scale hudsons spinning tires off

Bob, we kinda need to know what you’re working on buddy,……quite a few scale Hudsons on the market …..make? model number?

Pat

If you're talking about the rubber traction tires, you may have to replace them with new tires or run these engines without them. Rubber traction tires tend to expand/become loose as they get older.

engine numbers

Bob, Pat was looking for a catolog number. Cab number may not be helpful as there are a lot of Hudsons!!!

Well, I can recognize that Hudson, but Dennis is correct, for now on Bob, the item number of the locomotive you’ve got questions for is a must if you want help. Please remember that…..anyways, the Hudson you’re asking about for tires is a Lionel 6-28072 J3. As many of us will suggest, use MTH’s house brand tires. See the picture below for the part number you want. MTH traction tires are available at mthpartsandsales.com  

Pat

Sorry I didn't know the Lionel number. The engine box is stored away. But my real question is does the 54 and 60" curves cause the tires to come off or is it also that Lionel original tires not too good. Mth new ones are better? I did put on new ones that came with engine. Spun off right away. The engine was creeping very slowly. traveled no more than 2 ft

@Bob is cool! posted:

Sorry I didn't know the Lionel number. The engine box is stored away. But my real question is does the 54 and 60" curves cause the tires to come off or is it also that Lionel original tires not too good. Mth new ones are better? I did put on new ones that came with engine. Spun off right away. The engine was creeping very slowly. traveled no more than 2 ft

No, the curves did not do that. What you think were new tires that came with the engine, are 20+ year old tires that came with the engine. Also, you need to watch how you install them. Grease & oils on the slot where the tires go can cause them to slip. Not having the tire completely & perfectly in the slot can cause it to slip off prematurely as well.

Pat