Long Ground Driving Truck
5" gauge
Long truck in grey
SPECIFICATION

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Dimensions

  • Chassis 712mm (28") long (over buffer beams)
  • 250mm (10") chassis width
  • 480mm (19") wheel base
  • 4" wheels with shoe brake to every wheel

Optional Extras

  • Custom Colour
  • Side skirts and cushion for raised tracks
  • Ratchet hand brake with shoe on every wheel (braked option)
Technical
  • 5 mm laser cut steel chassis
  • Minimum recommended radius curve - 5.7m or 18 feet
  • Glass beaded plastic axle boxes
  • 6000zz ball race seal bearings
  • Well wagon design 
  • 18mm birch plywood body
  • Cushion with composite foam
  • Two position hook in running boards - Steel framed with timber infill.
  • Brake handle positioned with in the truck body

While 4 wheel trucks are not the smoothest ride the well design lowers the rider and thus offering a more stable ride than some equivalent bogie trucks. Having only one axle in front allows for the driver to be much closer to the engine than a bogie well wagon.

The chassis is shared with the raised truck and can easily be converted to a raised truck with the purchase of the additional raised truck parts.


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