Bachmann bobber caboose on trucks ?

[Shadok]

Hello !
Did anyone put a Bachmann bobber caboose on trucks ?
I use R1 diameter curves and all my Bachmann freightcars are equipped with trucks.
They run better than a 4 wheels car.
That the reason why I'm planning to make it 'cause I like my little bobber.
Many thanks for your answers, advices and help.

[Wade Colyer]

Hi:

It's not real hard to do. First remove the floor and remove the metal brackets that holds the wheel sets. Then trim the sides and ends of the underframe so the trucks can turn and trim the loops from two hook & loop couplers and install as per the pictures to mount the trucks.







Wade

[Loco Bill Canelos]

Nicely Done Wade!

[Shadok]

Great work !
But I have chosen another solution.
The photos are talking better than words !

[Loco Bill Canelos]

That solution works too!

I chose to use an 8 wheel caboose and cut and paste the parts into a shortie caboose on my Cuivre River  Lumber Company. 



I am writing a how to do it article and I retained the interior as well! 

Nice to have something different!!  Just keep having fun

[GG1onFordsDTandI]

Very interesting Shadock. Did you test it? Does it track OK?  I would think 2 wheel trucks would need castor to remain straight on the straight track.

[Loco Bill Canelos]

Shadok,
I just realized that  I do not understand the photos.  If the top picture is the finished item, it does not appear you have added trucks like Wade's and reused the original axles.  If so what keeps them aligned with the track, and prevents them from turning on straight track? 

Bill

[Red26]

Check out the post here; [http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/afv/topic/aff/8/aft/115539/Default.aspx]

[GG1onFordsDTandI]

Check out the post here; [http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/afv/topic/aff/8/aft/115539/Default.aspx]

This shows the suspension mod but doesn't show how Shadok's wheels will stay straight or turn as necessary. If the coupler was connected to the truck vs the body it might work. The couplers pulling each other would guide them. But even then, what about the very last truck on the train? Bill sees what I do, wheel sets that will likely turn but not straighten out again. Caster angle would have to be worked in and even then reversing could be an issue. I think all four wheel cars were fixed axel. .....Or a rod or cable, connecting the left front to the right rear might work for the last car on couplers connected to the trucks idea.