Us1 trucking working crane 2 motors switch track on off switch
This listing is for one HO scale large crane named Leviathan. Crane was built to work with. Train track can be laid out to run down both sides of the us1 trucking track to load crates on and off of or to and from train cars or us1 trucking vehicles. Train track is not included. Vehicles in picture are also not included, only in picture for reference.
Crane has two motors, operated by the switches on the control box. One moves crane boom up and down. The other moves the boom and cab left to right. Crane works off of a 1.5v power supply which is not included.
In the pictures you can see I taped a AA battery (1.5v) to the two wire ends coming out of the control box to operate Leviathan for these photos. This battery and tape is not included.Crane and box wire is approximately 3 feet long. The hook and string cannot be moved up and down by itself so if you get it moving quickly and the hook and string are wobbling, the string can't be moved up to stabilize it, then dropped back down. You will have to wait until Hook quits moving so much or get good enough to control it as it is moving. Boxes are simply picked up by raising and lowering the boom and moving the cab left or right.
This toy is not a toy! When testing on US1 track, I came in too low and flipped the US1 dump truck. It will take time to get used to the crane controls in order to operate like a professional.Included is 10 boxes/crates with loops on top so crane can pick them up and move them with the hook. Five of which are modeled after the original US1 trucking crates.
If you remove the tailgate of the dump truck, they will fit in the back and can be dumped in us1 trucking bins. Crane cannot operate full circle. Crane should only be moved to the back of the platform on either side and should not go past it. It has a stopper that will stop it from spinning all the way around, but pegging it over and over is going to eventually cause a problem with something. You also do not want to peg the boom all the way down and leave it on as that will heat the motor and could possibly cause damage. Rails in track are aluminum covered plastic. By rotating the knob on the switch track you can choose to park either left or right.If the switch is off, or flipped to the circle, the vehicle will drive. Up and stop automatically because power will be cut to that track. This was made so two vehicles can be parked with the switches off and other vehicles can still drive to do their jobs.
When they are done, switch one of the tracks at the double parking to line, the track is live and you are ready to drive the parked vehicle of your choice. Piece is not perfect but pretty awesome.