Vend 1080 gum with 850 wheel

[TexasFreemason]

I may be going to start using 1080 gum. Is there anything I need to do to the wheels to only vend 1 at a time? I have 1-800 machines, shootin hoops, and spirals. Thank you in advance.

[gumball guy]

2 hours ago, TexasFreemason said:

I may be going to start using 1080 gum. Is there anything I need to do to the wheels to only vend 1 at a time? I have 1-800 machines, shootin hoops, and spirals. Thank you in advance.

I run Oaks primarily and have always used 850s (1 inch). I do have a fair amount of 1-800s and they all have adjustable gumball wheel. You will probably need to test them and see if you need to adjust the wheels to avoid misvends. Shooting hoops I also only used Dubble Bubble 850s. Believe it or not I never owned a spiral so I'm not much help there either. I will say this....you may consider buying a few cases and testing them before you buy a boat load of them. I know Ford still had a supply of 1080s and I thought about it but on Oak machines you will get misvends unless you have a rocket wheel or wheel inserts so I passed on them. I just wouldn't want to be stuck with a bunch of product that doesn't vend right.

[ginger vend]

I have noticed in Eagles that I run 850ct with GB wheel, 2 spring brush housing, and riser; Eagle is prone to dispense 2 GB at intervals which adds up in cost.  I never see misvends. The wheel is correctly aligned. My understanding is that this is the correct setup for single vends. Solution to consistent single GB vends? Baffle? 

It'd probably vend 3 1080s with my luck. 

 

 

[gumball guy]

1 minute ago, ginger vend said:

I have noticed in Eagles that I run 850ct with GB wheel, 2 spring brush housing, and riser; Eagle is prone to dispense 2 GB at intervals which adds up in cost.  I never see misvends. The wheel is correctly aligned. My understanding is that this is the correct setup for single vends. Solution to consistent single GB vends? Baffle? 

It'd probably vend 3 1080s with my luck. 

 

 

If the only problem it poses is the occasional extra gumball then I could live with that. With Oaks, which are almost the same as Eagles, there is a rocket wheel for 1080s & 1430 I believe. It has uses a brush off plate that looks just like a candy wheel brush off plate. They also sold plastic inserts that you could snap into the 850 wheel that would make it a vend 1080s correctly. I'm not sure if a baffle would improve the issue or not. You can test it at home I guess and see if it makes a difference.  

[titandist]

To vend 1080 count gum out of an oak you have to have either the rocket wheel or the inserts. No exceptions. There is no baffle that solves the problem. Misvends equal service calls which equal unhappy customers, which with enough complaints equals unhappy management. I wouldn't accept misvends as part of a solution. Not sure about shooting hoops or 1-800's, but spirals require 850 count gum. If your interested, I have spare inserts I can sell you. Message me if you want.