pic: FRC971 2011

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Originally Posted by roystur44

Definitely lighter than chain, less complicated than a worm gear, stronger than cord, more accurate and precise over a four bar arm. Designed right the timing belt elevator is simple to construct, very quick and durable and darn right cheap to build.


Roy

What pitch belt did you use and how did you tension it? We started off with XL belt and ran into issues skipping it at start up. We finally switched to #25 chain and have had no issues since