Bongo Fury

It is always advisable to give the supplier the max weight that the struts will carry.

This can be done very easily with a set of scales.

I have been thinking of doing something with my bed struts to take the weight of my mattress. I think after reading this thread I might pinch the plastic pipe idea.

You can have that one, royalty free!

Finally got gas struts for tailgate. Had to drive down to derby to get them. They did admit they had made a mistake and sent me standard struts instead of uprated struts.
All sorted now and I am happy as they lift tailgate well with bike rack on.

I made a happy discovery, The bed struts WILL carry the matress as long as the hatch is folded towards the back of the van, which it is on mine since I have been keeping it open to ventilate the AFT. So the plastic pipe trick isn't needed ATM but handy to know all the same.