You're right.  I didn't take into consideration the leverage of the hatch,
as well as the angle of his arms, plus the leverage there.  Hmmmmm

GregM

-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@shaw.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 10:22 AM
To: KI4TLF
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Hatchback struts

Mmm, I'm not sure about that Greg.

What with the relative positions of the hinge, the strut attachment point,
Ollie's grasping hand, and the  changing strut angle....

:-)

Alistair

> On Mar 29, 2017, at 1:22 AM, KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Let's see,  175 lbs divided by 2 struts, Hmmm, a little less than 87.5
> lbs each.  :-)
>
> GregM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:51 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Hatchback struts
>
> Oh, go westy, just tell us the force rating in the struts will ya?
> doesn't even have to be in metric :-)
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 9:40 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>   I put a set of these on My 90Westy back in Dec2015 & still dang
>> near
> have to do a ChinUp on the Hatch to close it ~
>>
>> I weigh about 175Lbs ~
>>
>> http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?id=23475
>>
>>                                           ORR ~ DeanB
>>
>>> On 28 Mar , 2017, at 10:05 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My friend Simon bought some 1250 N struts from Germany for the
>>> similar
> reason. They're great, lifts his spare tire rack and bike rack ( with
> tire and bike) that I made for him.
>>>
>>> Without anything on the hatch it's hard to close.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately the German source has dried up, but I mention it so
>>> you
> will know that 1250N is strong enough for a good load on hatch.
>>>
>>> Oh, and before anyone asks, it's been almost three years now with
>>> the
> struts and no adverse effect noted on the hatch.
>>>
>>> I've been looking for similar struts but not found any yet.
>>>
>>> Alistair