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Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor
Yeah, what he said. The one downside of custom wheels is cost. They are not cheap at all, because you have to make them out of a sold block for this design. However, I love them to death, and wouldn't trade them for any other kind of wheel. (however, we will be trading them for tank treads)
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The Cost isn't that bad.
We can make 11 wheels out of a 12" piece (they are 1" wide) of 6" AL 6061 Rod ($145 at onlinemetals, similarly priced at a local metal supplier near us. In the end the material was donated anyway).
This comes out to less than $14.50 per wheel. That's not bad at all.
And since you have 4" wheels, it's even cheaper.
I can't wait to see the treads & shifter combo for real though.