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I sold my Xevious last weekend and told the guy I would deliver. Now it's time to get the thing out of the basement and there's no one around to help. 13 carpeted stairs and Xevious is a HEAVY beast. Also, the wheels on the back don't like to play nice with the dolly so confidence level was low, I repeat confidence level was low. Well, one stair at a time with the impossible bump at the end of each stair and I made it to the top in tact. Anybody else move stuff on their own and think halfway through it that you were going to die?
 
Next time call me. I am just down the street. I have helped other local KLOVers and god knows they have helped me.
 
When building my gameroom, I moved everything alone including a humongo Golden Tee Fore. The worst single thing I did was ending up on the wrong side of one of my cabinets in a narrow hallway. It was in an area where I couldn't push it and couldn't go around it, so I had to climb over it...

There wasn't much space between the top of the cab and the ceiling, so I put a knee up on the CP, wedged myself between the marquee and ceiling, then flopped off the back arms and head first and landed on the floor like a dead fish.

It had to look incredibly stupid and I'm not sure I'm disappointed or relieved it wasn't captured on video.
 
Thanks, Zud. I may end up taking you up on it someday. Landing like a dead fish sounds familiar, when I got to the top of the stairs, I laid the whole thing back on the ground because I just couldn't muster the energy to bring it up the last step and turn it to stand it up. I then laid motionless except for my heavy breathing for about 5 minutes. Got my workout in before 10am today.
 
picked up a slot machine one night went to get it out of the back of my suv by myself when i picked it up and spun around i was top heavy and shuffled across the parking lot trying to catch my balance but alas i dropped it,landed on it and was hurtin' for 3 days but the machine still worked.
 
I'm not a big guy. One time I carried a Galaxian cocktail table up a flight of stairs. I just wrapped my arms around it the best I could, picked it up, and prayed I wouldn't drop it on the stairs. I'm not sure if that was harder than moving in a Kangaroo cabinet with just my girlfriend helping me....again, up the stairs.
 
i did a centipede UR with another guy's help up 12 or so stairs, and with both of us, i thought i was still gonna pass out and have it crush me. i feel like atari cabs are the heaviest out there.
 
I don't know why they made them so damn heavy. The door of Xevious by itself must have weighed 50 pounds. It's like an inch thick of particle board. Ugh. I'm liking the thought of a basement full of cabarets more and more. I could fit 50% more too. Hmmm....
 
You need to invest in a dolly with stair glides, it makes things much easier.
 
Geez, that dolly would be nice. Those run in the $1,000's of dollars though. I have a nice dolly with the stair rollers which are good only up to a point.
 
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Every game I ever find is ALWAYS in the basement! Never ground level....

I've defintely had that I'm gonna die feeling half way up the stairs! But then I suck it up and say I'm half way there and I don't wanna be the dumbass that died getting an arcade game!!

Besides if I quit some other guy is gonna come get it!
 
I have a like new Escalera you can borrow anytime. In fact anyone in the area can borrow it for free. Problem is I live over an hour from you. So you'd be looking at a lot of driving.

Email me if interested and we can set it up for you to come get it.
 
Can't believe you got a Xevious out of a basement by yourself! That machine is made of pure lead. Took 2 people to get it up 5 stairs into my house and it was back breaking. Might be the heaviest upright Atari cabinet.
 
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If you rip a sheet of plywood into about 18" wide strips you can lay one on the stairs and walk a dolly right up them. Ten times easier and you don't bump the cabinet on every stair.

Just make sure you walk on the stairs, not the plank.

Shawn
 
Can't believe you got a Xevious out of a basement by yourself! That machine is made of pure lead. Took 2 people to get it up 5 stairs into my house and it was back breaking. Might be the heaviest upright Atari cabinet.

The good thing is that I'm not concerned about moving anything else by myself now. If I can move Xevious, the rest is easy. :)
 
I have moved 50+ year old refrigerators and chest freezers out of basements for work. Games should be easy by comparison.
 
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