I use McHenry’s as well. Never had a problem with the metal spring ones. I avoid the plastic tab couplers. They don’t last.
Just my 2 cents
Gordon
I use McHenry’s as well. Never had a problem with the metal spring ones. I avoid the plastic tab couplers. They don’t last.
Just my 2 cents
Gordon
I have used McHenry passenger car couplers because they are an easy replacement for NMRA Horn-Hooks. In doing this I found that the coupler tends to sag to the extent of half a coupler height below the standard. The effect seems to be more severe with Concor cars than Rivarossi. When I correct the coupler height with a shim on the front of the truck, I have much less trouble with them uncoupling inadvertantly. The difficulties that still exist seem to occur with trains of 6 to 8 cars so I think there may be a point to comments that the couplers can’t handle the loads of trains that long. I also check the rolling characteristics of the cars as many seem to have fairly stiff trucks. If these can be improved then the loads will decrease.