Menards Case of Twenty-Four Flats

Nice!  Really nice.  An even greater bargain from a company that seems to specialize in bargains.

To each his own, but it is hard to believe anyone would have a need for 24 of these.

Ron:  I run a LOT of auto and truck transport trains.  Since my 1/43 collection continually grows, I can always use more flats.  The auto carrier cars cost way too much, and then I have to deal with the cars that come with them.  Also, the double decker transport cars (MTH) get very top heavy when loaded, so I tend to lean towards the small flats.  They can carry two small cars, or one of the larger (longer) cars, buses or trucks.

So, this is why I actually need lots and lots of flats.  Bob S.

Looking good....One can never have enough locos nor cars!!!!!

If you can use that many, you will never beat that price for new ones.

No doubt, a heck of a deal. Make some balsa wood stakes and you can transport all types of loads. They would be great for transporting logs.

   Bill T.

Bill, for me, it's vehicles.  All I need to do, is make some nice wheel chocks.

Flat car will transport most anything, automobiles, trucks, tanks, logs,finished lumber, transformers, wire spools, the list is endless.  I don't think you can have too many.

It appears that the Menard's flatcars are available online, too.

http://www.menards.com/main/mo...-2432866-c-13318.htm

a couple of us here in san diego have gone through 3 cases each of these flat cars!

one thing to watch out for.  the wheels are about 1/16th out of gauge.  get a known good wheel set and check against the menards wheel set and make adjustments accordingly.

here is a thread that has picture on what to do with the couplers.

turning up the flat cars

I'd like to see Menards offer box cars or hopper cars in the 6-12-24 pack size like their flat cars.  Maybe this is in their future??

They have offered boxcars in 6 packs. I bought a set of 6 BN boxcars, all different numbers. They were priced about $2.00 less per boxcar than buying a single.

   Bill T