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Originally Posted by ChrisMcK2186
Wait, what was popping the tubes?
Chris
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We are not sure what was popping the tubes, maybe we missed something. Our wheels protrude in front of our frame to make it easier to climb a ramp, so the wheel will contact a tube before the frame will. Our wheels have Rough Top conveyor belt for the tread and this grips the tubes very well. When we run over a tube, I think that it gets pinched between the wheel and the frame and then gets punctured. Once it starts to lose pressure, It is even easier for the tube to get sucked in and if the driver does not reverse, the tube can get completely wrapped around the wheel. The addition of bumpers helped a lot, but I think that any exposed wheel drive train will have the potential for this problem.