Hello, I new to this forum. I am working at setting up / planning my layout which will include logging. I bought a Rivarossi Heisler with two trucks. It is very nice looking and runs very slow and smooth.
I was testing it last night to see how it will pull on a grade and was some what disappointed. At 4% it will only pull itself. At 3% I could pull two 40' box cars (I don't have any logging cars yet). At 2% I was up to 4 cars.
The cars used to test were around 3 oz each and the Heisler is about 8 oz. It is a small model so I don't think that there will be any room to add weight to keep it from spinning the wheels.
What would be the log loads on the prototype operation? How many cars?
I plan on modeling an Oregon logging operation.
Also forgot to mention that I would be using HO and that my testing was done on a 4x8 sheet of plywood with the section track (18" radius) just layed out on top.
Kent Byerley
Canby, Oregon
I was testing it last night to see how it will pull on a grade and was some what disappointed. At 4% it will only pull itself. At 3% I could pull two 40' box cars (I don't have any logging cars yet). At 2% I was up to 4 cars.
The cars used to test were around 3 oz each and the Heisler is about 8 oz. It is a small model so I don't think that there will be any room to add weight to keep it from spinning the wheels.
What would be the log loads on the prototype operation? How many cars?
I plan on modeling an Oregon logging operation.
Also forgot to mention that I would be using HO and that my testing was done on a 4x8 sheet of plywood with the section track (18" radius) just layed out on top.
Kent Byerley
Canby, Oregon