TRUCKS FOR WEAVER CARS

Weaver sells die-cast three-rail trucks with couplers that are a direct fit. They're sprung and will add weight to the car (which they need). The car will ride higher by about 1/8", though.

I'm not sure if the Atlas truck will fit, but if it does, the ride height won't increase by as much. The Lionel and MTH trucks add about 1/4" to the height of a Weaver car because of how the mountings are done.

Hope this helps.

Here's Weaver Models' Web.-Site:

http://www.weavermodels.com/page5.html

See what you need and find out from a local hobby shop if they stock the items you need, to save some time.

Ralph

Thanks, guys for the info. I have checked the Weaver site, but the P717 and P718 are not in stock, in fact I remember looking at the site a month or 2 ago with the same comments. I wonder how long before they bring them back out.

RAY

The plastic trucks are in stock and are very nice. Being a covered hopper it's easy to add some fishing weights inside to make up the weight, or lack of, from the plastic trucks. I use both plastic and die cast and both work well.  Weaver stuff is great.

The plastic trucks are just fine; the plastic couplers are poor performers (won't open

far enough to uncouple well; plastic spring breaks - won't open without help) but they are good enough to get your car on the 3-rail road - and sometimes they actually work. I

just treat them like dummies. 

Da Bay is a good source of various parts and such - including couplers and trucks. The later Lionel, Atlas, RMT (K-line) and MTH trucks tend to have low(er) bolsters so the ride

height issue is lessened or disappears.

But Weaver fits Weaver. 

Ray,

I have some extra 3R trucks (plastic) and couplers. Drop me an e-mail (in my profile). You could also drop 3R wheel sets into the 2R trucks |(have wheel sets also).

Al

I have some older Weaver freight cars that I bought about 15 years ago that would never work with any other brand of rolling stock. I have read this post and am wondering if I weighted these cars, would they work correctly with Lionel and MTH in O gauge? I hate to keep these setting on a side track or on a shelf. Even have the Old Reading Beer hopper cars from Weaver's special run about 8 or 9 years ago, never ran these, only have them on a shelf. Would love to add the Old Reading Beer cars to a train with MTH Reading & Northern quad hoppers

Lee Fritz

Weaver cars weighted run well with any other cars.......only the heaviest all die cast cars might cause an issue. I buy big boxes of fishing weights and glue them in with good silicon. 

 If it was me I would go for the Die Cast trucks and couplers.

D500,

What do you mean by "Da Bay is a good source... " What is DA BAY, is it a shop and if so do they have a web site.

RAY

I think he means ebay.com