Rocky Railway Trackless Train - Video 11

This is the final build video for the Trackless Train!
In this video, you see the first two cars completed as well as the frame build-out and painting of the 3rd and 4th car.
Pics show where I stored the cars in my house for a couple of weeks while I finished cars 3 and 4 and how I transported the train via trailer to St. Paul Weston, from my house.
7 miles was too far to drive it on the street at 4.5 miles an hour. :)

[@Curious_Skeptic]

You made my day! I just received an old garden tractor. I don't need another mower, but I sure do need this! I have a new Grandson, and another grandchild on the way. Plenty of property to run this on! I love this project. Thanks for sharing! You motivated me to get this old tractor going asap!

[@dceskater]

That's awesome. You'll have to send me pics or a video of how it turns out. :)

[@Curious_Skeptic]

@@dceskater I sure will! Mostly, it will be a winter project. One big project ahead of this. ;) (another tractor actually).

[@PLara-tf4eg]

Omg this is exactly what i was looking for!!!!!

[@jesusorne5208]

Exelente, muy buen trabajo 👍

[@86lowrider]

That looks awesome. 👍

[@dceskater]

Thanks!

[@autumnsierra2436]

I so want todo what ur doing u are amazing

[@alialbalushi304]

Great job

[@Retro_Spectrum97]

this will help me alot!! im wanting to build a realistic looking trackless train with a working whistle. its in the planning stage. i want to build a tender for the air compressor to sit in which i think its fitting considering that the tender on a steam locomotive held the fuel. the air compressor will power the whistle and ill have a vaulve or a string or something to blow the whistle. i want ro build 3 short green pullman styled passenger cars and a caboose making it so that it looks authentic.

[@dceskater]

Very cool. You'll have to share pics or videos with me when you get it done!

[@wyhattwiemers6637]

I've been looking to make one and this is awesome I would buy it but its probably sold

[@dceskater]

Thanks. Yeah, I sold it a while ago. It was a fun project, but I don't have time to make another one. :)

[@jodyroe7996]

I would love to have it

[@dceskater]

Sorry, I don't have this any more.

[@johnnguyen928]

Hi! loved the video. where did you buy these carts from? I want to build one. And what is he first car? A tractor? XTV? Thank you.

[@dceskater]

Thanks. Glad you liked it. I built all the cars from metal and wood that I cut and pieced together. I built the frame of the engine around a riding lawn mower. You can see all the build videos here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eavTe6WOrdeWoKs

[@aryapatil.478]

That's epic

[@bisbeejim]

May I suggest drawing up plans and offering them free to churches wishing to make their own.

[@dceskater]

Great idea...but I didn't even draw them up for myself as I kind of built it as I went...and since I don't have it any more, I don't even know the dimensions that I used at this point either. Sorry. I never thought about duplication of it when I was building it cause it didn't know if it would even work. 🙃🤪

[@animalsareamazing4744]

@@dceskater where did you get the metal for it like the wheels and that

[@dceskater]

@@animalsareamazing4744 I got a lot of metal from home depot...but also ordered some pieces from a metal supplier in my area. The wheels i got from harbor freight but you could find better ones on Amazon actually.

[@animalsareamazing4744]

@@dceskater thanks how much did you pay all together?

[@dceskater]

@@animalsareamazing4744 About 4K with all the parts and pieces

[@Profmhd]

💝💖🇺🇸🇩🇿🇺🇸🇩🇿🇺🇸🇩🇿💖💝

[@vincentpiper3159]

Do you still have that train if it's for sale how much do you want for it

[@StPaulWeston]

Sorry, no the train found its way to a new home last summer 2021.

[@paulyokley8899]

How much did it cost you to build ? Outstanding work you've done it looks great !

[@dceskater]

It was around $4k. I got the tractor used for less than $200, but the steel, wood, and electric stuff started to add up.

[@paulyokley8899]

@@dceskater ok thank you

[@selebogomaroku3531]

Hi there I'm in south Africa

[@thomasmclaughlin2206]

Hi can you remember the size of flloor on the carriages. Is that a 4foot sheet of ply the lenght of the floor , Have a thomas train built but need carriages Thanks for any help

[@dceskater]

I'm pretty sure the car floors were 3 foot by 5 foot. Each bench was about 18 inches deep which left 2 feet of floor space between benches.

[@thomasmclaughlin2206]

@@dceskater Thanks for that ,

[@inkaclown91]

I just wanted to see if you had any trains for sale at this time? 01-07-2024

[@dceskater]

Thanks, but no. I only built the one.

[@golfcartsofminnesota4128]

Super interested in purchasing also located in Minnesota we have a golf cart dealership and this be a cool edition

[@StPaulWeston]

Sorry, I had already promised it to another church back in May.

[@marsoccommandinggeneral6136]

You should make a trackless train house!

[@dylangloria563]

The comments were turned off on the other video. How did you end up hooking the alternator up to the mower pulley.

[@dceskater]

I attached the alternator below the seat deck on the side of the frame so that the pulley for the alternator was in line with the mower pully. I then added an additional pully on a spring to create the tension and ordered the size belt I needed.

[@rickregister9424]

Can you please explain how you got the front wheels on cars to steer

[@StPaulWeston]

Thanks Rick. In video two you can see a little more detail of the frames for the cars. kzbin.info/aero/PLMeqqGcr2KNR6qbNsfFGAzGBJ0HdpEJav basically, the front wheel is connected to the hitch, so as the hitch is pulled left and right, the wheels turn left and right like on a car...then there is a long piece of steel that is linked from the front wheels to the back wheels to turn them at the same angle as the front wheels turn...this helps the cars to track in the same line as the car in front of it. The difficult part is that the angle of the inside wheel turns at a different angle as the outside wheel. This video shows better how that works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYeom5VjjsydnrM You'll notice the connection closest to the wheels is where you play with the angle. Those pieces shouldn't be parallel with the wheel but turned in a little bit which will allow for the inside wheel to turn to a great degree while the outside wheel is turned to a less degree: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5PPZ5uZq7trfLs Anyway, hope that helps a little.

[@jasonluckoff3880]

How much is the train?

[@dceskater]

I sold this years ago. sorry.

[@donielleanderson8556]

How much to build me a train like this? I was looking to do kids parties in the future.

[@dceskater]

Thanks, but I only made the one and don't have time to make another. There was a guy who made them and sold them for about $14K

[@AlamoCitySpotlight]

Did you sell it?

[@dceskater]

Yes.

[@miguelcruz4308]

Can I buy your train I em Really interested in it

[@dceskater]

Sorry, I sold it back in August of 2021.

[@oscarrivera5479]

How much did you sell it for? It’s a beauty

[@dceskater]

Thanks. I wasn't looking to make money on it, so I got about what I put in on parts.

[@kajuanasimpkins]

are you still into building trackless trains? please say yes.

[@dceskater]

No, sorry. I just built this one.

[@dceskater]

No, sorry, injust built this one.

[@friendtoall4369]

Hi would you please give me some details of how to purchase the train? I didn't see any contact details on this channel

[@dceskater]

Thanks for asking. Currently, I have someone with first right of refusal and they plan to let me know in a couple weeks. If that falls through, I will let you know.

[@janesantillancalderon7846]

Hi do you sell your trains?

[@HolidayLightsonFaginDrive]

@@dceskater any chance this is for sale? Or any interested in building one for me to purchase?

[@PLara-tf4eg]

I want to buy it but i'm from Chile ☹

[@dceskater]

That's a long way to ship it. 😉 I sold it last year anyway, so I don't have it anymore.

[@jamespuckett2520]

Are you still selling this train? Our church might want it.

[@StPaulWeston]

Thanks, but no. The train has a new home already!

[@jamespuckett2520]

@@StPaulWeston thank you I will build one for our church. We use it as an outreach in the community.

[@tibbyhollingsworth2622]

Hi! Would you be interested in building a train to sell? Please let me know. Very interested.

[@dceskater]

Sorry, no. I don't have the time to build another one. Since I only did this in my free time it took me over a year. 🤪

[@HK-to8bh]

How much???

[@dceskater]

Sorry. Don't have it anymore.

[@mariobejar2576]

A like to buy it

[@dceskater]

I sold it years ago. Sorry.