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Re: #25 Chain

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
As a team that has successfully implemented #25 chain in numerous situations, including both drive-trains and serious arm mechanisms, we switched to #35 this year for our drive after snapping #25 a few times.

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First, as someone who's admired Grasshopper Machines for 20+ years, I am going to tell you that you really need to give JamesCH95's experience strong weight.

Almost all my experience with successful #25 chain implementations on drive trains comes before anyone used conveyor belt for tire tread and certainly before pneumatic tires with sprockets that bolt on were only a few clicks away. It may very well be the case that with these new fangled grippy tire options, young'ins these days just have to go with #35 chain for their own safety.

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Related: if you're not using beveled sprockets, you're going to have a bad time.

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Amen brother JamesCH95, amen.

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