(06/01/23) New Flatcars with Pepsi Tractor & Trailer from Menards

Ordered - reminds me of drinking Pepsi-Cola in the bottles from vending machines after removing the caps! 

So this is the second offering of these cars. The first was a Menards trailer/tractor. So has anyone bought one of the first offering and compared the trailer to Lionel and MTH's scale pup trailors? I know Menards states these are true 1/48 but I would like to know if they are comparable in size to the MTH and Lionel pups. Could very well be that Menards is true 1/48 and MTH and Lionel are not.   Who Knows.....If anyone has a first offering.....a few pics showing the Menards, MTH, Lionel side by side would be great.

@RockyGN posted:

Ordered - reminds me of drinking Pepsi-Cola in the bottles from vending machines after removing the caps!

Same here except it was Dixie Spring soda.  My dear maternal grandfather used to buy me a Pepsi and a Hershey bar back when each was a nickel.

@jini5 posted:

So this is the second offering of these cars. The first was a Menards trailer/tractor. So has anyone bought one of the first offering and compared the trailer to Lionel and MTH's scale pup trailors? I know Menards states these are true 1/48 but I would like to know if they are comparable in size to the MTH and Lionel pups. Could very well be that Menards is true 1/48 and MTH and Lionel are not.   Who Knows.....If anyone has a first offering.....a few pics sho"wing the Menards, MTH, Lionel side by side would be great.

Although the Menard's listing does not give the width of the trailer, it shows the flatcar at 2 1/8" wide and the picture of the flatcar from the rear of the trailer shows the trailer as very close to 2" or 8' wide. I would say that it is extremely close to scale as those trailers were just about 8' wide; most still are except newer ones at 8' 6".

Love the trucks. I will give the flatcars to some of my club members.

Should be the same width  as their as their 1956 box trucks, I have several of their trucks and the are 1/48th

Ordered!  I love the paint scheme!

Hi Menards..  Having password issues, is there a number to call??  Thanks T

Ordered. It's my 3rd (and 4th) Menards flat cars Just to purchase the vehicle... I will soon have a fleet of empty flat cars.

@Stephen Sharpe posted:

Ordered. It's my 3rd (and 4th) Menards flat cars Just to purchase the vehicle... I will soon have a fleet of empty flat cars.

Ditto .... see below for ideas on custom loads.

Let’s see your Custom or rare flatbed loads! | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum (ogaugerr.com)

Mark, a suggestion; offer the trucks as a separate sale item. Painted, unlettered in addition to the "branded" ones.

I'll be ordering a set, I Hope they release the old soda delivery trucks that had the cases of sodas on the on the sides back during the 1950s and 60s.

Nice job, Menards. Hardly wait to see you roll out more brands and, hopefully, railroad-named piggy back trucks/trailers in the coming months.

John

Site said only available in stores. No online sales ?  What gives?

@CHOO-CHOO MIKE posted:

Site said only available in stores. No online sales ?  What gives?

I can only assume they're sold out online?

@PRRick posted:

I can only assume they're sold out online?

Hopefully the complete order hasn't arrived yet from China.

@jini5 posted:

So this is the second offering of these cars. The first was a Menards trailer/tractor. So has anyone bought one of the first offering and compared the trailer to Lionel and MTH's scale pup trailors? I know Menards states these are true 1/48 but I would like to know if they are comparable in size to the MTH and Lionel pups. Could very well be that Menards is true 1/48 and MTH and Lionel are not.   Who Knows.....If anyone has a first offering.....a few pics showing the Menards, MTH, Lionel side by side would be great.

So I just picked up my Menards flat with trailer/cabs. As I suspected........someone is off on their 1/48 dimensions. It could very well be MTH and Lionel who is not 1/48. In the pics is a Lionel "scale" pup trailer compared to the Menards trailer. As you can see the Menards trailer is lower in height and just a little shorter in length. I  didnt photo them side by side as I likely will return the Menards offering and didnt want to break the seal on the packaging. I wish I could have had some pics before I ordered the Menards version. I was hoping to use the trailers mixed in with Lionel and MTH's versions for a consist. Not bashing Menards in any way. Just not what I was looking for. Again.......Could very well be Menards is correct  on the 1/48 dimensions.

I ordered the four pack of the four different flat cars with tractors and trailers on line yesterday and they shipped yesterday as I have a tracking number.  They must have already sold out on line.  Earlier last week when just the Pepsi flat car was announced I couldn't order the four pack on line just the single set of two flats. 

Neal Jeter

Would someone take a picture comparison with a winross truck, they are 1/64 scale..

The Pepsi truck (and flats) arrived. It's a very nice piece! The front end is the same as the other Menards trucks and the trailer is longer than the cube van. It's definitely a better scale than the M&Ms bus (1:64?) shipped on my last Menards flat.

They started delivering