I have been using Proto Max Couplers with the same success as 802's for not quite a year now. Discovered them through this web site while cursing the web a while back.
http://pmrr.org/Articles/SScaleEquipment/ProtoMaxCouplers.htm The only issue I have is the two side mounting holes don't quite line up ...I solved this by boring out the holes with a small file ever so slightly ...presto perfect fit. Since the centering spring is a flat piece of metal that fits into the coupler box it doesn't jump out across the room when assembling. Also there is no accordion action at the end of the train like on the 802's. The coupler it's self is metal not plastic ...which I like better. The thing that sold me was the cost per car comes down considerably compared to doing the same number of cars with 802's (I was coming out just over a dollar a car ...compared to $2.50 to $3 a car with 802's depending on if I could get a good deal when I bought my 802's) I have 100+ S Helper cars that still need switched out ....so the price sealed the deal for me. Matt Ward North Canton, Ohio --- In [email protected], "johnalbee03" <johnalbee03@...> wrote: > > Yesterday, while watching the Bears lose, the Packers lose (unbelievably!) > and then Tebow having no miracles... > brought 6 freight cars of all stripes upstairs to put in KD 808 couplers. > Never again. Those damn springs are the biggest pain in the a**. > I'll use Kadee no 5 or whatever Don Thompson has left of his wonderful > ASSEMBLED (why can't KD do that?) couplers. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
