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Title: has anyone brought a greenmax 4709 tamper
Post by: paulbeckwith on August 08, 2020, 04:40:49 PM

hi all        has  anyone  purchased a greenmax 4709  tamper   and are  they  any good   i will need to convert this ( subject to me getting one ) to dcc

thanks in advance   .....  i  mainly want it as a depot piece  ...  but if it can be converted  even  better


    paul
Title: Re: has anyone brought a greenmax 4709 tamper
Post by: Trainfish on August 11, 2020, 01:56:25 AM
I don't have a Greenmax but I have 2x Hobbytrain tampers. 1 is DC and 1 is DCC. I run on DC so if anyone can get a DC version in as good condition as my DCC version then I'd happily swap it. Here's the DCC tamper running on DC:

Title: Re: has anyone brought a greenmax 4709 tamper
Post by: swisstrains on August 11, 2020, 08:39:35 AM
The Greenmax tamper was discussed here several years ago.

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=34168.0 (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=34168.0)