Reply to "Belts on Lionel Lumber Loader 364 and Coal Loader 397"

I have purchased several large bags of coal from Brennan. I then took a plastic colander and drilled out the holes to give me the proper size I wanted. Then I dumped all the coal in the colander and sift out the small stuff that was getting into the 397 and leaking out of my coal car hopper doors. Has worked great. I lost about 15% due to size sorting but I use that in the bottom of fixed coal loads where it won't be dumped. I too changed the belt on the 397 but have been please with its performance so far.