The "$35 per loaf" line hit me hard because I did the exact same math on my own bad purchase. I got a pasta maker two years ago thinking I'd roll my own noodles every weekend and save a ton, and I used it maybe three times before it went in the closet next to the waffle iron. I'm pretty sure I spent more on flour and eggs for those three batches than I ever saved, and cleaning that thing was a nightmare. It's just so easy to talk yourself into this stuff when you're standing in the store imagining some better version of your life.

Did you check them after the run though, or just watch them from the cab? I ran a set like that last spring and they felt solid as a rock until I pulled over in Abbott and one of them had slid back about two inches and was hanging half off the rail. The magnet held fine but the wind was creeping them back a little at a time, and I only caught it because I do a walk around every stop. Crosswinds at 30 can hide that stuff, the flag stays stiff so you think it's locked down when it's really just drifting. Might be worth marking the rail or checking them at every stop before you trust them on a longer haul.