What machine is this?

[vendpaka]

Hello, anyone know what brand and model this machine is? I can't seem to figure it out and the seller doesn't know either.

Thanks in advance. 

[vendpaka]

3 minutes ago, vendpaka said:

Hello, anyone know what brand and model this machine is? I can't seem to figure it out and the seller doesn't know either.

Thanks in advance. 

Also, would anyone know how hard it is to remove the door on these machines? I may need to do that to fit it through a doorway

[Vendo Mike]

That is a Vendo Vue 40.  I doubt Coke took the door off to get it in there.  Generally opening the door and swinging through the doorway will get it done.  Otherwise, remove the top hinge plate, will release the door. Then lift the door off a bottom hinge pin.   The door weighs about 1 bazillion pounds so be wary. 

You'll have some harnessing to deal with between the door and cab to disconnect as well.  

[Vendo Mike]

There should be a data tag on the left edge of the door with model and serial.  Also, Coke usually puts asset tags on their equipment. 

[vendpaka]

@Vendo Mike super helpful man! Thanks! I figure the building door should be first to come off before messing with the machine door. Thanks again for the speedy response! Heros in this forum 🙌

[vendpaka]

26 minutes ago, Vendo Mike said:

That is a Vendo Vue 40.  I doubt Coke took the door off to get it in there.  Generally opening the door and swinging through the doorway will get it done.  Otherwise, remove the top hinge plate, will release the door. Then lift the door off a bottom hinge pin.   The door weighs about 1 bazillion pounds so be wary. 

You'll have some harnessing to deal with between the door and cab to disconnect as well.  

would you happen to know if this machine is mdb/cc reader compatible?

[Lbfrozen]

Hi vp,

I hope you have more information on this machine and seller, because it seems sketchy otherwise. Even if the seller is not savvy with vending machines, he should have accidentally found a manufacturer serial number or multiple Coke asset tags. The only time I have seen fewer than two Coke tags is on machines over 30 years old. In that vein, unless the 'seller' also has a bill of sale to hand over with the machine (detailing the make, model, and serial number), you are risking Coke coming by to pick up their machine from you (because Coke owns it, unless you have a bill of sale). It is not uncommon for Coke and Pepsi (and Snapple, ice cream wholesalers, energy drink wholesalers, and many others) to come by to pick up their assets when they find out about them, even including pallets (like when those fancy plastic ones gets hoarded). Some of them keep up with CL, FB, and govdeals.com listings, looking for their lost sheep. You can never win the gamble on a branded asset - no bill of sale means the bottler or wholesaler is the rightful owner.

Btw, it is mdb. Others here will know more, but it may require surface mounting or the more expensive bezels to install a reader. (We do not have any Vendo Vues - reminds me too much of a Royal Vision 500, perhaps my most hoted machine.)

Also btw, if you do locate the Coke tag (maybe even the Vendo serial number), your local Coke bottler will be able to tell you if that machine is still owned by them. Bottlers usually put their phone number on their machines, although I do not see one on the front of your pictured machine.

-LB

[Vendo Mike]

Good call on doing your due diligence.  Bottler branded equipment is never sold by a manufacturer to the general public so a Coke bottler owned that.  Vue's were discontinued around 2014 and they weren't very popular.   They can be a bit of a bear if you aren't a pretty savvy tech and familiar with them.  If you aren't familiar with them, you're best to find another machine.  Parts are getting extremely expensive and they can be hard to troubleshoot. 

They are MDB and compatible with the readers that were out before they were discontinued and shortly after.   

[vendpaka]

Thank you both for your advice. Makes total sense. You guys are awesome for taking the time to help out on here and with such detailed responses. I will check for more tags in person and call a bottler to verify it's not owned by the company. 

[AZVendor]

Mike doesn't like to trash his own employer's machines but the Vue 40 was a bad design and that's why it was discontinued so long ago.  It's very easy to be stolen from and to do that damages the vending mechanism.  There were a few other issues with them as well and you should stay away from it.

[Vendo Mike]

They can't all be winners.  Anyone remember the Mustang II? 

 

[AZVendor]

Kind of like the Edsel, any car in the 80s, the Calypso washing machine, the Pinto fuel tank, the DN P series, the DN FlexPak, the Rowe Drum Snack machine, Vendo Cable driven snack, et al.

[Vendo Mike]

You forgot BetaMax and palm pilots

[tblake05]

Microsoft Zune

[Vendo Mike]

I'm convinced the Rowe 448 wanted to kill me.  Anyone who has removed a refer deck from those and had to learn the hard way about the kickstand might agree.  It was almost like a rabbit trap.

[Gizmo Vending]

I’ve never seen an operator outside of the bottlers that had the Vue’s.  

[Vendo Mike]

I know quite a few.  They don't all smile back at me but they know I'll do what I can to help when they have issues. 

[AZVendor]

I hated pulling a 448 refer out when I realized the door support wasn't there. I would have to go out and get my pallet jack to hold the door up.

[Lbfrozen]

I was too harsh on the Vue earlier - apologies to Mike for taking the shot at it. Other than that, I love Vendo. Vendo's T-handle design is one of my favorite machine features of all time - no twisting. I love them on my M&M/Mars refrigerated candy machines (both MicroMech and mdb Millenniums). Our only other Vendo is older drink, and some market fixtures. The world is changing on us, though; I miss the rectangle selection buttons. Their vintage stuff is cool, too. (That guy with the pinups is still selling vintage Vendo and Cavalier on eBay.)

For that time period of glassfronts, DN 5800 was the best - easy to move with a narrow pallet jack, somewhat less likely to have product stolen, held a lot of product for the footprint it used. It could have been better with a different delivery port. All of the stackers were/are good - Vendo 721, DN 501E, Royal 650 and 660.

Having no door kickstand is crap. The pallet jack is supposed to be for holding the cooling deck when you slide it out, but I also have had to use it for doors. Cooling decks can make a fool out of a grown man. Did 448 have plastic lift levers? I hate plastic lift levers. Rowe was neat, but the only 548 and 648 we have left is mostly for leasing or selling to TV/movie set decorators. I am not sure what to do with the 10 or more Rowe change machines we have left.

From a Vendo Vue identification to Rowe 448 and nostalgia posts. I warn that I will continue to occasionally help derail threads with mildly interesting tidbits until enough of my excess inventory is sold to enable me to repurpose some of our warehouse space. (Apologies to vp as well!)  I am not the only one to blame this time, though. Also, I promise I edited out several rabbit hole terms and searchable words, unlike AZ, who is to blame for several of us trying to figure out what is a Vendo cable snack machine.

-LB

[AZVendor]

Here's as close to the Vendo Snack Mart cable machine as I can get since there don't seem to be any photos of them now. https://www.ebay.com/itm/254822668496  I ran two of them myself.  I also barely missed being suckered early into the Rowe Drum snack machine (not the later countertop one) and instead bought slightly less worse Fawn 25H and 30H machines.  But there weren't too many good used snacks at that time at we were just getting the first glassfronts in public.  Most snacks at that time were the old Candyshops and Pastryshops with the gattling gun nickle changers.  The refer lift levers are on the 548/648 machines.  I didn't mind them unless they wouldn't line up with the slots.