No problem Jerry. I'm just glad that something readily had exists!
Today I was transforming another car for dual trailer stands and then had a thought..."What about when you want to run the long 45' MTH trailers again?"...
Turns out that with both hitch stands in place on the MTH flatcar (the added rear stand is placed so that the back edge of the stand base is ~3 INCHES from the end of the car) the MTH 45' trailer will engage the front stand and clear the rear stand. Under the 45' trailer the frame has two parallel I beams that are spaced just far enough apart to allow the top of the rear stand to fit between them. That way the 45' trailer can still be run on the car without having to remove the rear stand.
I know that's not prototypical as a single trailer on a flatcar would only have one stand in the raised position but the rear stand being under the trailer doesn't look too noticeable and I'm willing to "allow it" to be able to run dual 22'er's or a single 45' on the same car.
I also found out that with both stands raised I can also mount the new M2 machines Coca-cola trailers with one simple modification. On the under side of the trailer there is a small raised metal mounting stub that has internal threads. It was used to secure the trailer to the plastic display base the trailer was shipped in. All I did was use a dremel with a metal cutting disc and cut off the stub flush with the underside of the chassis. Then the top of the rear hitch stand would neatly fit under the trailer floor.
If you do modify any of these SHS/MTH flatcars for dual AHL 22' trailer use you WILL NOT be able to run an original SHS 35' trailer on the car again without removing the rear stand.
I plan to try to keep some of my original SHS flatcars unmodified so that I can run them with the stock 35' trailers.
All in all I'm excited to have a "New S Scale Car" that has not been produced before to add to the variety of my rolling stock.
Mark
