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@hippy
If it's alu dropouts, sorry, track ends.. check them to make sure they are not all burred up.
If you clamp down super tight, you can squash the metal and create little bumps.
When you move the wheel back later and tighten it, it will sort of work its way into the existing grooves from previous clampings, thereby losing your precious chain tension.
I get a few weeks out of the Twatster (alu) before losing enough chain tension I do something about it. I'm not running a chaintug on it either and I use a Surly Jethro Tule which doesn't give huge amounts of leverage. I do 'em up pretty damn tight though.