blueparrot10 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 hi,i have a powertec-power-rack:will the "safety bars/pins"-safely hold/cope-with "years of heavy-weight=500-600-pound being laid on them? will they "safely"-stand up to a lifetime of this kind of weight being laid on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ''yes'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber511 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 hi,i have a powertec-power-rack:will the "safety bars/pins"-safely hold/cope-with "years of heavy-weight=500-600-pound being laid on them? will they "safely"-stand up to a lifetime of this kind of weight being laid on them? It depends how "gently" it gets laid on them. One "drop" can do more damage than a lifetime of easy catches. The Powertec rack is not a commercial quality rack as far as the thickness of the uprights go - it's fairly thin compared to say a heavy duty rack sold for a high school or college weight room. But normally the uprights stand up just fine - it's just the pins that get bent with a big catch. And those are easy enough to replace and fairly cheap. I don't think it would ever "fail" to do it's job of protecting you - just bend something. One thing you can do is to make sleeves for your pins from schedule 80 PVC pipe - it adds considerable strength and also protects the knurling on your good bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Your reply needs more inverted commas he he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueparrot10 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 hi,i have a powertec-power-rack:will the "safety bars/pins"-safely hold/cope-with "years of heavy-weight=500-600-pound being laid on them? will they "safely"-stand up to a lifetime of this kind of weight being laid on them? It depends how "gently" it gets laid on them. One "drop" can do more damage than a lifetime of easy catches. The Powertec rack is not a commercial quality rack as far as the thickness of the uprights go - it's fairly thin compared to say a heavy duty rack sold for a high school or college weight room. But normally the uprights stand up just fine - it's just the pins that get bent with a big catch. And those are easy enough to replace and fairly cheap. I don't think it would ever "fail" to do it's job of protecting you - just bend something. One thing you can do is to make sleeves for your pins from schedule 80 PVC pipe - it adds considerable strength and also protects the knurling on your good bars. climber511-thanks very-much for this advice-this is very-helpfull mate! thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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