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Post by fabforrest on Jun 25, 2020 19:14:23 GMT
I have this intermodal crane and I have seen it on a few layout videos (looking at you, Laz). I have had the cracked gear (if you have used it, you have had this problem, too).
My question is, do you use it? I have found that picking up the containers and unloading them accurately is a hit or miss (mostly miss) proposition.
I am contemplating removing it in favor of a different, static scene.
would appreciate hearing your thoughts/experiences.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2020 23:38:58 GMT
I had to replace the gears on mine. runs good so far for me. Its not hard to replace them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 0:03:08 GMT
Fab, I have a cracked gear in my intermodal crane and will sell it to you cheap.  Originally I liked this unit and had a good deal of fun with it. Plus it looks cool. That being said, I did clear the space and put in the Englewood Station and River Leaf apartments. In order to have a legit scene you need multiple double stack cars with tracks and it takes up a lot of room. I just decided something else would look better. It is sitting on a shelf.. |
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Post by laz57 on Jun 26, 2020 10:41:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 14:27:20 GMT
Fab, I have a cracked gear in my intermodal crane and will sell it to you cheap. Originally I liked this unit and had a good deal of fun with it. Plus it looks cool. That being said, I did clear the space and put in the Englewood Station and River Leaf apartments. In order to have a legit scene you need multiple double stack cars with tracks and it takes up a lot of room. I just decided something else would look better. It is sitting on a shelf.. That's a bummer on the space needed. I was thinking about getting one. Will these work with the TTUX cars?
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Post by fabforrest on Jun 26, 2020 15:12:45 GMT
I had the gear fixed long ago. Was just observing that it was a common problem. I was more interested in how people found it to use. I find it challenging and often frustrating.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 23:43:49 GMT
Fab, I have a cracked gear in my intermodal crane and will sell it to you cheap. That's a bummer on the space needed. I was thinking about getting one. Will these work with the TTUX cars? I am not shure. I used Lionel double stacks.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 23:48:30 GMT
I was more interested in how people found it to use. I find it challenging and often frustrating. Agree Fab. Challenging and often frustrating. Lift the cars and they would not be square and capszeed out of the lift hooks. Also movint the cars left or right or the crane forward and back had to be carefully done. Sometimes it would jackrabbit if you didn't control it carefully. I still like the appearance of the unit and you could make a great scene, but as I said before with a lot of room.
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Post by fabforrest on Jun 28, 2020 12:29:31 GMT
R J, this will give you an idea of the space needed. I have a through siding and an area next to that track for container storage/transfer. Note a couple of things. I constructed guides for the wheels by building up the area on each side to make a trench. This really helps keeping the crane tracking. The other thing i did was raise the containers in the storage area off the ground so that they would be easier to pick up. That being said, I have decided to remove it. It requires more precision to operate than it is capable of giving.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2020 2:33:49 GMT
R J, this will give you an idea of the space needed. I have a through siding and an area next to that track for container storage/transfer. Note a couple of things. I constructed guides for the wheels by building up the area on each side to make a trench. This really helps keeping the crane tracking. The other thing i did was raise the containers in the storage area off the ground so that they would be easier to pick up. That being said, I have decided too remove it. It requires more precision to operate than it is capable of giving. That unit does require quite a bit of area. Seems you did all you could do for good operation. I definitely don't have the room. Thanks for posting the pic!
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Post by jdstucks57 on Jun 30, 2020 17:10:29 GMT
Thanks for the link. Just ordered mine! Hope to have it installed ASAP. - Jason
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