Last year our team took a belt sander to the skyway wheels with them latched in a vice. We had someone do them very evenly.
Then we got some of the wedge top tread from mcmaster and cutout strips to go around the wheels.
We then lined the outer edge of the wheels and the bottom of the tread with E6000 (great stuff) which you can usually find in most craft stores actually (not sure why, its a super strength glue)
Next, we tie-wrapped the tread around the wheel. finally, we drilled out holes to put in two pop rivets on each end of the tread, and riveted them in.
One night later, and we had super treaded skyways.
just take off the tiewraps and they're set.
You may want to use a stronger epoxy to hold on the tread, and possibly add a few more rivets around the wheel. They held up great in competition though, and gave us lots of traction.
