Tank Treads

[Cory]

Originally Posted by T134guy

Yes the brecoflex will cost you. But these belts are built specifically for this application. They are built to last. We are still on our first set of belts. We've gone through practice and testing, demos a competition and within the next month and a half two more. We are comfortably within the belts working limits. They are very durable belts (least the set we are using).
You really gotta look at your application and and cost benefit relation.

-Pat

They may have worked fine for you, but they really aren't built for this application. They're built for material handling, in factories, etc. We often put tons of torque through them, and much more wear than they will ever see in a factory.

I know for a fact that teams like 226 and 61 have torn multiple treads in half until they got some super reinforced version of the belts for like $300 if my memory serves me correctly.

I have heard from multiple teams that they have had to replace their treads at least every competition, especially last year with the cheese grater ramp, which adds up to a lot of money.

Personally, I think the decision to use tracks or not comes down to money, more than anything else.