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For those that don't already know, these are the wheels mounted to an
adjustable bar that slightly jacks the game off the floor for easy
rolling around.

Anybody selling a set? Who has the best price for a new set?

I've seen them at Marco for $139.95. Does PBR carry these?
 
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>got mine at Home Depot. Go to the casters department
>TexasSteven

Those are not even close to the same thing he is looking for. Go to
Marco's site and look at what he is talking about. They are well worth
the extra $$$.

I haven't seen them for sale anywhere else except BAA. Not sure about
PBR.

John
 
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Sheesh!! I bought mine for about $6.00 each. Total $24.00 plus tax. You
got ripped if you get them anywhere else.

I got mine at Home Depot. Go to the casters department

TexasSteven
 
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They aren't worth $140 vs. $24. Spend the extra $50 and get the
pinball lift.
 
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Sheesh! No offense, but 'to each his own'. I had a set of the home
depot casters that I gave to a friend of mine. I like the pinball
skates better for a few reasons.

First, they have a lever that lifts the machine up onto the casters
very easily. I move pins by myself a lot. When I crawl under a pin in
a tightly packed row; trying to lift the pin with my back and push both
casters under the rear legs at the same time without slamming the
tightly packed pins together or breaking my back is a bitch. This is
no problem with the pinball skates.

Second, the pinball skates latch onto the legs and don't let go. When
I lift the machine to go up a step or over the threshold at my front
door the skates stay attached.

Third, they have big wheels that glide over thick carpet or my packed
gravel driveway just fine.

They do take some getting used to and have some limitations. For
instance you can't pull the legs on and off as with a lift. Also, you
have to watch which way the casters are turned as you lift or manuever.


Having a pinball lift too would be nice. Lifts are great when legs
must come off or go back on. The ones I've used aren't great when you
have to go up a step or two or over gravel. Also, as tight as my back
gameroom is the lift would not manuever as well as skates, since the
handle sticks out a couple of feet in front. I haven't seen any lifts
for $190 though - Seymour?? Or I'd probably already have one.

John
 
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you can buy used ones all the time. New, that's a different story.
Still, they're about $300 new. Who wants to fart around with you have
a lot of machines to move? $300 for a lot of machines that get
rearranged a lot is worth it. $140 is worth it for less moving. $24
is fine for casual one time moving. I use the casters and magic
sliders myself..... so I have to put the machine on my back, eh. Once
they're in place they're not going anywhere. I'm not saying they're
not a good idea, I'm just saying that for me, it's not worth that much.
 
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Sheesh....well having the casters even would help! I have also a Wico
pinball dolly, but when I need to go a short distance (on a LEVEL surface)
they (the caster dolly) comes in handy

(Esspecially when taking a pin out to my vehicle AFTER winning from an
auction)

: o )

TexasSteven
 
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I don't know if the lift would suit my intended purpose. I'm basically
moving machines from the workshop into the gameroom. I have lots of
sets of the little tri-dollies for when I'm working on the games, but
they don't work well when moving machines from the one room to the next
where there is a threshold and a transition to carpeting.

I was thinking a lift wouldn't be good because I'm going through a
doorway and if I leave the head up on the game, I don't think it would
clear the top of the doorway. Or am I mistaken? Does a lift only
raise the game an inch or two during tranport? If so, maybe that's the
route I should take.


seymour-shabow@excite.com wrote:
> you can buy used ones all the time. New, that's a different story.
> Still, they're about $300 new. Who wants to fart around with you have
> a lot of machines to move? $300 for a lot of machines that get
> rearranged a lot is worth it. $140 is worth it for less moving. $24
> is fine for casual one time moving. I use the casters and magic
> sliders myself..... so I have to put the machine on my back, eh. Once
> they're in place they're not going anywhere. I'm not saying they're
> not a good idea, I'm just saying that for me, it's not worth that much.
 
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It raises it about 3". You should fold the heads down if you're going
over uneven territory anyway. It must be a pain for you to get those
machines into your basement anyway!! (You don't have a bilco door do
you??)
Or do you only put machines in the basement you're putting in your
collection and work on the others in your garage? The triple wheel
casters are great for concrete less so for carpet.
 
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I'll have to take a measurement on how much head clearance I have when
I get back to the shop then. The lift may work for me. The only
"uneven territory" is the one threshold to hop over. It's only like a
half inch lip.

I just added a bilco door a few months back that enters directly into
my back room/workshop. Also bought an electric stair climbing dolly.
I wish I had done those mods years ago! It's super easy to get games
in and out of the basement all by myself now.


seymour-shabow@excite.com wrote:
> It raises it about 3". You should fold the heads down if you're going
> over uneven territory anyway. It must be a pain for you to get those
> machines into your basement anyway!! (You don't have a bilco door do
> you??)
> Or do you only put machines in the basement you're putting in your
> collection and work on the others in your garage? The triple wheel
> casters are great for concrete less so for carpet.
 
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rondo...@comcast.net wrote:
> I'll have to take a measurement on how much head clearance I have when
> I get back to the shop then. The lift may work for me. The only
> "uneven territory" is the one threshold to hop over. It's only like a
> half inch lip.
>
> I just added a bilco door a few months back that enters directly into
> my back room/workshop. Also bought an electric stair climbing dolly.
> I wish I had done those mods years ago! It's super easy to get games
> in and out of the basement all by myself now.

My pinball dolly lets me run games into my shop and over a 1/2" lip.
Most games fit through the door with the legs on, head up, and raised
on the dolly. Some games with toppers or lights have to have the head
down.

Kirb
 
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Thanks for the advice Kirb. Do you use the ever-popular Penguin lift?
Seems to be the general concensus that it's the cat's meow.


kirb wrote:
> rondo...@comcast.net wrote:
> > I'll have to take a measurement on how much head clearance I have when
> > I get back to the shop then. The lift may work for me. The only
> > "uneven territory" is the one threshold to hop over. It's only like a
> > half inch lip.
> >
> > I just added a bilco door a few months back that enters directly into
> > my back room/workshop. Also bought an electric stair climbing dolly.
> > I wish I had done those mods years ago! It's super easy to get games
> > in and out of the basement all by myself now.
>
> My pinball dolly lets me run games into my shop and over a 1/2" lip.
> Most games fit through the door with the legs on, head up, and raised
> on the dolly. Some games with toppers or lights have to have the head
> down.
>
> Kirb
 
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rondondo@comcast.net wrote:
> Thanks for the advice Kirb. Do you use the ever-popular Penguin lift?
> Seems to be the general concensus that it's the cat's meow.

I've got a repop of that lift. 4 swivel casters, gas shock. Good lift
and highly suggested if you have more than 3 or 4 games. I take a game
out of my lineup, run it into the shop, do restos or repairs, run it
back into the lineup. It's that easy.

you can also work on a game legless which is often a bonus. packing a
game is easy too- lower head, wrap with streach wrap, slide cart under,
take off legs, roll up to stand on end, finish the wrap job. Takes
about 5 minutes to have a game from working to wrapped. Reverse to set
wrapped game up.

That is the part that the dollys help with- you can put the cart on end
and use the cart to "roll" the game on the wheels. No heavy lifting.

Kirb
 
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On 9 Sep 2005 06:18:21 -0700, "kirb" <kirbseepe@yahoo.com> wrote:

[...]

>
>My pinball dolly lets me run games into my shop and over a 1/2" lip.
>Most games fit through the door with the legs on, head up, and raised
>on the dolly. Some games with toppers or lights have to have the head
>down.
>

I use the penguin dolly to roll my pins into the basement over a
2-1/2" lip and threshold. The technique for rolling over those is to
stand on one end of the dolly to raise the other end then two-wheel it
forward over the edge.
 
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Look who just did a Buy-It-Now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Penguin-Pinball-Dolly_W0QQitemZ6207798108QQcategoryZ3947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Can't wait to get it!


kirb wrote:
> rondondo@comcast.net wrote:
> > Thanks for the advice Kirb. Do you use the ever-popular Penguin lift?
> > Seems to be the general concensus that it's the cat's meow.
>
> I've got a repop of that lift. 4 swivel casters, gas shock. Good lift
> and highly suggested if you have more than 3 or 4 games. I take a game
> out of my lineup, run it into the shop, do restos or repairs, run it
> back into the lineup. It's that easy.
>
> you can also work on a game legless which is often a bonus. packing a
> game is easy too- lower head, wrap with streach wrap, slide cart under,
> take off legs, roll up to stand on end, finish the wrap job. Takes
> about 5 minutes to have a game from working to wrapped. Reverse to set
> wrapped game up.
>
> That is the part that the dollys help with- you can put the cart on end
> and use the cart to "roll" the game on the wheels. No heavy lifting.
>
> Kirb
 
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