Hypothetical Situation - Stairs

[Hawiian Cadder]

if i was on a rookie team the way that i would do this is an 8wd with the 10 inch kit wheels. the middle two being drop center and rubber traction, the back one being a slick wheel, and the front being a 10 inch IFI wheel, i think the IFI wheel would hold up better with impacts and has a higher traction coefficient. 10 kit wheels will not fit in the 38 inches that we are given but if they are layed out like this:

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with the chain in between the two rows of wheels, then it would work.

[apalrd]

1. The wheels you speak of are probably the 8" AndyMark wheels, either the FIRST, FIRST slick, Plaction, etc. and the 8" IFI wheels

2. The IFI wheels use the same tread as the AndyMark Plaction wheels (Actually, they can use either, the difference is minor between wedgetop and roughtop, and you can get both from AndyMark or IFI, but the Roughtop tends to have more usable life).

3. Why not just use 8 Plaction wheels (or other wheels with roughtop tread) in a dropped center 8wd?

[czeke]

Also, keep in mind, that you could modify some snowmobile treads. Team 1091 did that, last season, and we had some excellent success with traction and manueverability. We could easily navigate over the bumps, and by gearing down, we lost some speed, but we weren't pushed around.