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Re: Colson 101
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Originally Posted by Adam Freeman
How is the traction on the key and on the carpet with these wheel versus a standard AM performance wheel with rough top conveyor belting?
We have been having an issue of wheel slip on the key when we start to drive to the bridge, and I am wondering if these would provide better or worse traction and what the tradeoffs would be.
Thanks.
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We too have found that the grip the Colons have on the PC and HDPE portions of the field (bridge and key) to be awesome. We have known about Colson's performance characteristics on these types of surfaces for several years, which is what made using them this year a no brainer.
Cutting grooves into the wheels also has shown an increase in traction, to the point where I believe our Colsons will "out grip" any standard roughtop/wedgetop wheel in the same width (1.5").
-Brando
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