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I have finished two Red Caboose reefers, a Mather reefer lettered for Rath, and a PFE reefer, early style, with grabs instead of ladders. Both schemes are no longer in production, but the PFE may have been replaced with another. Great detail and accurater paint schemes. <br />Anyway, they come with 3-piece trucks made by Red Caboose, with what appears to be Accurail wheelsets. I replace Accurail wheelsets with Proto 2000 wheelsets to get much better rolling qualities, and a little extra weight might not hurt. Anyway, these high-quality, widely available wheelsets do not work well in the 3-piece RC trucks. I emailed them, and they note that Intermountain wheelsets work for sure, but other manufacturers may differ. My hobby shop does not stock Intermountain wheelsets, so I bought Kadee trucks to replace the Andrews trucks, and now I may have to do the same for the Bettendorf T-section trucks on the PFE reefer. I considered other trucks (Walthers?), but if I had to replace the wheels with Proto, the cost would be almost the same as the Kadees! I tried putting the regular wheelsets back in, and it will not roll hardly at all, so the problem may not be wheelsets. <br />Other Red Caboose rolling stock (box cars, flats) came with one-piece trucks that worked fine with the Proto wheelsets. <br />Anyway, has anyone else had problems with these trucks? Oh, I tried the Proto wheelsets on an Ertl MEC gondola, which rolls poorly. Nope, the Ertl must use a shorter axle length, so I put the original wheels back in. Reboxx makes special-length wheelsets, but I do not have a retail source for them, nor pricing. Any other ideas? <br />Dean
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