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So Buffett on here paid for some system one cabs about a year ago..He finally decided to come get them..I ended up needing one of them.. So he only had to grab one. He decided to get it yesterday..Well it snowed about 8 inches in 4 hrs yesterday and it was the heavy wet stuff. He finally got there at 1030 last night. He drug it thru my yard in the deep snow like a bull dozer..( He's a pretty cool cat btw!!!!)
You ever do crazy things in order to get games???? Late nights??? Etc??
 
I went to pick up a crazy taxi sit down by myself at 11:30 at night in a no so good neighborhood because thats the only time our schedules let it happen!!
 
I took a friend to get my Star Wars Trilogy Arcade from AlkalineJay. All 3 of us had to dolly it through snow and up some wet steps to get it loaded. 4 hours each way, but it was a great deal and AlkalineJay was great to deal with. Then I had to basically disassemble it to get it down in the basement safely. Only had a half inch clearance on the door. Worth it as the game is a big hit with all guests and the kiddos.
 
i've definitely done some late-night (post 10pm) runs to pick up (or deliver) games.

i hauled a converted Ms. Pac over a 2' deep and 2' wide trench out of a garage once; the garage had drainage problems and the owner was having new pipes installed. i backed up my van as close as i dared and hoped that the trench wouldn't collapse, then leaned the Ms. Pac over the gap and somehow everything held. oh, yeah, and it had snowed, just for good measure though fortunately only about six inches and my van didn't have problems with the driveway. i took a picture for posterity (the ditch was a lot deeper than it looks):

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i did one late-night delivery to a friend's place when he bought my old Neo Geo (in a heavy Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters cab.) it had also snowed a day or two before and we had to haul it up about a dozen narrow icy steps with one big turn in the middle, then up another half-dozen covered steps into his house which fortunately weren't so icy. and of course, this was at night so the snow that had semi-melted during the day all refroze nice and solid.
 
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Recently pulled a Pole Position up an 80 degree incline in wet soggy grass...about 50ft. I felt like I could pull a freight train after that.
 
I did the same thing at Superbees once. I dont remember if I was dropping off or picking up but there was enough snow on the ground to make it a pain.
 
I had to wheel games through snow several times. The worst is when its raining and I have to unload and wheel a game through the yard.


I did the same thing at Superbees once. I dont remember if I was dropping off or picking up but there was enough snow on the ground to make it a pain.

Yup, it was several inches of snow on the ground. Riptor had to park in the allyway, and we wheeled the game throught the snow.
 
Picked up a brand new NARC game from a trailer home in Indy while 2 people were shooting up heroin. The Narc game was the nicest thing in the house and the people were really cool.
 
Your stories are weak and lame!

OK kidding of course but here is my tale of triumph, horror and redemption...

Winter in NY, 2002: I hop on a 5AM Saturday flight JFK to Vermont. Operator picks me up at the airport and we head to uhaul to pick up a 26' truck I reserved 2 weeks earlier. They don't have it ready of course.

We head over to the ops warehouse and dig though his games (I had a list from talking with the guy). We comb through a couple hundred games and settle on ~30 machines. Uhaul calls they have a 26' diesel truck for me and we run over.

Got back to the warehouse and the ops guys packed the games in tight. I was impressed. I head out from Vermont around 3PM expecting to be back in NY around 9PM. I see there is no gas in the truck so I stop and put ~$100 of diesel in.

Now it is -10 or so in Vermont and what I didn't know at the time is diesel freezes. About 2 hours out from the starting point and between exits the truck dies.

The cold is draining my already depleted cell phone, it's -10 and a huge snowstorm comes out of nowhere. I also have no appropriate clothing as I expect to be back in NY in a few hours and not outside in a snowstorm.

I walk about a mile back to a rest stop. No money , no winter coat. They are kind enough to give me coffee and snacks as well as phone use. Uhaul instructs me to buy and put in fuel additive because of the freezing - they do not tell me there are different diesel and gas additives. I got the wrong one, walked back to the truck and made the situation worse as now it wasn't even fixable.

I walk back to the rest stop. Around 8PM uhaul finally found someone willing to tow me in the snowstorm but I had to wait until 11PM. The tow guy picks me up and we head over to the truck. Police are waiting for what I think is to help me. They are not! They want to arrest me because the truck is stuck in the middle of the road and the hazards aren't working - they were broken.

I literally started to cry so they didn't ticket me. The tow truck guy hooks us up and we are off. Am I headed back? No. Toward home? No. This guy is from New Hampshire and tows me there, drops off the truck at a uhaul and then me at a awful fleabag motel. All the good hotels were booked for the Jimmy Fund ski weekend!

I ask uhaul if they will help me load the games onto another truck in the morning and they will not. I begged the tow truck guy to help and he offered to send his son over in the morning if I paid him. What choice did I have?

Uhaul also made me put out the money for the hotel which wiped out my remaining cash! I am so sick by this point from lack of proper clothes my throat is closing up. I also hadn't had food in hours and settled for junk the snack machine. The heater in the hotel was a tiny little baseboard heater which I pretty much has sex with that night in order to not freeze to death.

The next day sure enough I had to wait until around 1PM for uhaul to have a new truck for me. This time a gas truck, not a diesel. The tow truck guys son picked me up and we unloaded and reloaded all 30+ games. Thank god for that kid!

I was on the road by 3PM but the adventure continues... The new truck had no gas in it. I was so mad after putting $100 into the other one. Again I had no choice so I filled it up on credit. Here comes the fun part, pulling out of the gas station I managed to mount the truck onto one of those curved metal poles meant to protect the gas pumps. It ripped a 3' gash between the wheel wells. This time I was hysterically laughing as what else could go wrong. Fortunately for me it was only on the flashing and not into the cab. I kicked off the broken piece and hit the road.

Got to NY around 9PM and it was snowing again. My friends met me and we unloaded everything. I took the truck to uhaul to return it making sure to park the damage out facing the street. Since it was snowing they didn't bother to inspect it. They never said a word and probably hoped I didn't sue them.

In the end they paid me back for everything except $1 "have to charge you something or we are saying we did something wrong".

I know what you are thinking:

1. This story is fake - I give you my word it is 100% true

2. Lessons learned - Never go on a trip like that alone. Always bring extra cash. Uhaul is a terrible organization.

3. What games did you get? What I remember: gravitar, battlezone cabaret, sinistar, joust, stargate, robotron, ms. pac, galaga, chexx, pop-a-shot, virtua cop, keyboardmania, kixx, qbert, kickman, missile command, many more.
 
That story is epic. Do you still have any of those games?

OK kidding of course but here is my tale of triumph, horror and redemption...

Winter in NY, 2002: I hop on a 5AM Saturday flight JFK to Vermont. Operator picks me up at the airport and we head to uhaul to pick up a 26' truck I reserved 2 weeks earlier. They don't have it ready of course.

We head over to the ops warehouse and dig though his games (I had a list from talking with the guy). We comb through a couple hundred games and settle on ~30 machines. Uhaul calls they have a 26' diesel truck for me and we run over.

Got back to the warehouse and the ops guys packed the games in tight. I was impressed. I head out from Vermont around 3PM expecting to be back in NY around 9PM. I see there is no gas in the truck so I stop and put ~$100 of diesel in.

Now it is -10 or so in Vermont and what I didn't know at the time is diesel freezes. About 2 hours out from the starting point and between exits the truck dies.

The cold is draining my already depleted cell phone, it's -10 and a huge snowstorm comes out of nowhere. I also have no appropriate clothing as I expect to be back in NY in a few hours and not outside in a snowstorm.

I walk about a mile back to a rest stop. No money , no winter coat. They are kind enough to give me coffee and snacks as well as phone use. Uhaul instructs me to buy and put in fuel additive because of the freezing - they do not tell me there are different diesel and gas additives. I got the wrong one, walked back to the truck and made the situation worse as now it wasn't even fixable.

I walk back to the rest stop. Around 8PM uhaul finally found someone willing to tow me in the snowstorm but I had to wait until 11PM. The tow guy picks me up and we head over to the truck. Police are waiting for what I think is to help me. They are not! They want to arrest me because the truck is stuck in the middle of the road and the hazards aren't working - they were broken.

I literally started to cry so they didn't ticket me. The tow truck guy hooks us up and we are off. Am I headed back? No. Toward home? No. This guy is from New Hampshire and tows me there, drops off the truck at a uhaul and then me at a awful fleabag motel. All the good hotels were booked for the Jimmy Fund ski weekend!

I ask uhaul if they will help me load the games onto another truck in the morning and they will not. I begged the tow truck guy to help and he offered to send his son over in the morning if I paid him. What choice did I have?

Uhaul also made me put out the money for the hotel which wiped out my remaining cash! I am so sick by this point from lack of proper clothes my throat is closing up. I also hadn't had food in hours and settled for junk the snack machine. The heater in the hotel was a tiny little baseboard heater which I pretty much has sex with that night in order to not freeze to death.

The next day sure enough I had to wait until around 1PM for uhaul to have a new truck for me. This time a gas truck, not a diesel. The tow truck guys son picked me up and we unloaded and reloaded all 30+ games. Thank god for that kid!

I was on the road by 3PM but the adventure continues... The new truck had no gas in it. I was so mad after putting $100 into the other one. Again I had no choice so I filled it up on credit. Here comes the fun part, pulling out of the gas station I managed to mount the truck onto one of those curved metal poles meant to protect the gas pumps. It ripped a 3' gash between the wheel wells. This time I was hysterically laughing as what else could go wrong. Fortunately for me it was only on the flashing and not into the cab. I kicked off the broken piece and hit the road.

Got to NY around 9PM and it was snowing again. My friends met me and we unloaded everything. I took the truck to uhaul to return it making sure to park the damage out facing the street. Since it was snowing they didn't bother to inspect it. They never said a word and probably hoped I didn't sue them.

In the end they paid me back for everything except $1 "have to charge you something or we are saying we did something wrong".

I know what you are thinking:

1. This story is fake - I give you my word it is 100% true

2. Lessons learned - Never go on a trip like that alone. Always bring extra cash. Uhaul is a terrible organization.

3. What games did you get? What I remember: gravitar, battlezone cabaret, sinistar, joust, stargate, robotron, ms. pac, galaga, chexx, pop-a-shot, virtua cop, keyboardmania, kixx, qbert, kickman, missile command, many more.
 
Frytex recently helped me haul two giant games (one a major grail) out of a church basement (a basement in TEXAS!) because the deal happened suddenly and I didn't have my dolly. Dragging them up some concrete steps barely wider than the games, with a ceiling at the top that made us lean them down to about 45 degrees to get them out.

Luckily I had my work truck with the lift gate, so once they were out, it was fairly easy going once they were out....
 
I took a friend to get my Star Wars Trilogy Arcade from AlkalineJay. All 3 of us had to dolly it through snow and up some wet steps to get it loaded. 4 hours each way, but it was a great deal and AlkalineJay was great to deal with. Then I had to basically disassemble it to get it down in the basement safely. Only had a half inch clearance on the door. Worth it as the game is a big hit with all guests and the kiddos.

Thanks for the kind words! I hope you are still enjoying the game! I have to say I miss it and am on the lookout for another, but I want to get the deluxe version this time! That was some fun trying to get it up to your car haha!!
 
I had to bring my top speed racing game (stand up) to my girlfriends house in the snow, not actually snowing at the time but a cool 8" on the ground. we sat there looking at the hill to the basement door and said screw it, laid the cab on its back and sent it down the 50ft hill. took off like a sled, ran down to try and stop it, ended up running my leg over LOL thanks to the snow it didnt hurt one bit. we stopped it at the bottom of the hill before and more damage. stood it up, and it was even wet! got it in the house and grabbed a cold one from the fridge for all the hard work!
 
(a basement in TEXAS!)

What? Bullshit! LOL


Craziest thing is probably picking up a game at 1 or 2 am, but the seller was cool with it so...

I'm constantly hauling vids and pins around in my work truck though. Kind of odd to see a Ram 4500 with a service bed, job box, 5-bottle nitrogen rack, and vice with an arcade game loaded up in it.
 
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