22-02-14, 11:14 AM
Had a Renntec sports rack snap clean in half on me with a top box on, that proceeded to overtake me as i was slowing down, it makes a horrendous noise i can tell you!
The reason the weight limits are low, as i found out, are because of things like speed bumps.
I still use a couple of roads daily to and from work with speed bumps and if you don't take them cautiously then you get the contents plus the box jolting with a heavy down force that will eventually find or even create weak spots in the metalwork.
Add to that general braking and accelerating forces and you can understand why they keep the limits down so much.
The reason the weight limits are low, as i found out, are because of things like speed bumps.
I still use a couple of roads daily to and from work with speed bumps and if you don't take them cautiously then you get the contents plus the box jolting with a heavy down force that will eventually find or even create weak spots in the metalwork.
Add to that general braking and accelerating forces and you can understand why they keep the limits down so much.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.