I was shocked at how flimsy the pieces of this unit are. When I was getting the pieced out of the box, a few of them fell just 6 inches and were damaged. This wasn't a good start to my experience. The directions to assemble the unit were poorly written (seems to be a problem with anything anymore) and the drawings were to generic for any detail. I am not an engineer, but I am also able to follow instructions and they were definitely lacking. I also own a Gladiator rack system, which I am very happy with. It is like these 2 units were made by a different company with regards to quality and sturdiness.