Quote Originally Posted by R9000 View Post
Personally I'd go with the first one, because a) it's harder to get high reduction out of pulleys (the gearbox will likely be much higher and won't slip) and b) I like Sewer Snake, and that's how they do it. :P
I had figured that would be a factor but I'll need to mod the gearboxes to have extended drive shafts to support the whole wheel and pulleys.