Tank Chain damage?

[jfitz0807]

We're using Tank Chain for our tread this year. It looks great and works very well. After a couple of days of practice on wooden field elements, we have notices that the rubber treads are getting damaged. Some small bits are coming off. Unfortunately, it's in the bag now so I don't have any pictures.

It seems that it's just the rubber that's being affected. It's hard to tell if this will have any effect on the chain links; i.e., does it make the chain links more likely to fail?

Has anyone actually competed with Tank Chain on the metal field elements? Are the metal field elements harder on the tank chain than wooden field elements? How well did the Tank Chain hold up to the metal field elements?

Do you think it will make it through more competitions? We are in the NE District so we hope to have at least 36 matches (plus Elimination rounds!).

Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.