Using hydraulic lift, the Yellow Jacket pinball dolly stops the arcane practice of using the operator's weight to lift the pinball machine and makes it possible to lift and move even the heaviest of electromechanical pinball machines. Hydraulics allow for very smooth and gentle set-downs.

Hydraulics allow a pinball to be lowered or raised in stages (the 'gurney' styled dollies only allow for fully raise or lowered dolly operation).
Staged Lifting and Lowering increases the Yellow Jacket dolly's operational safety as surrounding obstacles and dolly roll potential can be judged during  the pinball dolly's lift & lowering operation and rectified prior to damaging any dollied pinball game, expensive coin-op arcade equipment nearby or overhead fans.

Dolly can be used as a pinball repair table.  This dolly can provide a height adjustable platform for doing pinball game or play field repair. totally lowering the dolly insures the pinball will not slide off of the dolly. The pinball then can be easily rolled around a repair shop.

The Yellow Jacket uses Hydraulics to lift the pinball game. Other commercial pinball dollies use the dolly operator's body weight and/or arm strength and mechanical advantage to lift the pinball game. On the old 'gurney' style of dolly, the dolly operator stood on a lifting bar. The operator had to be 'caloricly gifted' to provide enough weight to lift the pinball and be able to stand on one leg to push down on the lifting bar, all at the same time. The obsolete lifting bar usually interferes with the dolly operator's legs while walking and can do damage to the front pinball legs.
The 'Large Operator requirement' of other coin operated game dollies and the lifting bar have all been eliminated on the Yellow Jacket pinball dolly.  With Hydraulic lifting, this dolly is completely 'gender neutral' and can be used effectively and safely by both Men and Women.

The Yellow Jacket uses the standard industrial pinball dolly width, large wheels and a low center of gravity - insuring tilt free operation.
Total Dolly Load Weight Capacity = 1320 lbs (using 4 or optional 5 inch wheels). This dolly can easily support the heaviest of four player electro-mechanical pinball game weighing in excess of 350 pounds.
The standard dolly width insures this dolly will roll between the front legs of any pinball for easy dolly positioning.

Industrial High Quality hand or foot pumped and released Hydraulic system insures years of trouble free operation.
Without further need to lift and move heavy coin-op equipment by hand, this dolly will greatly reduce back Injuries and damage to coin-op equipment.

ALL control handles can be removed and reapplied during dollied game transportation to avoid any unwanted handle to operator interaction.

Built using LARGE 4 inch solid metal hub and roller bearing wheels. These wheels use solid hard rubber tires for easy, scratch free movement including over hardwood floors and thick carpet.
Tire air is never required with any size wheel we provide for this dolly.
Dolly Option: This dolly comes with stock four inch wheels. Optional 5 inch wheels can be installed and provide the largest rubber lined wheels available on a retail marketed pinball dolly.

Wheel sizes can be special ordered from 3, 4 (stock size) & 5 inch diameter. Four and five inch wheels provide the SAME total dolly load weight capacity. Five inch optional wheels provide higher clearance, slightly easier roll over thick carpet and an increase in Total Dolly Lift Height (one inch increase).
See Dolly Options, Wheel and Dolly Specs Chart and Custom Ordered Wheel Chart at the bottom of this page to determine a dolly's Maximum Load Weight Capacity, shipping weight and Total Lift Height by wheel size.

Upper rail assembly stiffing bars have been added to decrease the front to back motion when moving a pinball and to further steady the dolly. This helps to insure a heavily loaded dolly will not sway when pushed by the operator. This added assembly provides both a clean look and easier dolly use.

Low minimum dolly height of 17 3/4 inches (18 3/4 with optional 5 inch wheels - even lower when 3 inch wheels are used). This pinball transporter will fit under all pinball machines including under old and new style pinball games with short length legs. Note: Old Gottlieb wide-body pinball games have short length legs on the front - The Safe Cracker pinball has unusually short legs but can still be dollied by the Yellow Jacket.

High hydraulic dolly lift height of up to 31 inches (variable dolly lift height - measured from ground level to bottom of pinball) with optional 5 inch sized wheels allows for effortless and stable loading of a pinball onto a medium sized pickup truck. No more lifting the pinball off the dolly; just roll the Yellow Jacket pinball mover up to the back of the truck and slide it on.

The Yellow Jacket's lift mechanism and center of gravity are located near the base of the dolly. This produces a low center of gravity for very stable dolly operation - in spite of the dolly's compact footprint.

Unique dolly design helps hold the pinball from sliding off the dolly when the dolly is fully lowered (game's legs removed). This mechanism is automatically released when the game is raised to facilitate loading a pinball onto a truck or when sliding the pinball game off the dolly and onto the machine's back for storage. An Optional Pinball Tilting mechanism is coming soon.

The inherent "Self Leveling" design of the dolly's Quad Lifting Arms insures the lifted pinball machine rides flat on the dolly even down steep inclines and uneven terrain - with the backbox installed, folded down on the play field or removed.

A small, compact footprint allows the transportation of both the pinball dolly and (multiple) pinball machine(s) in the same medium sized truck with room to spare. Also for easy dolly storage under an operating pinball.

The Small footprint and dolly transporting ease of this pinball dolly helps commercial arcade sites, shop operators, coin-op route and home game room owners without large and expensive box trucks or limited storage space; This feature you can't get with any other pinball dolly.

The very tight turning radius, small footprint and large wheel size of the Yellow Jacket pinball dolly provides for a faster and easier job when positioning a game or rolling a dolled pinball onto a lift gate; compared to the old design and longer "gurney" styled dolly. This saves valuable time when loading a large number of games onto a box truck, especially if the truck uses the small width "hide-away" lift gate.

Removable Lift and Lower Control Handles - The lifting handle only protrudes from the coin door end of the pinball approximately five inches and does not interfere with the dolly operator's legs. This feature eliminates the "shin bruising" caused by the stepped on lifting bar used on other dollies and increases the Yellow Jacket dolly's ease of use.

The dolly's sturdy metal frame allows for easy tie-down use with no need to adjust the tie-downs when raising or lowering the pinball game on the dolly. Tie-downs help to make the moving of pinball's up/down steep and rough inclines quick and easy.

Note: Ratcheting Tie-Downs can be purchased at most building supply houses or hardware stores and are not included with the dolly.
Padding must be provided for backbox to play field glass guide interaction or crimping might result to the glass guides when the pinball machine is dollied or when straps are used. The tie-down's metal mechanism must also be padded to protect the game's side-art. Cardboard will work for this padding.

Solid hardwood slide rails on the top of dolly will not scratch the bottom of a game. Also, allow for easy operator removal of a pinball off the dolly for both truck Loading / Unloading and for placing a pinball on its back for storage (pinball tilt dolly unloading). For an even easier time loading and unloading a pinball that has been stored in its upright position, See our new Tilting Top dolly customization option at the bottom of this page.

Mig welded using 70,000 PSI welding wire for solid weld construction and superior strength / durability.

Constructed with 3/16 inch thick angle iron and 1.5 inch wide top slide rail supports. Built to take years of hard use.

Removable and Extendable Raise & Release control handles for ease of operation and easy dolly storage under a pinball.

Dollies are normally constructed with two straight non-swivel wheels on the front of the dolly and two swivel wheels on the rear (control lever end of dolly).  Rear mounted swivel wheels allow the placing of a pinball machine between two other pinball's games when maneuvering space is at a premium and provides a very tight turning radius.


4 inch wheels - (stock size wheels) Offer less total dolly weight then the 5 inch size wheels with only an inch decrease in Total Dolly Lift Height. Allows the dolly to easily fit under very low clearance pinball's like a Safe Cracker or wide body Gottlieb with short front legs.

5 inch wheels - This wheel configuration makes the dolly easy to maneuver and clear wheel and dolly obstacles. A dolly with five inch size wheels will still fit under a pinball game.

Note: Four inch wheels have the SAME Wheel Load Capacity as five inch wheels.  The Total Dolly Load Capacity is not affected by installing four or even five inch wheels on a dolly. Four inch sized dolly wheels can improve the compatibility between the dolly and its operator as they decrease the total dolly weight without sacrificing the easy thick carpet roll through provided by the five inch wheels. There is no increase in the dolly's price or its shipping cost for these now stock size wheels.

Wheel Note: All wheels are welded directly to the main metal frame and therefore their size cannot be changed after the dolly is constructed. However, the wheel hub, roller bearings and wheel attachment bolt can be replaced at any time with the same tire size.

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Tilting Top - A new option that will be available soon for our pinball dolly. This dolly function enhancement allows a stored upright pinball to be placed on and taken off the dolly with ease.

Note: An uprighted pinball is one that is sitting on its back end with its legs removed. It is usually stored this way to decrease the game's storage space footprint.

The upper support rails of this newly designed dolly are made so they now can tilt up and used like a four wheel hand or refrigerator dolly. The dolly can now be used to place an uprighted pinball onto the top of the dolly without the need to physically pick up the game. The dolly does all the work for you and can even place the pinball back down on the ground in the upright position with ease. The tilting top dolly can be locked in its normal operating position fully loaded with a game and can operate normally as a pinball dolly after the Tilting Top operation has been completed.

Pinball Medic Amusements will ship the dolly using two boxes. The two box shipping method saves shipping charges and makes our dollies even more economical. $70 two boxed shipping vs. $115 in shipping for a completely assembled dolly.

Assembly is quick and easy using the photographic and step by step assembly manual (The dolly's construction manual is available on the CD that is shipped with the dolly). Just six large and two small sized bolts are all that is required to build a working dolly. All assembly tools are provided (except an adjustable or 3/4 inch open ended wrench). If simple assembly is not your style, a fully assembled dolly can be shipped directly to your door for $115 in shipping costs (includes $300 worth of shipping insurance).

Please indicate if you want the fully assembled dolly on the order form or the two box shipping method will be used. We suggest using a trucking company for multiple disassembled dolly orders to the same business destination. Shipping can be door to door or terminal to terminal. Terminal to terminal is less expensive then Door to Door.

Note: Not all cities have a shipping terminal. Due to weight and distance variables for any given number of dollies, Pinball Medic can't approximate the cost of truck shipping, however, using a truck to ship multiple dollies will save considerably when compared to shipping each dolly by ground shipping.

Note: Sale Price dolly has stock configuared (two swivel wheels on back of dolly - Two non-swivel wheels on the front of the dolly) and has four inch installed wheels.