I haven't wheeled it hard yet, but here's my opinion on it's strength.

The bar and brackets are extremely well made, overbuilt and designed and durable. However, I'm not 100% confident in the mounting design. I think for my application it will be OK. I don't expect to be doing too much in the way of severe rock crawling. My problem is that I was only able to use 3 of the front mounting bolts and 5 of the 6 diff bolts due to clearance issues.

The bar itself is designed with ground clearance in mind, unlike the vast majority of traction bars out there. If your driveshaft is safe, the traction bar is safe. If you hit the front of your rear diff on rocks on a regular basis, then you could have a problem, but it bolts on to the diff up midway and high, so the bracket is not likely to hit any rocks.

Personally, I think the best route is to go with Budbuilt's weld on mounts and have the best of all worlds and no worries.

BTW, the traction bar does work and it works well.