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Originally Posted by stillsearching
It's not a question about vehicle stresses, it's a question about mileage. 
I know a guy whose a CAD engineer who made some special one off hitches and vehicle mods so that he's been pulling 3500lbs with a compact for over 50,000 miles of road time with no problems. So the vehicle can do it - the question is at the end of the day who is likely to have the mileage advantage... |
Nice thing about forums......facts dont have to be verified
Reminds me of all the guys lowering their cars and claiming there's no additional wear......
You can be all the CAD engineer you want to be.....but you cant redesign bushings etc to keep from wearing out do to excessive loads beyond the design perimeters..
A compact car has parts machined to go on a compact car. smaller bolts, thinner bushings...the list goes on.
My Kia sportage is listed at 1500 lbs max.
a Kia sedona (van) is only listed at 3000.
But the REAL is SAFTEY.
So unless this is a 'hypothetical case'.....you really need to expand your thought process
