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wrote:

Yeah, I'm suspecting #25 to have an ultimate tensile strength of
around 700 pounds or so, so if the sprockets engage at least two teeth
fully, it should hold my two kids on it!!


I'm not sure but I think the old rule was that a chain should wrap at
least 30% minimum of the sprocket. Of course that would depend on the
size of the gear as well.