9 Oct
2007
9 Oct
'07
1:58 p.m.
We live in a 2nd floor apartment, and are getting ready to put our
Neo Geo 4-Slot into storage. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice
on this. We are thinking a refrigerator dolly, along with a U-Haul
truck that will allow it to stand up during transport. Does this
sound about right? How many people does something like this take to
get down the stairs? It took 3 people to get it up the stairs when
we bought it a few years ago.
Zane
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9 Oct
9 Oct
2:18 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
We live in a 2nd floor apartment, and are getting
ready to put our Neo
Geo 4-Slot into storage. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on
this. We are thinking a refrigerator dolly, along with a U-Haul truck
that will allow it to stand up during transport. Does this sound
about right? How many people does something like this take to get
down the stairs? It took 3 people to get it up the stairs when we
bought it a few years ago.
Zane
You can normally lay a commercial video game down on its back for
driving around a city. If you wish to reduce the handling weight then
take the monitor out of the game - be careful!!! - it adds about 75 lbs
to the load and will make it a lot easier to handle on stairs.
A good fridge dolly that straps the game to the dolly is best,
stair-walkers are essential for going down a flight of stairs - and
unless you or your friends are linebackers do NOT be underneath the game
in case it slips....
John :-#)#
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11 Oct
11 Oct
2:49 p.m.
John Robertson wrote:
A good fridge dolly that straps the game to the dolly
is best,
stair-walkers are essential for going down a flight of stairs - and
Stair-walkers? Is that some sort of mechanical device, or are you just
referring to the people who will help you carry it?
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3:16 p.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
John Robertson wrote:
It's a machine uses rubber tracks to climb stairs. You just need to
make sure that your stairs are strong enough to hold the device plus the
weight of the stair-walker.
Peace... Sridhar
A good fridge dolly that straps the game to the
dolly is best,
stair-walkers are essential for going down a flight of stairs - and
Stair-walkers? Is that some sort of mechanical device, or are you just
referring to the people who will help you carry it? 
9 Oct
9 Oct
2:29 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
We live in a 2nd floor apartment, and are getting
ready to put our Neo
Geo 4-Slot into storage. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on
this. We are thinking a refrigerator dolly, along with a U-Haul truck
that will allow it to stand up during transport.
I think if it were me I'd pull the boards and display and carry those
separately (for any arcade cab, not specific to this one). That applies to any
machine really... I figure boards are probably going to shift in transit
anyway, so it makes sense to pull the delicate stuff. At least then if there
are any accidents with the cab itself there's a reasonable chance it'll be
something cosmetic.
re. dollies, one of our guys at the museum made a couple not long ago, and
they've been fantastic - he said the castors (about 4" diameter) were dirt
cheap (I think it was ten pounds for four - so around $20), and he used wood
for the deck (around 1 1/2" think). I was wary about how well the wood would
stand up, but we've had stuff probably 3x the weight of a typical arcade cab
on there and run them across rough surfaces with no ill effects so far.
The height's not really been a problem so far, and the larger wheels are a
great help. I'd get pissed trying to move something heavy on tiny castors over
anything but the smoothest of surfaces...
How many people does something like this take to get
down the
stairs? It took 3 people to get it up the stairs when we bought it a
few years ago.
You need two flights of stairs, a thick bit of rope, and another cabinet to
use as a counterweight ;)
cheers
J.
2:42 p.m.
On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 13:58 -0700, Zane H. Healy wrote:
We live in a 2nd floor apartment, and are getting
ready to put our
Neo Geo 4-Slot into storage. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice
on this. We are thinking a refrigerator dolly, along with a U-Haul
truck that will allow it to stand up during transport. Does this
sound about right? How many people does something like this take to
get down the stairs? It took 3 people to get it up the stairs when
we bought it a few years ago.
We moved one a couple of years ago - just hired a van and two of us
picked it up and carried it. Dead simple. There's hardly any weight in
them, 60kg at most.
Gordon
2:46 p.m.
A refigerator dolly works best. 3 capable people can move most
coin-ops and a Neo Geo is a bit cumbersome, but weighs around 295lbs or
so, so generally 3 can handle it with 2 at the bottom and one guiding
the top if you're going to carry it down the stairs, don't bump it down
step by step, the innards will take a pounding...
You may want to look into removing the monitor from the unit as well as
the power supply, that alone will remove close to 100lbs out of the unit
and make moving it soooooooo much easier.
Curt
Zane H. Healy wrote:
We live in a 2nd floor apartment, and are getting
ready to put our Neo
Geo 4-Slot into storage. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on
this. We are thinking a refrigerator dolly, along with a U-Haul truck
that will allow it to stand up during transport. Does this sound
about right? How many people does something like this take to get
down the stairs? It took 3 people to get it up the stairs when we
bought it a few years ago.
Zane
3:08 p.m.
At 5:46 PM -0400 10/9/07, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
A refigerator dolly works best. 3 capable people can
move most
coin-ops and a Neo Geo is a bit cumbersome, but weighs around 295lbs
or so, so generally 3 can handle it with 2 at the bottom and one
guiding the top if you're going to carry it down the stairs, don't
bump it down step by step, the innards will take a pounding...
You may want to look into removing the monitor from the unit as well
as the power supply, that alone will remove close to 100lbs out of
the unit and make moving it soooooooo much easier.
I'd just as soon not try to remove the monitor. The power supply is
only about the size of a PC PS, so I can't see as how that would save
much in the way of weight. All the cartridges will be pulled, as
they are staying home for use in the SuperGun with our 1-slot board.
:^)
The other thing that will be interesting is when we get it to
storage, I've been told it has to go onto casters so we can easily
move it between units if we have to. My Dad has been volunteered to
build the "skateboards", so I'm not worried about them holding up,
just getting the unit up on them.
Zane
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5:14 p.m.
I'd just as soon not try to remove the monitor.
The
power supply is
only about the size of a PC PS, so I can't see as
how that would save
much in the way of weight. All the cartridges will
be pulled, as
they are staying home for use in the SuperGun with
our 1-slot board.
:^)
Yeah, you don't really have to remove the monitor,
provided it's bolted in good. I have moved many video
games, and more than once I have looked to find that
the previous owner/op never put the bolts back in the
last time the monitor was swapped or repaired, or more
commonly, held in by one or two bolts. Be sure and
check this, you don't want to hear that *KSHHHHHHH* of
a broken picture tube while moving...
Similarly, boards aren't always secured too well, and
I've seen loose power supplies too. Ideally, if
everything is as it should be, there will be no
problem. So check, secure everything, remove loose
parts, etc. These machines were meant to be moved from
location to location. Some even have built in wheels
on the back, so that it acts as it's own refrigerator
dolly. Just tip it back and wheel.
For going down stairs, two guys is a must. Three
helps. A refrigerator dolly is great for this, and as
was previously pointed out, don't bounce it down. Go
gently.
For transport, it doesn't need to be standing up,
provided that everything inside is secure. Just slide
it into a van on it's back or side (use a moving
blanket to avoid scratches). Removing things is
probably the _best_ way, but they move fine intact, if
a little heavier. The older machines by far are easier
to move, the monitors are small and not very heavy -
some Neo-Geo machines have huge monitors that make it
pretty difficult, and some have control panels that
stick out past the sides of the cabinet.
Having extra people around when moving things is
always a nice thing to have, but sometimes it's
impossible. Or, if you're like me, you just don't have
any friends... at least, not after you asked them to
help move a minicompuer last month...
Fortunately, arcade machines are far easier to move
than, say, a CDC 9766. I have moved several games
alone. It took three people just to get the 9766 out
of the van...
Now, technically, moving arcade games is off topic...
but the same thing applies to computers too. Only
computers are heavier. And on-topic <grin>
But, of course, in an ideal world, all this would be
much easier. First consider a stairwell with a 45
degree incline, and a spherical arcade machine....
-Ian
8:43 p.m.
At 5:14 PM -0700 10/9/07, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Yeah, you don't really have to remove the monitor,
provided it's bolted in good. I have moved many video
It's bolted down, as is everything else. We bought the system a few
years ago from an operator, and I've had it apart trying to find the
loose connection (or whatever is wrong with it) so I know everything
is bolted down good.
Having extra people around when moving things is
always a nice thing to have, but sometimes it's
impossible. Or, if you're like me, you just don't have
any friends... at least, not after you asked them to
help move a minicompuer last month...
I've got even better, a big burly brother-in-law with friends.
They're all about 15 years younger than me, so in a lot better shape
physically than me. :^)
Zane
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