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Re: Container grabber
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 22:34:43 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Allan J. Smith writes:
While experimenting with the red container grabber as used in 4555
I noticed that the holes for the black rubber are the same size as
a stud. I have now modified one so that it has grab arms that can lift
and load my grey piggyback trailers onto the rail wagons.

Hey thats a good Idea.
Due to lack of room its hard to have a switch track to a ramp. So I'll have to
try that comcept. Just have to build a stout crain to support the weight.

Thanks

J.W.Hummer
                      www.geocities.com/spincity999



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  Re: Container grabber
 
(...) I just built the grabber. I extended it by 6x1 & added a 4x1 plate to the bottom inside. The only problem is that last year (99) I started to build trailer 6x?? so now I'll have to build 4x?? trailers for small trucks & 6x?? for large trucks. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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  Container grabber
 
While experimenting with the red container grabber as used in 4555 I noticed that the holes for the black rubber are the same size as a stud. I have now modified one so that it has grab arms that can lift and load my grey piggyback trailers onto the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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