[EricH]

Originally Posted by lewislongbottom

So what are the benefits and fallbacks on an 8WD Drive Train? I just wanted a quick generalization of bullets for our team to go off of.

If I might make a suggestion...

There may be one already on the site. The search feature is near the middle of the orange bar at the top of the page.

There are a number of benefits and drawbacks to ANY drivetrain design. Weight, cost, chances of a failure and chances that any given failure will cripple half the drivetrain can be some drawbacks or some benefits.