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Re: Help!!..wheels?

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Nitrile roughtop wears extremely well, and is a good compromise for this situation. I still prefer natural rubber or SBR tread, and just changing wheels often. It seems to be worth the traction advantage.

also the weight distribution over the wheels, could be a factor on the quickness of wear,

last years robot was two wheel drive with almost all the weight on the front two, we had great traction, but we couldent turn well, and the tread wore down to nothing after the FL. Regional!
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