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to the people who have walthers rotary snow plows

Started by HOplasserem80c, February 24, 2007, 11:57:04 AM

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HOplasserem80c

i bought one from a hobby shop and walthers was sold out at the time so i never got it.i was wondering does it have a motor in it. And does it run well

Craig

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The Walthers rotary snowplow I have is driven by a rubber band attached to an axle. When the locomotive moves the plow the rotor turns. It works very poorly. Plastic wheels slip quite easily on metal track so it almost never turns. You could add 5 ounces of weight and it would still slip.

r0bert

It's the Athearn old version plow that uses a rubber band to turn the blade connected to a wheel axle, not the walthers version.
yes,  the walthers rotary has a motor to turn the plow blade, but like the prototype, the plow has to be moved by pusher locos.  the motor has no drive connection to the wheels, only the electrical pickups.
the new release athearn plow is now also motor driven.

Craig

Thanks for correcting my error, Robert. I had always assumed this was a Walthers item.

HOplasserem80c

wait so now te athearn plows run without a pusher loco

r0bert

NO, the motor ONLY operates the plow blade, the plow, like the prototype is NOT self-propeled, and is moved by pusher locos.

Stephen D. Richards

I've got one of the Athearn snow plows and it  (new one) works very well.  Good rail contact and lots of room inside bothe the plow and the tender for some new and neat ideas!

HOplasserem80c

ok do the walthers snow plows run by them selves?

jschmid

no plassmer, the rotary plow has a motor inside it to turn the blade, not to propell it,.To make it move, couple a locomotive or 2 or 3 behind it.

(hence a railroad car cannot move itself)

gearman

The new Athern Plow blade turns from track power and rus great but with DCC it's running all the time. No switch to turn it off

Guilford Guy

Gear man- I would only think it would turn all the time if it was hooked up to the light output on the decoder.
Alex


HOplasserem80c

or if the transformer is in netral. Now that i think about it i need a transformer with netral on it

Guilford Guy

Quote from: HOplasserem80c on February 26, 2007, 08:51:24 PM
or if the transformer is in netral. Now that i think about it i need a transformer with netral on it


we are taking about DCC...
Alex