PiggyPacker log loader conversion

[sirenwerks]

Does anyone make a conversion kit or 3D parts to convert a model Wagner PC90 to a Lumberjack?  Or has anyone done this themselves and would want to share?  I thought I'd seen this out there but I can't find it now.

[wazzou]

The conversion that is easiest and what I intend to do, is fit the grapples from a GHQ Cat Log Loader to the PC90.
A friend of mine, Tyler Whitcomb who has published several articles in N Scale Magazine has done this and I think wrote about it in N Scale, in fact.

[sirenwerks]

The conversion that is easiest and what I intend to do, is fit the grapples from a GHQ Cat Log Loader to the PC90.
A friend of mine, Tyler Whitcomb who has published several articles in N Scale Magazine has done this and I think wrote about it in N Scale, in fact.

I'm surprised Tyler's not a TRW member, or maybe he is but just a stalker.  I will ping him through FB to inquire about this.  I have yet to see his layout in person, but hope to one day, and to meet him in-person, as we have only chatted online.  That's the way it is with all of my I-5 railroading contacts, due to the timing of my moving to Oregon and COVID.

[wazzou]

PM me your email and I can send you the info that he shared with me.

[John]

There is also this on Thingiverse

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3550884

[cfritschle]

Tyler's article appeared in the January/February 2016 issue of N-Scale.  He used the grapple from the HO scale GHQ Cat IT 18F log loader.  The finished model looks great!

[cfritschle]

At my suggestion, Rick Uhlenkott has provided the N Scale Vehicle Association with a link to his drawings as a pdf file that show how he made a Lumber Jack from the Wheels of Time Piggy Packer.  He also included a couple of photos of the converted model.  They are in this message in the NSVA's Group.io discussion group.  https://groups.io/g/NScaleVehicleAssociation/topic/lumberjack_lconversion/88966192?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,2,0,88966192,previd=1644211872759517340,nextid=1629906552246915099&previd=1644211872759517340&nextid=1629906552246915099

[sirenwerks]

At my suggestion, Rick Uhlenkott has provided the N Scale Vehicle Association with a link to his drawings as a pdf file that show how he made a Lumber Jack from the Wheels of Time Piggy Packer.  He also included a couple of photos of the converted model.  They are in this message in the NSVA's Group.io discussion group.  https://groups.io/g/NScaleVehicleAssociation/topic/lumberjack_lconversion/88966192?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,2,0,88966192,previd=1644211872759517340,nextid=1629906552246915099&previd=1644211872759517340&nextid=1629906552246915099

Thanks Carter!

[nkalanaga]

Now someone needs to convince Wheels of Time to make more PiggyPackers!

[sirenwerks]

Now someone needs to convince Wheels of Time to make more PiggyPackers!

Maybe even an L90, specifically.

[wazzou]

Maybe even an L90, specifically.

Bryan - Did you get the email that I sent to you with the information?

[sirenwerks]

Bryan - Did you get the email that I sent to you with the information?

Yes.  It ended up in my Spam folder but I moved it out.  Thanks for the images and I am going to seriously consider Tyler's approach.  I am also going to chat it up with a reputable 3d printer about the project.

[nkalanaga]

It was suggested to WoT back when they first made the PiggyPacker that they should make the L90 as well.  Instead, as far as I know, they've never rerun the PiggyPacker.

Are they still in business, or just not announcing anything?