Full size cab owners, need moving advice/help

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OmegaSaber

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I'm very close to purchasing a SF2:CE cabinet but I'm a bit worried about the trouble of moving it around. It's dimensions are 73Hx25Wx34L and I'd be bringing it home and keeping it here for a month or so until my fiancee and I close on the house we're in the middle of purchasing. After that I'd move it into our new house (up stairs if possible).

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone here who has a full cab and has experience moving this stuff could provide any advice. Thanks in advance.

Here's a pic of the one I might be buying:
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Mike Shagohod

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Unless the place your moving it into has a garage then fuhgetaboutit. I had nothing but a headache trying to move this 2-Slot MVS Cab

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once to an apartment on the 2nd floor, and recently into the town house I live at now... which more or less meant I needed to invest in a CMVS system. The Cab now is in my dad's garage. Houses just weren't built with having arcade uprights in them on the blue prints is all. *Of course you could take the thing apart and rebuild it but that might prove to be worse in the long run. :(

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Michael Yagami

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Make sure you have all the dimensions correct for both the cab and your doorways BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING. Make sure you have a few people to help you (I had about 6 people help me move my cab) and having a dolly around wouldn't hurt either.

Make sure you protect all the breakables (I.E. glass, monitor) and make sure the ac cable is tied up and out of the way when you move it.

Measure twice, move once.

Goodluck,
Mike
 
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Moved my cab 4 times now between the auction house, the dorm, back home, back to the dorm. Its easy if you've got wheels. a hand cart that has fall back wheels is very easy to use. Biggest thing to check like MY said is doorways. Getting it upstairs should even go ok if you have 4-6 people.
 
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You might want to look at getting candy cabinets. I have two and move mine often when I rearrange the place. With wheels, it is very easy to do.


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I have a 4 slot ver. 3 standup and didn't have any trouble thanx to a dolly and 2 friends. I measured the dimensions of the doorway 1st though and even made it around a corner. I live on a ground floor, mind you, and haven't moved it since i bougth it. If your gonna move it around a lot than either invest in a dolly or some Appliance/Furniture Movers (15 bux at Lowes, made for moving Fridges and such). :D
 
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those things are much much more awkward than you think to move around. i underestimated it and only asked one person to help, my uncle. we has to get it through 2 doors, up a flight of stairs and over carpet. good thing my uncle is 6'0 and like 350 lbs he just stood there on the stairs with the entire weight of the cab on him and he didnt budge.

also they seem much much bigger once they are in the confines of ur house. it will look wierd and out of place in most rooms so if u have a wife or something she wont like it.
 
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Cabs are pretty simple to move with 2 people . We moved lemonflavs old cab out of his crack house into mine . U haul has some kick ass dollies ! Up the stairs sucked but was done without injury.
 
BoriquaSNK

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I moved my cab up to the third floor of my apartment building, appliance dolly and at least two friends are a must. Uhaul dolly's are good, but they're a bitch to get a hold of. Home Depot and Lowes rent'em out for about $12 a day.
 
ttooddddyy

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Michael Yagami said:
Make sure you have all the dimensions correct for both the cab and your doorways BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING. Make sure you have a few people to help you (I had about 6 people help me move my cab) and having a dolly around wouldn't hurt either.

Make sure you protect all the breakables (I.E. glass, monitor) and make sure the ac cable is tied up and out of the way when you move it.

Measure twice, move once.

Goodluck,
Mike
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Thats a good point, I would cut out a cardboard template the width and depth of the cab and maneuver it through doorways and corners, this will help you figure out the easiest way to get the cab in. You may even find it may not go around a tight corner :eek:

I would place the cab on its back for transit, ensure that the monitor pcb is securely mounted. Remove the mother board for good measure.
Also check that the crt is mounted securely- I picked a cab up once, to find that only gravity was holding the tube in, the sorry ass tech who worked on it at some stage couldnt be arsed to refit the mounting nuts :oh_no:
 
Michael Yagami

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ttooddddyy said:
Thats a good point, I would cut out a cardboard template the width and depth of the cab and maneuver it through doorways and corners, this will help you figure out the easiest way to get the cab in. You may even find it may not go around a tight corner :eek:
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When I went to pick up my cab I made sure I got the dimensions before hand, unfortunately they were for the wrong cab. I thought I was picking up a 4 slot and when I went to pick it up I found out I was getting a 6 slot. I was pumped that it turned out to be the big 6 but it was also 5 inches too wide to fit through my gameroom door.

Thankfully I have a very understanding wife and a big kitchen :D

Mike
 
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Michael Yagami said:
When I went to pick up my cab I made sure I got the dimensions before hand, unfortunately they were for the wrong cab. I thought I was picking up a 4 slot and when I went to pick it up I found out I was getting a 6 slot. I was pumped that it turned out to be the big 6 but it was also 5 inches too wide to fit through my gameroom door.

Thankfully I have a very understanding wife and a big kitchen :D

Mike
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I can imagine how you felt when the penny dropped :spock:
Always check the door and round corner dimentions before buying a cab for a specific location, and as mentioned earlier they look a hell of a lot bigger in the living, bedroom- whatever, than they do in an arcade or wharehouse.
Your lucky to have an understanding wive MY.
 
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I remember having a similar experience with a pinball machine a few years back. I measured the bedroom door and found it would fit prvided I took the top off however never took the hallway space into consideraton. I finally got the machine in my room but had a nice gouge mark in the hallway wall to show for my effort :oh_no:
 
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