Re: Weight

["Rod D. Whitney" <rwhitney@saber.net>]

    If I remember correctly my MT 14 L fully enclosed fiberglass cab with
turntable weighed in at almost 2000 pounds. It has a very unusual turntable
that adds quite a bit of weight, it has a platform that lifts from the rails
not from the ties.

Rod D. Whitney
Willits, California
(WD6FGX)


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim and Rita Janz <rjjanz@wctc.net>
To: Ken Brown W2KB NJ <W2KB@compuserve.com>; All <speeders@cirr.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: Weight


>M-19 stock weighs 625 lbs
>Figure that the Onan and tranny weigh a hundred pounds more than the RO-C,
>so go conservatively 725 lbs.  The capacity is 750 lbs.
>That must include cab, turntable, seats, operator, gas, and other options
if
>so equipped.
>That is 1475 lbs.
>I know the dry weight of a UP RR MT-19B is 1330 lbs.   That is equipped
with
>turntable, full cab, seats, heater and other smaller options.  The dry
>weight of a Tomah cab MT-19A is 1170 lbs.  That only includes the full cab
,
>one seat and heater only.
>
>M-14 stock weighs 835 lbs.  Figure the 100 lbs extra for motor exchange-935
>lbs.  The capacity is 1200 lbs so total is 2135 lbs.  The Tomah cab MT-14
is
>1450 lbs, cab and heater only.  I do not know what the weight of the UP RR
>MT-14M car is with the turntable. I would add 160 lbs for the turntable, as
>that is the approximate difference between the MT-19 cars, one with and one
>without the table.  Try 1610 lbs.
>
>If anyone has more specific answers, pleaste post them on this forum.
>
>Scott Janz
>Rudolph, Wis.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Brown W2KB NJ <W2KB@compuserve.com>
>To: All <speeders@cirr.com>
>Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 8:40 AM
>Subject: Weight
>
>
>>Could someone please post the approximate weight of fully equipped: MT-14
>>with fully enclosed cab and turntable; of an open MT-14; of a MT-19 with
>>fully enclosed cab; and of a MT-19 open car.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>---Ken
>>
>