Transporting arcade games

[chopps]

Just wondering what the best way to transport a game is? can i lay it down in the back of my truck, or should it be strapped in standing upright?  Will laying it down affect the monitor? cause any problems? etc?


thanks.

[paigeoliver]

Make sure the monitor is actually bolted down and not just sitting there, and check the rest of the cabinet for loose objects, and then lay it down in the back of the truck.

Be careful of one thing. Some cabinets (Centipede style cabinets and Crystal Castle style cabinets, and others), have window-breaker designs, and can slide forward and break the rear window of your truck if you don't stick a piece of wood in the way (or do what I do with these, lay down a blanket and transport them on their side). You start to get paranoid about these after you bash out the sliding glass window on a brand new truck and have to pay $300 to replace it.

Standing up games should be reserved for two or more games, as it is hard to securely stand up one game, but easy to do two and easier to do three (strap them to each other and then strap them down).

[mozzer]

The "search" function is your friend........


http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=14114;start=msg110211#msg110211

[NoOne=NBA=]

Or you could use the Paige-special.

"I have to rent ANOTHER big U-Haul for THIS auction too?"

"I think these two cabs are going to have to go in the bathtub because the kitchen is completely full at the moment".

"Oh....and I bet this sitdown cab would be PERFECT in front of the toilet!!!"

[paigeoliver]

Actually my best friend Dave sort of owns a 24 foot truck (sort of, being that he leases it, and drives it as his job), sometimes we use that, but often we just use a smaller truck.

I no longer have the overcrowdage problem, as now I just shunt new projects directly down to the huge storage area in my apartment building basement. I think I have ten of them down there now.

There is a Gorf cocktail in my kitchen though.

[NoOne=NBA=]

Of course there is.

Where would you eat breakfast, if you didn't have a Gorf in your kitchen?