Billnuts Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 10 Coast to coast cranes 5 Toy Taxi 5 Hot Stuff Eight 31 inch Two 38 Inch Been a long year with these units. I purchased these new first thing I did was change all the locks from factory to my key-code I added 10 2400 series Mars D.B.A Screws included are too short had to go to hardware store or swap screws with coin mech. Had to re-route door wire harness to add the Dollar bill accept-or All went on various locations and have been working everyday. Now for the Problems I have encountered Both 38 Inch cranes the UP/Down claw motors failed. Makes me worried about the other 8 motors.. ALL DIGITAL COIN MECHS FAILED ON ALL 10... I replaced them with mechanical roll down type.. 1 38 toy taxi (same up down motor blew again) turns out to be a bad board swapped the board and a motor . Several service calls... 1 for the coin mech... 1 for the up down motor.... once again for the up down motor... and then the motherboard... then one for the lights inside.. almost lost me the location... 31 Inch hot stuff blew a fan on the power supply. Two 31 inch the lights inside blew their transformers Would I buy again? NO. at least not without the stage 2 controller but that puts them in a different price bracket of cranes.. I have purchased other cranes over the year and have had NO issues.. with Smart Candy crane.. Tilt sensor was a bit sensitive from stock but not their fault Coastal's Candy shoppe No problems (But turn off attraction mode wears on plastic wall insert.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerVendor Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Have you tried the toy soldiers by coastal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psk007 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Rainbow to me is the crane of choice and can be bought used cheap with Mar's bill heads already installed. That's 80% of my cranes on location and they are rock solid. Over the past five years all I have to do is change the string and new bulbs. They are a very well built cranes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjacks Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Good to know. Doesn't seem to be any really good crane companies out there. If you are going to run cranes you are going to run into issues. It is just a matter how many issues. Best (new) cranes I have bought in the last year or so have been the ones from Impulse. They are pricey but any issues I have had have been minor. I have some older cranes out there though that just keep on going. They are ugly as sin and look dumpy but they keep on keeping on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havending Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I have toy taxis that have never had an issue. And one or two through the years that I could not make work no matter what. Seems to be hit and miss with cranes of any brand. One we never had an issue with was S&b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick505 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I have never had an issue with my smarts. They are out and they keep on going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjacks Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I have never had an issue with my smarts. They are out and they keep on going. Smart imports? I have heard the domestic Smarts are tanks but most of my imports eat up power supplies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick505 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Yup, I have had them out for around 2 years and no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psk007 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I have some of the smart imports and had to replace many of the power supplies. I also have a few hot stuff cranes and had a ton of issues with them until I finally got them lined out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superior games Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 The Asian import cranes are mediocre at best. Rainbow, ice, smart domestic, impulse or elaut are the way to go. The only reason these import cranes are in circulation is because distributors can buy them so cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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