Thread: RANT: catastrophic Thule rack fail
View Single Post
Old 12-06-23 | 12:11 PM
  #18  
13ollocks
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2023
Posts: 1,128
Likes: 1,002

Bikes: *'00 LS Vortex/Chorus 12/Campag Zondas*98 LS Classic - S&S couplers/Chorus 12/Rolf Vector Pros*'95 DeBernardi Cromor S/S, Mavic Open Pros on Phil Wood track hubs*

Originally Posted by dedhed
Vehicle and hitch manufacturers make a hitch according to standard hitch classifications (SAE J684) (VESC-5) which include a tongue weight rating.
My Subaru OEM hitch (1 1/4") came with specific tow weight (2200 lb) and tongue weight (200 lb) limitations. I'm assuming that these were governed by the receiver size, which itself was governed by the car power (165 bhp). Quite reasonably, there wasn't a 2" receiver option for this car
13ollocks is offline  
Reply
0