Grader

Looks great, Mike.

I'd drop the blade and the tynes down to give it more stability if I was transporting it in the 1 : 1 world.

Cheers

Thanks Max, the blade and tynes are down as far as they will go. the front part of the blade is touching and the tynes are also touching.

Sorry, Mike.  I see it now. 

I'm looking forward to seeing the fastenings. 

I will have to get to Walmart here to get the chains, Cabinet BOB shared some chains from the craft section that are a perfect match!

Also many times the implements are removed and set on the flat as separate items, like the blade, tines, etc,.  However it looks good to me just the way it sets!  Russ 

Hi Rattler, I don't know if my rolling stock is scale or not, most of it is stuff given to me and a few stuff I bought. Most of all if not all my flat deck cars and box cars are alittle over 10" not counting the couplers.

Chiloquinruss, When I was an Equipment operator this is how we would haul it. With the blade between the tires, and the tines down on the deck, with chains around each axel on 4 corners and chains on the blad and tines.

This is 1/50th Ertl  (1/50 is smaller than 1/48 O-scale)  Weaver 50 ft bulkhead flat car.

Nice Mike, where did you pick them up at?

The chains will add a lot to the details and don't forget the wheel blocking, chocks or whatever they are called. Also maybe some rail road ties or large pieces of lumber or planks. The folks using big equipment like that seem to always have planks, RR ties, large pieces of lumber, rolled up chains, etc. on their equipment hauling trucks anyway. Of course, as is or just adding the chains would be fine too, I think it looks pretty good as it is.

RTR Thanks for the additional ideas to go with the tie downs. I can hang some chain from the tines, add some wheel chocks, and maybe some lumber or old RR ties. There really isn't much room left but I will fit somethings in there.

You need to be sure and add the wheel blocks. I have loaded and tied down heavy equipment on railcars for sevral of my past employers. There are very specific requirements for blocking/chaining about every type of machine you can think of. In your case, the grader would need wheel chocks ahead and behind each wheel, as well as large wooden blocks or steel blocking, along the inside of each wheel. These big blocks will keep the machine from shifting sideways and falling off the car.

You are welcome, more good ideas above as well. Funny, but I think of these things when looking at stuff here on the forum. Then when I do something myself it all gets overlooked, ends up being just plain and nothing to exciting gets added. I am still learning though. Also, my grandson points these things out to me after being here for about 2 seconds... 

RTR, your right, that's why I try to put stuff on here to get more ideas. I have learned so much here its crazy, and I have so much more to learn!

Yes, and I do too. I am also fascinated with the electronics part of the hobby and spend a lot of time here reading and trying to learn about that as well. Some very interesting projects have been discussed/done by the very knowledgeable folks here. 

As Mowingman said, chocks, cribbing, blocking, and dunnage are needed. The grader blade should be down on wood, not steel on steel. Chains would be used to "pull" the load towards front and rear.

RTR, I also am fascinated with all the electronics, but on the other hand it scares the hell out of me! I am doing my best to learn, but I am slow when it comes to that. It sure is great that so many people on here are great at it and let you pick there brains!

Sam I am working on the chock, blocking and dunnage. I am picking up the chains today for the tie downs.

As a sidebar we have two real road graders here at Train Mountain and they are very different sizes.  A guess is the big one is about 7 feet longer and at least 2 feet taller, so what scale is that?    Russ

Have fun

I had a slight background in electrical. The company I worked for before I retired a few years ago had circuit boards that controlled things and I knew what they did and how to wire them up, but I have never done anything at the component level like the folks around here do. I am learning a lot myself (or trying to anyway) and there are some very good folks here to learn from. Just keep following their advice.

Hi Russ, its 1:50 scale from Walmart, its a little bit wider then the flat car. But I think it will work ok.

Hi Guys, I did some work on the Grader car today. I hope I didn't over do it. LOL

Looks good to me, nice additions.

Mike G,

   Nice very nice!

PCRR/Dave

Excellent, Mike.

Considering that you used to load earth moving equipment for a living, who are we to question?

Thanks for the input guys, I took what everyone here said and tried to make it work. Down the road I will try the same with a dozer and loader, we will see how that goes. Just need to get more flat cars down the road.

Looks great!

Thanks John!