50 Ton Proto 2000 Plankless trucks with 33" wheels...

[Anonymous]

I have tried these on a pair of Walthers RTR Bulkhead Flatcars which are just plain mean and onery sorta like the freight cars in the Thomas the Tank Engine series. Always laughing at the engine and daring it to make em roll.

They do roll with these new trucks. Part of the problem was the tops of the Walthers trucks were just too high and banging against the underside of the cars. I added another set to a onery athearn boxcar to ease the really bad WOBBLE... it ran like silk on the track.. the true test will come soon on the layout.

I dont know anything about one truck from another as used on the protoype but for me this product really really settles my onery freight cars down and makes em track properly and roll better! They were like 4.50 a pair enough to do one freight car. But with a Athearn Boxcar or similar at 6.70- the combined cost is right up there with the RTR that is being offered today.

I see a possible retrofit of some of the other freight cars in 2005. Some will get this truck but not all of them. Only the ones that are onery on the track.

[nfmisso]

LL P2K offers other trucks that would be more appropriate for a bulk head flat. You may want to try them also.

[Anonymous]

Highiron,

I don't know if it is just me, but the Walthers trucks I encountered on the C-30 Cabooses were some of the worst I have seen in a while. I superdetailed three cabooses and the axles were too small for the sideframes on all of the trucks.. Lots of slop from side to side in the frames. It is a rare that a currently mass produced truck has so much slop that it will pick a point (now white metal kits... that's another story) They are slated to be replaced as soon as I get around to buying some C-30 replacement trucks. I am a "layout slave" right now trying to get something running, so it is not at the top of the list.

Lest I give the wrong impression, the C-30 wood cabooses look great when you add all the details, railings etc. There is a trick to fitting the end ladder assembly on the car, but otherwise they are a good alternative for those of us who need reasonably accurate SP cabooses without going to brass. I will buy more in the future...I wi***hey would fix the trucks.

RE P2K: They are great, inexpensive, free rolling trucks. I have replaced most of my problem trucks on other cars with P2k trucks and they sure do work well.