Hello all quick question do the ez-mate couplers hook up to the kadee couplers.
Thanx in advance Rickho
Yes, E-Z mates will hook up with any HO scale knuckle coupler. And why not convert them anyway?
If you buy any new couplers, buy kadee couplers. I say used what comes on the cars,but replace with Kadee when they break, which might well be the first time the car derails.
Does anyone have a good online source for kadee couplers
Thanx Rickho
Try Standard Hobby Supply or Trainworld for Kadee couplers.
Gene
http://www.cchobbies.com/track/kadee1.htm (http://www.cchobbies.com/track/kadee1.htm)
http://e-hobbyland.com/ka1120pr5unc.html (http://e-hobbyland.com/ka1120pr5unc.html)
Quote from: rickho on August 14, 2007, 07:10:26 AM
Does anyone have a good online source for kadee couplers
Thanx Rickho
Look it up on the Internet.
http://www.onlinetrains.com
You can find them on Ebay also. I have bought most of mine there.
Also, does anyone sell the "box" that connects to the body, without the coupler? I went to a train show, and without thinking, bought several couplers, and just thought that I would connect them using the old (truck-mounted) box! DUH!!
THANX!!
Ernie
Kadee #5 Draft boxes. if i knew how to post a link here i would. I buy from wholesale trains.com. very nice place to buy and i have found them to have the best prices too.
http://www.wholesaletrains.com/Detail.asp?Scale=HO&Item=KADEE&offset=25&ID=200468175
How many do you need, Ernie? I have quite a few extras.
Gene
GREETINGS, and THANK YOU, Gene!! What a generous offer!! I really need to count the couplers that I've already bought, but I know that I have about 50 engines! I saved the sight that someone else suggested, and they have them listed at 2.79 per packet of 10, so that would even be less than I had thought it would cost!
If you are serious, and you are sure that you would NEVER need them, I would GLADLY reimburse your postage, or even (depending on where you are!!) come and get them!! Maybe I've got something you would like, and we could trade! THANX!!
Ernie
Ernie, I need to keep a few in reserve. Let me see how many I actually have and see if it's worthwhile to try to supply a fleet of 50. I read the site as $2.79 per pocket, which seems excessive as the regular #5 envelope comes with pockets for four couplers. But if it's $2.79 for ten, that's not bad at all.
Gene
Greetings, Gene! Sorry to be so long in getting back, but, as previously mentioned somewhere, I am a truck driver and my time for getting on this computer is very limited! If I actually had a train set up and running, I may never again get on this computer!!
At any rate, did you re-read the site? As you said, 2.79 each would be rather expensive, so that was probably the main reason that I understood it to mean 2.79 per packet, which would be 10 pockets.
I'll try to get back on here tomorrow morning, before I go to Kentucky, but if I don't, it will be at least Thursday evening!!
THANX!!
Ernie
Hendersonville, NC
:D
Ernie wrote to Gene:
Quote from: bevernie on August 21, 2007, 10:58:44 PMAs you said, 2.79 each would be rather expensive, so that was probably the main reason that I understood it to mean 2.79 per packet, which would be 10 pockets.
The price at www.kadee.com for 10 *pair* of draft gear boxes and lids (that would be enough for 20 couplers) is $2.85. This is item #232. I have similar item #233 in my hand, boxes for 30-series, and it says on the packet, ten pair and also 20 each lids and 20 each gear boxes.
Quote from: Scott S on August 26, 2007, 08:37:52 PM
Ernie wrote to Gene:
Quote from: bevernie on August 21, 2007, 10:58:44 PMAs you said, 2.79 each would be rather expensive, so that was probably the main reason that I understood it to mean 2.79 per packet, which would be 10 pockets.
The price at www.kadee.com for 10 *pair* of draft gear boxes and lids (that would be enough for 20 couplers) is $2.85. This is item #232. I have similar item #233 in my hand, boxes for 30-series, and it says on the packet, ten pair and also 20 each lids and 20 each gear boxes.
???
Scott, I went to the web site, and I didn't see "item 232" or "233" listed in "couplers", so can you please tell me how to find it? It really sounds like a good deal!!
8) THANX!!
Ernie
http://kadee.com/htmbord/page148.htm (http://kadee.com/htmbord/page148.htm) For item #232
http://kadee.com/htmbord/page149.htm (http://kadee.com/htmbord/page149.htm) For Item #233
Sid
Missed a link to the main page for those....
http://kadee.com/htmbord/page33.htm (http://kadee.com/htmbord/page33.htm)
Sid
T H A N X ! ! Now, all I've got to do is to figure out what kind of couplers I've bought at that TRAIN SHOW!! LOL!! :D(Have you ever done something on impulse, then regretted it later??)
THANX!!
Ernie
(g'night, all!!)