Tank Treads - Chief Delphi

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12-01-2010, 00:13

skimoose

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Re: Tank Treads

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Originally Posted by Andrew.Jensen

Me and Bill were discussing finding synchronous conveyor belts, but they were rather expensive, like $400 a piece.

As Madison said Brecoflex belts are expensive, and in heavy defense they can and will fail. Team 195 used Brecoflex belt tracks in 2005 or 2006

I'd check with someone from 195, but I recall hearing a failure rate of 10-12 belts over the competition season because of the heavy defense (pushing matches). That's a LOT of cash in replacement parts.

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