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24-06-2009, 00:34

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Re: pic: Prototype 6WD

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Originally Posted by Rick TYler

This is part of what I think of as fault tolerance. You can stack a lot of errors a #35 chain will still work.

Fault tolerance is good, but there can be several pounds difference between #25 and #35 chain in a drive. As far as I've been on 973, running a west coast drive with #25 chain, we've yet to throw a chain. I know many other teams have similar successes with #25 chain.

To me, it's a no brainer, if you can allign it right..... which isn't very difficult, it's an easy choice.

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