[Wendell Hanks]

Nonsense!
Any excess in verbage is to simply reinforce the point: Bachmann or Kader, PLEASE test your locos before sending them overseas to us -- that's your beloved, trusting, ever-willing to purchase, customers.

Obviously, the problems in the locos -- take your pick going back five years -- were simply discovered by consumers running them. There was no lengthy run time in order for the malady to expose itself. That's from screws that came loose, screws loose at installation, motor mount problems, trucks that had plastic fracturing, and now the K-27's wheel foible.

As long as Kader is trusting that the American marketplace will continue to purchase and test as consumers what they are not willing to do prior to shipment there will continue to be complaints.

Lot's of them. Now, is that consequence a puzzlement?

Selah,
Wendell

 

[Wendell Hanks]

The concensus appears to be universal: Please, Kader( Bachmann's mfg.), test a sample of locos before shipping.
The "offical" statement is it is too expensive to stop an assembly line or it is "too expensive" to have elaborate testing. Neither excuses are relevant.

To me both reasons avoid the obvious: After production -- even after a day's production or after all are completed -- pull several locos and run them. Would two hours of running show flaws? They certainly did with TOC's tests. Would two hours running through four sizes and brands of turnouts be too much to ask? Would running them on a test loop with two levels of grade be too much to ask?

The excuses for not testing prior to shipment are repeated by Bachman's spokespersons and treated as fact.

Is this the matra of the readers of this posting? Make your statement on the Bachmann site -- give some energy to Bachmann's involvement with Kader's production/shipment schedule. My guess is (a good guess) that Bachmann's mgmt. has little to do with Kader's policies re: "produce 'n ship". Give Bachmann some reasons to pressure Kader's production crew to do some random testing prior to using us -- which will dwindle -- to buy 'n test for them.

Wendell

 

[Wendell Hanks]

It's a simple non-critical request:
Bachmann (or Kader) please just test a sample of any loco production BEFORE you ship them.
If new owners can find a problem in 20 minutes of run time we ask you plase do so before we do.

Unfortunately, we now know from the Bachmann website, locos are not tested after production.

Sincerely,
Your dedicated Bachmann fans