I just added the FASTRACK Graduated Trestle but the grey pins keep poping out any way to keep them from doing that could i use screws instead of the pins
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At the suggestion of those who use these trestles, I secured the top metal bracket with sheet metal screws.
I wasn't sure what size would work so I bought a boxed assortment of screws from Harbor Freight (Part Number 92710).
Do not overtighten to avoid seperating the brown post.
If the post does seperate you can use a small ty-wrap to hold the post halves together.
P.S. I have since taken down my trestles as I found them to be a bit unstable and was nervous about an engine falling off and causing damage.
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I'm in the process of phasing mine out too but I am not sure I understand the "stability" issues. They are more solid than they look.
What About using MTH. trestle
I found out that pan head # 10 x 1/2" work great
Got my bridge all set up and screwed down
I have the graduated set and the elevated set on my lay out. Once I put everything together it seems to be working out fine. I did have problems with one or two. But I got them straightened out now. At first I cut out 1" blocks of wood and put under each base. Because one of the guys at the one Hobby Shop I deal with told me to put the extra elevation on them to start with before I find out I need it after I have my lay out up and running. Well, just the opposite happened!!!! I had to remove all of the blocks I put under the bases because the elevation was TOO much!!!! I had to reposition one of the bases because it would interfere with one of my switch tracks. But other than that everything runs fine. What I did do, I put up a safety fence all the way around my lay out to prevent anything from falling off onto the floor. So if I have a derailment or one goes flying off the track; it's not going on the floor!!!
I did NOT screw down the bases on my trestles because my layout is on a rug over a folding table and there's no way to screw the bases down without damaging the tables.
I did use the connecting rods except where I had to 'scrimp' a bit and the rods were too long.
Most of the trestles/tracks were on the very edge of the table and the whole setup was inviting disaster if I de-railed.
I found that I needed lots of 'real estate' in order to ramp up to full height and then ramp down to return to the table top. I used a lot of full height trestles between the ramp up/down trestles.
Tom
