Saw Athearn has John Deere hay balers,was wondering will these fit ok on the Athearn ttx flat cars?I tried matching them up but with them in boxes its hard to tell.I asked clerk at hobby shop and they said they don’t know.
If the clerk in that hobby shop “doesn’t know”, and didn’t make an effort to measure or otherwise find out, FIND ANOTHER HOBBY SHOP!!! [:-,]
What is the Athearn item # for that hay baler?
Athearn only lists a combine w/corn head of their web site. Is that what you are asking about?
The combine is modeled in the “field” set-up and will not fit on a flat car. When shipped parts like the head and ladders are removed. Maybe with some kit bashing it could be done.
Hi!
Gotta ask, what timeframe do these fit?
Mobilman44
They fit the recent era.They go around Horseshe Curve at least couple of times per month.I seen them with the corn heads on the front still attached and sometimes unattatched.
Are you talking about a self propelled combine or or corn harvestor? The corn heads are disconnected for transport and can be 12’-18’ across! The Athearn model is a Deere 7700 combine. That ‘projection’ in front of the operator cab is the ‘feederhouse’ - the corn header attaches to it. Normally rail shipment of these large units requires the removal of the ouside tires if they have duals, and also the side ladder and the auger tube.
Jim
The JD 7700 combine was made from 1970 to 1979, so Athearn’s model isn’t recent for 2009, but it’s still neat model.
JD did (and still does) ship combines by rail from Silvis, IL, two to a flatcar. How many parts are removed to fit it on the flatcar depends on the size of the combine (tires, ladders, etc.), although most of the ones I’ve seen still have the tires on them. None are shipped with the headers (corn or beans) on them… I’m not sure if those parts are removeable on the Athearn models.
Prototypical combines do not fit on anything except the field, Green or otherwise. Often times when they are shipped to dealers (today) the wheels are not attached and are usually mounted by the service men/women that work there. Obviously the heads are removed as well.
Am I the only person that thinks Athearn needs to make some red stuff? Me thinks it has something to do with licensing from the Case corp.
No your not the only one wishing for stuff in “red”. My personal preference would be for orange and beige and an eagle, rather than Red and black or white and black. Of course I wouldn’t mind some MM yellow or Oliver Green, even MF orange wouldn’t be bad either. I would also love to see some old pre-war and just post-war crawlers, but I ain’t going to be greedy
Without being familiar of the Athearn models, I thought you were talking about something like this:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/284-60013
But I want to thank you. While I’ll not have room for a farm on the layout. One or two of these on my 1950s layout as a carload or at the repair shop would be great. You gave me another reason to stimulate the economy (spend my money).
Mark