Moving cabinets

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Just curious what people think. I need to move some cabinets down into my basement. There's a right-hand turn on the stairs that keeps you from using a hand truck.

My question: is it worth taking the monitor out before moving? Part of me says they don't add that much weight. The other part of me says they could be the straw that broke the camel's back.

The cabs are a DKjr, a centipede, a tron and a defender.

Thoughts?

Or do I just hire "two men and a truck" to move them for me?

-Jim
 
Centipede and Tron will be the heavier of the four, but movable by two guys. Defender and nintendo cabs are a bit lighter. If you were taking the time to remove monitors, you could go a step further and remove those big-ass power supplies and whatnot, but I'd say just muscle 'em.
 
if you've got a difficult move, hell yes pull the monitor. it'll make a big difference in the overall weight and will put the center of gravity a lot lower making it less likely to topple when tipped.
 
Just curious what people think. I need to move some cabinets down into my basement. There's a right-hand turn on the stairs that keeps you from using a hand truck.

My question: is it worth taking the monitor out before moving? Part of me says they don't add that much weight. The other part of me says they could be the straw that broke the camel's back.

The cabs are a DKjr, a centipede, a tron and a defender.

Thoughts?

Or do I just hire "two men and a truck" to move them for me?

-Jim

I was recently in this situation with a DK and if I had to do it over again I'd probably pull as much as possible. The base of my cab BARELY made it.
 
+1 for just muscle it.

I've moved lots of cabs up and down stairs, including a 2-turn stairwell into and out of a basement. Leave the monitor in. It's not going to make enough of a difference in the weight to justify the time. Leaving them in will also help solidify/stabilize the wood box. If you have at least two people, the cabinet toppling over suddenly should be impossible.
 
you could go a step further and remove those big-ass power supplies and whatnot

Hadn't thought of that. Probably not a bad idea. Especially for that Centipede cab. I swear that thing has lead ingots stored in it somewhere.

-Jim
 
Just curious what people think. I need to move some cabinets down into my basement. There's a right-hand turn on the stairs that keeps you from using a hand truck.

My situation is similar. I always remove the monitor, PCB and power supply (unless its a modern switching power supply) before moving. It makes the cabinet more manageable and there are no worries if it bounces down a few steps.
 
I have the same issues going into my "Texas" basement (hint, it is on the second floor). I have 4 stairs to a very tiny landing and then 21 stairs up.

I take the monitors out, to prevent issues if it gets dropped.

When going down the stairs, the easiest thing is to use a dolly on a side with the back of the cabinet facing towards the down stairs at the landing. Once the cab is down, we tip the top down the short stairs to the person who will grab the top. Once they have it, we lift the bottom down the stairs one at a time until it is down. Then tip it up and slide the dolly back into it and move it to its new home. This minimizes the amount of full on lifting required.

ken
 
We move games up and down stairs all the time. Usually two of us can handle the load. We usually strap the machine to a dolly, tip it back and go down one stair at a time with a stronger guy holding the dolly handles and the other guy holding the machine in place on the bottom.

I dont know if this is the safest way to move an arcade but probably done this 100+ times and havent lost a person (more importantly a machine) yet.
 
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