Reply to "Menard's Reading Hoppers, First Impressions"

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John C. posted:
I purchased a string of 8 Great Northern hoppers. The appearance is great! The price is unbelievable/unbeatable. But, I do have sparks fly going through some, not all, of my Gargraves turnouts. I was able to adjust the switch by gently bending various parts with a small screwdriver.
I did have my very first issue ever with a Menards car on a Ross switch.
All in all, there's just no way to beat this cars for the appearance and price; even if you do have to work on the a few track switches.

Same issue with my one and only Menard's car - a boxcar. Fireworks every time it passed through my Ross switches/crossovers. There was no obvious solution so $25 later, I replaced the trucks with MTH trucks. No issues now but I'm not really interested in buying another one. Figure $20 for the car, $25 for the trucks, plus any shipping charges and I might as well go to my LHS and buy a MTH/Weaver/Lionel/Whatever car for the same price or a tad more and a lot less aggravation.

11/28/161:06 PM

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