3-axle trucks for military flat car loads...

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Hello all…

Does anyone know if a company makes HO 3-axle trucks for military flat car loads?

Thanks, Bill

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ROCO Your title suggests you are looking for 3 axle vehicles for flat car LOADS.

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Bill, I think the trucks you are looking for are called Buckeye trucks. Here is a link to this topic, it was discussed here a few months ago. I think it will answer your question.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=37674&REPLY_ID=390886#390886

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Athearn makes buckeye trucks also,they came on the 250 ton cranes.

Patrick

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Lots of companies make three axle trucks. Look for Athearn, BCW “Kitbits” range, Precision Scale, and Bowser online for several dozen varieties.

But…99.983% of all military loads that have ever been put onto a flatcar in the USA have been put onto cars with only two-axle trucks.

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Usually the 6-axle DODX cars only transport tanks, or heavy artillery pieces. Lighter vehicles, light Bradleys, and trucks are transported on regular 4 axle flats.

Nick

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DODX does have some 6 axle flat cars, but most of the heavy military loads like M1 ‘Abrams’ tanks are transported on standard TTX type 60’ flat cars on normal 2 axle trucks. I saw tanks being loaded in 1990 for ‘Desert Storm’ and still see them being loaded for transport to training exercises.

Jim Bernier

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Bachmann makes flat cars with 3-axle trucks on them, Walthers Catalog number 160-18349, priced at $13.00 each MSRP, and catalog number 160-18344, the same flat car in desert camouflage with a missile on board, priced at $17.00 MSRP.

There appears to be only passenger trucks offered in the 2006 Walthers catalog in a 3-axle type.