Stairs + JD + No Help = Not Fun

Good job and yes it's doable, I've done it but I had to go down stairs. I got it from the detatched garage, across the lawn with no dolly, up on to the back steps, in the door to the basement door, got in front of the game, slid it back towards me then slid the game down one step at a time and bracing each step as I went down backwards. When it was down I put the legs on, leveled it and played some games. Would I do it again.....NO FRICKIN WAY!

#16 9 years ago

TOM

DocRotCod

Pinside member

Edmond, OK

11y 60,150 1,551 2 6

I did an IJ down a flight of stairs that had a landing partway down. This was the only time I ever came close to losing one. About killed me.

#17 9 years ago

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TrevixClemson

Inactive member

Spring, TX

9y 42,300 195 2

Quoted from t2:
I want to guess that you are under 30 years old? Because us old guys are to lazy to attempt this and know it takes to long to heal from something like this!

Good guess. I'm 28.

Quoted from Ballsofsteel:
holy frigga sacks...moving a wide body alone up or down stairs? no-no! you must have wanted to get a game in ASAP!
enjoy JD

Actually I wanted to get it up to the game room and apart. Now I need to send off the deadworld motor for repair and find a ramp (pinball spare parts seems to have sold the last two in stock within the last week)

#18 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

OP
Quoted from TrevixClemson:
I want to guess that you are under 30 years old? Because us old guys are to lazy to attempt this and know it takes to long to heal from something like this!

Good guess. I'm 28.

Only 28? I did mine last year, I was 61 and only 160lbs. But going down is a lot easier then going up.

#19 9 years ago

LRP

lpeters82

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 132K 5,282 8

When I went to pickup my first pinball, along with two arcades, the seller soloed one of the arcades while my wife and I lifted the pinball machine up the stairs. He was seriously built like one of those Worlds Strongest Man contestants. I couldn't believe it.

#20 9 years ago

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TrevixClemson

Inactive member

Spring, TX

9y 42,300 195 2

Quoted from MustangPaul:
Only 28? I did mine last year, I was 61 and only 160lbs. But going down is a lot easier then going up.

Lol you win. I am less than half your age and a little over double your weight so I probably have an advantage in that brute force category.

#21 9 years ago

ANT

Stebel

Pinside member

Barrie, ON

9y 58,300 798 24

Next time just take the head off. Some connectors, couple of bolts. Then you can man handle the head up, slide the pf out of cabinet and take it up stairs, then grunt up the empty body. Had to do it that way for my STTNG, that was delivered to the curb in my old apartment.

#22 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

Quoted from lpeters82:
When I went to pickup my first pinball, along with two arcades, the seller soloed one of the arcades while my wife and I lifted the pinball machine up the stairs. He was seriously built like one of those Worlds Strongest Man contestants. I couldn't believe it.

#23 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

OP
Quoted from TrevixClemson:
Lol you win. I am less than half your age and a little over double your weight so I probably have an advantage in that brute force category.

Yeah, you would do it down no problem.

#24 9 years ago

BDS

pinball_erie

Inactive member

Erie, PA

12y 67,900 1,297 7 9

I got my TZ into the house alone.......it is absolutely no fun !!

#25 9 years ago

MRN

RampShot11

Inactive member

Matawan, NJ

9y 46,150 894 3 7

Behind every man trying to move a pin up or down stairs on his own, is a woman standing there saying "your gonna try to move that yourself???"

#26 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul

Quoted from RampShot11:
Behind every man trying to move a pin up or down stairs on his own, is a woman standing there saying "your gonna try to move that yourself???"

Not in my case, I'm single so I had no one looking on and saying "your a dumb ass for moving that thing by yourself".

#27 9 years ago

JMM

Industen

Inactive member

Amherst, NY

11y 28,650 456 3

Almost passed out moving this pin upstairs. Had to remove the dolly, lift it over the pin and secure it from the pins side on the landing turn. It just wouldn't make the turn. What a friggin beast.

#28 9 years ago

PAB

MustangPaul