[Phil P]

Hi

Some of the folks here have visited us in Florida and had a ride on my wife steam train. We carry this model steam train in the basement of the Montana and to load and unload it I have to raise the front of the Montana up level with the bed of the tow vehicle.

We experienced many front jack failures the first and second set of jacks was not used like the present set because we were not hauling the train both failed early.

We added the second motor to our unit and when we did I found that the motor I purchased from the front jack manufacturer ran much slower than the motor from Keystone. When I contacted the jack company they advised me that Keystone doesn’t purchase the motor from them. I purchased a second motor from the jack company so both jacks run the same speed.

That was about 5 years ago and I haven’t had electrical breaker or mechanical jack problems sense.

If you consider the heat build up from friction when running a screw jack assembly at a faster speed than the designer designed it for you will have problems. Also the faster speed will require more power from the motor.

They do run a lot slower my wife keeps asking me to make sure they are both running because from the switch panel the off side jack looks like it isn’t moving. LOL

There are problems created by using 2 electric motors and is not recommended by the jack manufacturer. However I have corrected their major concern and if anyone here is going to make this mod you may want to PM me for some advice.

Phil P