I’m completely consumed with US1

[reardonrukus]

I discovered US1 a week ago and it’s all I can think about. I’ve watched every video and read your threads. I want it all but I don’t feel like it’s worth bidding against you guys on eBay.

I’m looking for all items. I have no interest in boxed set. I hate storing boxes. I plan on building a portable deal like

I’ve watched this video over a hundred times this week. I would love to buy the stuff you don’t want. I’ll gladly return the favor if I ever find a sealed item.

Can’t wait to get started. Thanks Dan

 

[suprb6970]

I discovered US1 a week ago and it’s all I can think about. I’ve watched every video and read your threads. I want it all but I don’t feel like it’s worth bidding against you guys on eBay.

I’m looking for all items. I have no interest in boxed set. I hate storing boxes. I plan on building a portable deal like

I’ve watched this video over a hundred times this week. I would love to buy the stuff you don’t want. I’ll gladly return the favor if I ever find a sealed item.

Can’t wait to get started. Thanks Dan

There are a lot of items listed on eBay that are reasonable, So you could get a nice start.

 

[AMH1955]

Ebay buy-it-now good deals are your best bet, have to watch it closely.
That's portable? Portable to me would be a set-up in the the back of my '92 Olds Custom Cruiser station wagon, it would fit with room to spare and be fully loaded.

I don't have anything I don't want, if I did I wouldn't have it.

 

[Petvet]

No problem staring with a few items and an oval the growing from there. Half the fun for me is planning the layout.

 

[reardonrukus]

No problem staring with a few items and an oval the growing from there. Half the fun for me is planning the layout

I haven’t put together yet. Just arrived and looks perfect.

 

[reardonrukus]

I haven’t put together yet. Just arrived and looks perfect.

Only thing wrong is a broke pin on dump truck.

 

[Petvet]

Excellent start. I got my start as an adult (I missed the US1 products because I was busy in college) when I went to a train show swap meet. There is one nearly every month in a suburb of Chicago, in case you are ever in the area. There were mint in box accessories that I bought for $20 each for about 8 of them. I was never really into slot cars, but US1 was different, and like you I became obsessed with it. I look forward nto hearing about your next addition.

 

[biddle]

Only thing wrong is a broke pin on dump truck.

You can get a new guide pin here- https://tycous1trucking.com/replacement-repair-parts/

 

[reardonrukus]

You can get a new guide pin here- https://tycous1trucking.com/replacement-repair-parts/

I used a finish nail and a little epoxy seems to open and close.

 

[reardonrukus]

I used a finish nail and a little epoxy seems to open and close.

Next is broken gear

 

[AMH1955]

I used a finish nail and a little epoxy seems to open and close.

I've never seen a dump body with that tab on the bottom, probably to keep the door from swinging in? Must be early, is the body painted?, look underneath and you'll see overspray on a whitish color body. The early beds had a gate that just swung on pins in round holes on the top of the bed. The later trucks had oblong holes on the bed gate hinge and a tab on the bottom of the gate that fit in a hole on the bed. When you back up to dump the gate slides up from inertia and lets the gate open. That tab keeps it closed when you're running, otherwise the pipe or logs fall out sometimes, reason they changed it. Those green bodies are really common, less so for the painted ones, shouldn't be a problem getting a body or pieces-parts if you want.

 

[AMH1955]

Next is broken gear

You need to replace the gear set with a new one, takes me about three minutes, longer if you have to clean all the hair and junk out of the axles and motor shaft. Get the dark colored ones on ebay, Pocono Plastics is the seller. . The 3D printed Shapeways translucent white ones are garbage, I have a bunch in my graveyard bin that have no teeth or are now concave shaped and big chips out of the worm gear, lasted from ten minutes to a month at the most and not ran hard at all. You get what you pay for.
I don't buy any vehicles with the later white gears anymore, spent too much replacing cracked ones and they almost always have at least one cracked or going to soon. I like the original version bulletproof brown ones, I buy the old junky looking dump trucks and semis with those good chassis for my good bodies, the original brown blade guides are way quieter than the pins too.

 

[reardonrukus]

You need to replace the gear set with a new one, takes me about three minutes, longer if you have to clean all the hair and junk out of the axles and motor shaft. Get the dark colored ones on ebay, Pocono Plastics is the seller. . The 3D printed Shapeways translucent white ones are garbage, I have a bunch in my graveyard bin that have no teeth or are now concave shaped and big chips out of the worm gear, lasted from ten minutes to a month at the most and not ran hard at all. You get what you pay for.
I don't buy any vehicles with the later white gears anymore, spent too much replacing cracked ones and they almost always have at least one cracked or going to soon. I like the original version bulletproof brown ones, I buy the old junky looking dump trucks and semis with those good chassis for my good bodies, the original brown blade guides are way quieter than the pins too.

Ordered off of eBay. I tried to 3d print. Didn’t go well. Thank you

 

[gregarnone]

Just installed a set of Pocono Plastic gears on a cab I was refurbing. They fit perfect and run really smooth.

 

[biddle]

I tried to 3d print. Didn’t go well. Thank you

You can't print gears with a regular 3D printer, has to be done with fine detail from high end equipment. I bought mine at Shapways and they did great-

Tyco US-1 Trucking Gears (9 sets) by mwturvey on Shapeways

Check out Tyco US-1 Trucking Gears (9 sets) by mwturvey on Shapeways and discover more 3D printed products in Vehicles.

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[suprb6970]

I bought some of these from shapeways also. I had mixed results, Some would not stay centered on the axle, I had to glue them. Some did not mesh well, I had to mix and match some to get them moving. But over all the price was right. I think for the long term I would buy junk chassis with brown gears for my most prized trucks instead.