Any damage their vehicle picking up a machine?

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Some a$$ on the PA Turnpike decided to cut infront of my truck and then SLAM on the brakes....

here is the result..... UGHHHH
 

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eek. that sucks. there's some pics somewhere of someone with an edot going through their truck, i think. the most damage i've had is just scrapes on the floor area of my liftgate molding from sliding in and out games.
 
Wow that sucks big time. Windows are pretty cheap. it could have been a
lot worse. Of course thats no consolation when you have a broken window
with winter coming.

Malice95
 
Count me in.

Some a$$ on the PA Turnpike decided to cut infront of my truck and then SLAM on the brakes....

here is the result..... UGHHHH
I was sliding a Pole Position in the back of my truck about 12 years ago and slide it right through the window. $450
Glennon
 
Ouch. Makes me glad I have a rubber cargo bed mat. The mat in combination with straps keeps games very secure.
 
My first machine - I was looking for a Twilight zone pinball. Some guy local. I plugged the address into the GPS. Get to what i think is his house.... tight streets, steep hill. No one home. I call him.

"Oh, my house is the other 777 Beaver drive on the other side of town". Sheesh. While turning the odyessy around on a VERY narrow and steep street in the middle of nowhere it seems, the car just "dives" staight down. Drove the effer right into a ditch. The side of the street just ended, and i caught it. Car was nearly nose down / the rearend was up at least 4 - 5 feet.

Got a tow truck out of there. Cost me about 100. Fortunately, no damage... but my wife was due to give birth the next day which made this even more aggravating, her dogging me the whole time on the phone.

Needless to say, i never saw that machine.

Sorry to see the damage you got there.
 
Yea I had it strapped down and would have been fine had the brakes not been applied at 65 mph. Also California Speed has a slanted cabinet on top with points, so the shape of the cabinet and the 65 mph braking didnt help.

Drinking beers now to dull the pain... :)

Atleast its only 1 of the small windows in the back shouldnt be as much as a FULL SIZE.
 
My truck's window got the same treatment via space invaders. Some guy I bought it from decided to shove it up into the back of my truck right into the window. I have full glass coverage though. It was replaced the next day.
 
If I lay them down with the top towards the glass I put a wooden crate between the bed and the game then strap. Generally I stand them up.
 
65 on the PA TURNPIKE? You musta been in the right lane behind an old lady in a Stanley Steamer.

Now that I think about it - what time?? There was one or two <<<CENSORED>>> that were really driving like <<<CENSORED>>> on my way home yesterday.
 
I was hauling a Ford 302 engine one time and had it strapped at the rear of the bed near the gate because there was a bunch of other crap in the bed. I was sitting at a stoplight and some guy that lost his brakes slammed into me doing about 30 mph. The engine in the bed went flying forward and hit the front bulkhead so hard that it smashed the header of bed, the back of the cab, and completely blew out the back glass and both of the quarter glasses.

I strap everything down with several straps now. :)
 
Count me in.

Some a$$ on the PA Turnpike decided to cut infront of my truck and then SLAM on the brakes....

here is the result..... UGHHHH
Sorry Dud, If you had a KLOV bumper sticker I would never had Brake Checked you.
But 40 mph on the turnpike, Come On.
Just B/S Ya . that sucks. Happens almost ever time I pick up a game. No damage Yet, Just O Fucks.
I think that rear window is serviced as one piece only. Hope you got glass coverage.
I got to pick up a Big Game up in Jersey next weekend. Not Looking forward to it. I have to rent a trailer and it is a Monster. WTF Why Did I bid.
 
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