20+ years ago I built a speeder using a Stomper for the drive with New Bright wheels.
Unpacking yesterday I found these three NOS Stompers that I got on close-out from the now defunct K-B Toys…
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I had the Stomper truck pull sled. That was fun.
I have a few Stompers and the track set with the bridge. Here is a picture of the sled @rmccown-admin had:
By Wadesuhr - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, File:Stomperpullingsled.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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Folks;
Never had access to a Stomper, but the powered speeder trailer from MDC came in handy for this project.
Regards, David Meashey
People are asking stupid money for new in the package Stompers. Might be a way to help finance train hobby?
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This is a Stomper, with a flathead ford and plastic wheels. I never finished the weather-cover/body.
With a fresh battery, it would run around Roger’s layout for quite a long time.
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People are asking stupid money for old Evil Knievel toys and Star Wars stuff too. It’s rare stuff because it all got set on fire or blown up with firecrackers.
I cannot tell you how many times my Evil Knievel rocket cycle went up this cool ramp I made out the attic window. I can also tell you how many times it landed on it’s wheels and kept going (NONE)!
When the motorcycle got destroyed my brother and I turned to my sisters cat to try out a new parachute we designed from twine and a pillow case. The chute didn’t really open but the cat did land on his feet. After walking past mom 3 times with the cat and headed back up to the attic she finally caught on.
Presumably the cat wised up before the fireworks were brought in?
If I had done that, and my dad found out, he probably wouldn’t spank me. But I might become an object lesson in his next Sunday sermon…
But I digress… No, I don’t remember Stompers. Can someone explain how they worked, and why they were adaptable for G track?
Seeing as I paid $3 each (marked down from $5) even $10 might be considered stupid money but $50 sounds like more fun!
They run on 1 AA battery. Geared very low, they have some pulling power. Wheels pull straight off of a round, lightly spline axle. Any similar plastic train wheels would work.
Much more than $50. $100 to $200. Of course that doesn’t mean they are getting that much.
I found out about Stompers through the old AWNUTS magazine when I was first starting out. They were a great way to have some cheap fun with trains back then. I still have a few mechanisms floating around. May have to do something with them soon. Here’s a few of the things I made with Stompers.
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And the chassis was the right width for 45mm track once you put the wheels on.
This all reminded me of an inspection car given us by Bruce Chandler, and it just occurred to me that he probably mentioned it on his web site. Sure enough!
https://www.jbrr.com/locomotives/inspection-car.html
To bring things full circle, Jon, it looks like you supplied Bruce with his Stomper for this.
I did. That was quite a few years ago, but I was in Connecticut, not Massachusetts!!
Yeah but maybe you gave Bruce the Stomper while at Bob’s, so… 
Very cool!
I have a few Stomper powered drives, all were either subsequently replaced with an Aristo Centercab block or are used with a pusher car behind. Not a single one of them work today. How may of your old Stompers are still functional?