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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:24 PM, Roman Haag <romanhaag@YMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently got a Gary Lee multipurpose rack, which has my spare, a gas
can, and a hi-lift jack on it.
>>>
>>> I need some stronger struts and am having a hard time finding info about
them.  Does anyone hear have any experience with them and could possibly
recommend me some?
>>>
>>> All of the GoWesty/Bus Depot ones sound good, but they don't really give
nay specific information.
>>>
>>> I've found these but I'm not even sure they'll fit.  I know the Vanagon
ones compress to 11.75", as well.
>>> http://www.siraweb.com/gas-prop-c16-23835
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.  I'd hate to be the guy responsible for our
local Vdub mechanic getting hurt by a hatchback ;)
>>>
>>> Roman
>