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Yeah they sure are. I hate having to pull mine out from the wall for any
reason. It definitley takes a good heave to get that thing back onto a
dolly.
"Steve Muccione" <home*DOT*muccione@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> yeah, it was a dedicated cab.. the big 25" midway (Jam) style cabinets...
I
> can't count the number of times I've put the dolly under neat it, grab the
> top, lean back and get thrown forward because I didn't yank back hard
> enough.. damn thing is WAY freaking front heavy!
>
> "Bill" <miekkawiREMOVETHIS@msu.edu> wrote in message
> news:dc1d9o$pic$1@news.msu.edu...
> > Yeah MKIIs are definitely heavy. I'm guessing yours is dedicated or in
one
> > of the other similar MK series cabs. My sister and her boyfriend were
nice
> > enough to go with me to pick up the machine. On the way home, her
> > boyfriend
> > was driving. We had to stop a few times because the tarp covering the
> > machine wasn't secured well enough and kept coming loose. The kicker was
> > when were were about 5 mins from home and just missed hitting a deer. As
I
> > recall, when the deer saw us it hesitated on what to do and luckily it
> > just
> > missed hitting us. My sister's boyfriend swerves to miss the deer and
> > somehow the MK2 didn't go anywhere. Luckily it was laying flat on its
back
> > and well strapped down. I hate to think what could have happend if it
was
> > standing up.
> >
> > I also had a Neo Geo 4 slot that fell off the dolly on me. I was too
sure
> > of
> > my ability to move it without using the strap on the dolly to secure it.
> > It
> > fell off but didn't suffer much if any damage.
> >
> >
> > "Steve Muccione" <home*DOT*muccione@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:Z6VEe.4986$eg4.2622@trndny01...
> >> lol... I once started to unload a MKII cab out of the back of my van...
I
> >> got it in there myself with no problem... when I went to take it out
> > however
> >> I managed to pick the bottom up, walk it out and set it down on the
> > edge...
> >> right on the WHEELS... the damn thing then starts to slide out of the
van
> > by
> >> itself!!! I *just* manage to get behind it and stop the slide before
the
> >> top would have gone off the van and crashed down... after about 5
minutes
> > my
> >> wife finally hears my screams and comes and gives me a hand.... bit
nerve
> >> racking that was.
> >>
> >> ps.. I tried to pick it up after i got the roll stop but those damn
> >> things
> >> are HEAVY... especially since there was only about 2 inches left on the
> > van
> >> I had almost all the weight on me (and I was keeping it from sliding at
> > the
> >> same time which wasn't easy).
> >>
> >> steve
> >>
> >> "cnlmoore" <cnlmoore@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:xumdnVW7dql4hHnfRVn-qA@comcast.com...
> >> > I've seen a number of threads about crashes, monitor explosions,
falls
> > and
> >> > some interesting wounds. What about the near misses?
> >> >
> >> > I was relocating an UR Toobin' to my storage unit. Foolishly decided
> > that
> >> > it would be OK to move it around from the side instead of the back.
If
> >> > you've ever seen a toobin, it has an arcade size footprint, but the
> >> > body
> >> > is slim. My handtruck didn't catch very well and the center of
gravity
> > on
> >> > that machine is not centered on the side panel. Yeesh. Tilted it
back
> >> > and it rocked forward and left towards the hard concrete. Managed to
> > dive
> >> > around and catch it before the impact. Saved the machine but not my
> > back.
> >> > I've been looking for a toobin for so long I just couldn't let it
> >> > crash.
> >> >
> >> > Chris M
> >> > Chicago, IL
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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