Why is all this hard to install, heavy, expensive steel even needed? These vans are quite strong by themself. You guys and gals seem to lack creativity or engineering.
I’m pretty confident if you tried to hang a hammock (with person) from the roof without distributing the load the way this bracing does, it would rip any fastener out of the steel, not to mention deform or rip out the beam.
@@TheWhiteKnyt Well I will know the answer to that question soon enough. Also you gave me an idea. I think I will test a single 1/4-20 plus nut on an existing hole in Sprinter to failure or 600 Lbs, whichever comes first. 600 pounds is all the free weights I have. I know one if the professional builders, I get them confused, that gave a tour to Strangerpalousa Yourube channel and they had a Sprinter carcass for load testing. Another channel claims over 1200 Lbs capacity per 1/4-20 plus nut.
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I wish you guys just sold the L track and the struts without the rest of the kit.
when the hole didn’t line up they edited out what it took to get it to line up and jumped to the part where the rivet was already installed
So it’s designed so that if you use a power tool and accidentally over tighten something you’re screwed, pun intended.
Why is all this hard to install, heavy, expensive steel even needed? These vans are quite strong by themself. You guys and gals seem to lack creativity or engineering.
I’m pretty confident if you tried to hang a hammock (with person) from the roof without distributing the load the way this bracing does, it would rip any fastener out of the steel, not to mention deform or rip out the beam.
@@TheWhiteKnyt Well I will know the answer to that question soon enough. Also you gave me an idea. I think I will test a single 1/4-20 plus nut on an existing hole in Sprinter to failure or 600 Lbs, whichever comes first. 600 pounds is all the free weights I have. I know one if the professional builders, I get them confused, that gave a tour to Strangerpalousa Yourube channel and they had a Sprinter carcass for load testing. Another channel claims over 1200 Lbs capacity per 1/4-20 plus nut.
@@TheWhiteKnyt You might be right if it’s an elephant sleeping in the hammock
@@TheWhiteKnyt What makes you think you can’t distribute the load for a hammock to 4 locations?