Average 2014 Chassis

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

Or just "rectangular"

The square is not exact because we left some margin on the frame perimeter (111<112) . I like to make things easy for our inspectors.

But what I meant by "asymmetric" is that the wheelbases are not the same on each end; i.e., the middle wheels of this 6WD are not in the center of the chassis. We cut one end of the kit chassis, but not the other. It is also possible to cut both ends and obtain a "symmetric" square chassis, with the middle wheels at the center of the chassis.

[Alan Anderson]

Why do you list substituting chain for belts as an "enhancement"?

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Why do you list substituting chain for belts as an "enhancement"?

We really like the belts with 2 CIMs per side and kit wheels. No data yet when we increase to 3 CIMS, and increase to roughtop CoF. We ran 3 CIMs per side with roughtop and #25 chain last year with no issues, except that we kept delaminating the AM roughtop when pushing hard. This year we are switching to nitrile in an attempt to avoid that.

Short answer: belts might be just fine, but we are going with what we know works this time.