heaviest machine you have lifted

[studley67]

what is the heaviest machine you have lifted??and trapped all four fingers under.ooouch.
could only manage two games on it,so sore.now my fingers are soothing around a nice cold beer jug.lol.guess what machine arrived tonight?just in time for my 43 rd birthday..

[Strangeways]

Heaviest machine I've ever lifted = Bally Bingo. Any title !

The head alone weighs more than most machines.

[studley67]

nino,have you got any?i have never seen one in the flesh.

[ddstoys]

Illl second Nino Bally bongos weigh a ton.  I'm sure I have a thread of mine Damien it's called super 7 but Nino has a beautiful one

[necroscope]

Congrats damien, so is the paragon in good shape,how about some pics

[studley67]

  the cats out of the bag,hope my son is in bed asleep.i havent told him yet.i`ll suprize him friday,hopefully.

[Strangeways]

nino,have you got any?i have never seen one in the flesh.

Between 12 and 16 in storage. One Bally Miami Beach is restored, just waiting on a better playfield (has a Key West playfield in there now).

Congrats on the Paragon !

[studley67]

i and i`m sure many others would love to see some pics one day.have you plans for these?

[Strangeways]

i and i`m sure many others would love to see some pics one day.have you plans for these?

I do have some "before" and "after" of the Miami Beach, and some members here have seen (and lifted) that machine. The others are in another building (leased out), that I will have access to in the next 12 months. The plan is to remove them from storage and restore them with my Dad. He has a wealth of knowledge on these machines that I need to learn.

[studley67]

 

[ddstoys]

I've both seen and lifted Ninos game beautiful but bloody heavy I especially like your dads special touch with the back legs Lol

[Strangeways]

I've both seen and lifted Ninos game beautiful but bloody heavy I especially like your dads special touch with the back legs Lol

I cringed when you picked it up Daniel !

The rear legs are modified metal legs. There is a crossbeam on an angle bolted to the mid section of the cabinet. The reason for this is that in the day the machines were operated, players used to push the machines so hard, the legs would almost break. Since they were made of wood, it didn't take long for them to split, and the machine was too easily moved (no tilt) for the player to win. All four legs SHOULD be wood, and they look much better. The front legs are original = made from wood.

With this modification, the player would find it much harder to manipulate their chance of winning.

[Caveoftreasures]

the heaviest machine I have ever lifted, was the "last one" the day I moved house with all of the machines in the back of 3 budget rent a truck trips. the last machine had someone elses name on it by the time my back was killing me. 

p.s- Godzilla rolled down the driveway, totally out of control, got up to apx 30 kilometres per hour, did a few 360's on the roller skates connected to the legs.
I said to my brother "I thought u were holding it", he looked at me when it was too late with the machine 30 metres away and said "farkkk, its going to be ugly when it decides to stop". Luckily, it did stop, under its own speed and a major situation was avoided. Phhhewwww. Heavy bloody machines. 

[Damien]

heaviest.. wow so many..

non moving tron full size..

moving.. gforce full moving.. afterburner dx.. ridge racer full scale ( but it was i pieces)

r360 was big to.. it tried to run me over..

so many stupid heavy games..

[markc]

the last machine in the container is always the heavy one !