Need help with truck ratings for a few models.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Should the following models use 100T trucks?

Athearn/MDC Thrall Hi-side gondola
Athearn/MDC Thrall standard gondola
Athearn/MDC Husky Stack
Con-Cor Husky Stack with trailer hitches
MTL 50' gondola
LBF/Huberts 53' gondola
trucks in the center of Walthers articulated stack car
trucks in the center of Deluxe Maxi III

Thanks!

[bbussey]

Assuming that the decorations on specific examples you wish to convert are accurate ... take a magnifying glass or lupe and view the CAPY pounds.  That is the easiest indication of what rated truck the model should be riding on.

[Walkercolt]

Dan, seeing the cars from 48", most of the stack cars should have 125 ton trucks and 38" wheels. Same is true with some coal cars. The aluminum coal cars are almost all on 125 ton trucks and are right against the ARR max weights loaded. Being a "tankcar guy", molten sulfur tanks often have 125 ton trucks on them too. I've got photos in the yard to back me up.(Loaded sulfur tankcars radiate quite a bit of heat when you're 12" away!"