Hercules Hobby makes clones of various Tamiya 1/14 R/C products and
based on the reviews I have seen, the quality is pretty good.
While I don't normally like to support clone manufacturers, Tamiya
doesn't actually make a stanchion trailer. This trailer uses the
same 3 axle frame as the
56319 Reefer Trailer or the
56326 Container Trailer.
The only difference is the addition of the stanchions. After
playing Spintires Mudrunner (an off road logging video game) I found
that I wanted a stanchion trailer to load with logs, and this was really
the only option.
This is a very long 3-axle trailer which uses wide tires instead of dual
tires. Nearly every part of the trailer is metal from the frame
rails to the stanchions. As far as I can tell, everything is
either directly copied from Tamiya or at least Tamiya compatible like
the kingpin and the leg retraction system. Even the instructions
are quite good. I've had no trouble with the quality at all. In
fact, I originally loaded this trailer with very wet wood that weighed
at least 50 pounds and neither the trailer nor the tractor had any
problem with it. As it dried out, about half of that weight went
away. I added an official set of Tamiya trailer lights later.
Update: This model was destroyed in the 2022 fire. It has not been replaced.
