I looked around the forums here and at the AndyMark site, but I couldn’t find what I was looking for.
Does anyone know how much weight the KOP wheels will hold? Will this be an issue with a robot designed to lift 2 others?
We contacted IFI with this same question. Their response indicated that the four wheels could handle a load of 400-450 LB. We took that to mean that we ha better consider different wheels if we planned on lifting two robots and still have some safety margin.
400 lbs each? Or 400lbs total if you had a standard 4WD system?
Sorry I don’t have the e-mail to quote from. Our understanding of it, and it seemed fairly clear, is that 400 - 450LB is for all four wheels, not each wheel. I find that a little low from my SWAG of it’s design, but that is why we contacted AM directly.
Is it possible you could contact them as well and ask for verification. That way we could double check their response independently.
I don’t think breaking wheels were very common last year, but you might want to see this --> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24706
Remember, a chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link. The wheels may be strong but make sure the axle it’s on is strong as well.