen pins stripped to be shopped out and never finished... Parts then lost.
More than a few exploding playfeild glasses all over playfeild.
I believe this is standard op operation...have seen it many times (3-4 easy).
They have dollies that swoop under the back legs and they strap it on ....rolls out.
I had a local operated I repaired pins for. They always moved them on the legs and used only,one strap. Tommy gate and dragged them around the truck. Levelers were always junk and back legs bent.
The only time I moved agame with the head up was because of a lost key. About two blocks away i foam blocked and strapped the head trough the truck doors to support it. Only 30 miles home but man was I nervous .
Fortytwo
Quoted from MrBally:Will a crated pin fit in the bed of a 40 year old F-150?
Guess you answered that for us.
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