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Re: Breco?

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Originally Posted by maclaren View Post

We have sheared a couple of belts. They were due to driver error and abuse of the tracks. The driver drove while being pushed sideways as 114ManualLabor said and the belts sheared then they sheared because in the off season the drivers decided to abuse them and not replace them with the fresh set that we had on hand before we went to an important off season event. The belts can't derail if they start to derail they will shear either partially or completely.
If that is driver error, that means you can't drive while being pushed on from the side. Doesn't that seem kind of bad? The only way to escape from that position is to drive and hope you break free (kind of roll off them) or wait for the other team to stop.