transportation?

[sabeen557]

how do you move an arcade cabinet, do you need u-haul?

[bjk7382]

I used a pick-up truck for mine, and layed it on its side. Most of the time they are 6 foot tall.

 

The harder part is trying to get it in your house where you want it. I know my battle shark cabinet feels like it is about 350-400 pounds and it's a bitch to move (even though it has wheels on the bottom of it, and handles at the top) it is still hard to get it thru a small door.

[Dav]

I use a small pickup. I tip the first one in on its back then get in the bed and stand it up and rotate it sideways. Then I slide the second in on it's back and strap them down.

 

If you have a minivan you can get one in by sliding it on it's side.

 

Of course some are bigger than others. You may want to measure first. I have to take my front door off the hingepins for the bigger ones. For the 6 player xmen I had to take the door jams off as well. That's a job best done when the wife is not home.

[thx1138]

I always use a "luton box" van. It's like a regular van with a much larger storage box on the back. My friend owns one, and it has an automatic tail-lift too.

 

Luckily I can just, only just, but just fit one through my front door and into the lounge. I live in an old victorian terraced house.

[Susuwatari]

Try shipping a Sega R360. Not only it has an unusual power requirement, it's also huge and won't fit in most houses. You'd need to rent a flatbed truck and something like a forklift to lift it up and then take it down at the destination.

[thx1138]

try helping with the moving of a full sized snooker table. Hardest £60 I ever earned.

[Ralph3]

Try shipping a Sega R360.   Not only it has an unusual power requirement, it's also huge and won't fit in most houses.  You'd need to rent a flatbed truck and something like a forklift to lift it up and then take it down at the destination.

Those are awesome!

Played one at Disneyland YEARS ago back in the time when that was the only item in the park that went upside down.

What is the wierd power it uses. I would expect something like that would be needing some high power 220v becuase if I remember right, it couldn't use the air powered actuators because of the 360 degree movement and this uses high-end powerful electric motors to move you around fast like it did.

[Flack]

I have an 8x16 flatbed trailer that I use. I can fit 3 games across ... in theory that would mean I could move 12 games at a time, though (fortunately for my back) I've never had to.

 

I almost always transport games standing up. I've just had much fewer problems that way with things coming loose, etc. The last batch of games I bought I ended up laying down since it was a 6 hour drive and it was raining.

[Susuwatari]

What is the wierd power it uses. I would expect something like that would be needing some high power 220v becuase if I remember right' date=' it couldn't use the air powered actuators because of the 360 degree movement and this uses high-end powerful electric motors to move you around fast like it did.[/quote']

 

It is 220v but it uses 3-phase. This is not commonly found in residental, usually in industrial area. Oh yeah it takes 2,500 watts to power that sucker. That averages to about $0.20 per hour in electric bill or almost $150 a month if it's on 24/7