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On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 22:00, Jim Adney wrote: > Just keep in mind that the sheet metal, where the bumper brackets mount, is a > LOT thinner and weaker than the bumper brackets themselves. I'm concerned that > a lot of people take a look at those brackets and say to themselves, "Those > look plenty strong enough to me," while forgetting that they are anchored to > almost nothing. > One thing to remember about that sheet metal, and the way the bumper is attached. The stress in that sheet metal is in a "shear", which effective distributes the load more than if it was the other way. I would not want to tow even Jason's trailer with my '71, as I know what is under there (rust). But I have seen Jason's Notch and I don't think he will have problems with that trailer, the way he plans on using it. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org