I've seen bigger ones Roughly 15 to 20kg never checked Not enough space behind and those those things should always be as close as possible if needed
I've a couple which must be 1.8 or 2m. I've got some stainless boat prop shafts too, with so many uses.
I have one of those prybars, around six foot long 1/14 dia, with a squared point on one end and the pry on the other, they are a railway track layers tool, I don't think I've ever used it but cant bring myself to get rid of it.
They are so useful. Uprooting root balls. Moving machinery on rollers. Digging out big rocks... Force, man, force, it will come out!
I tell you whats amusing people in fancy motors parking behind my van . the towbar sticks well out and all you hear is a crunch and the ball smashing there number plates
Yes, Wife s done my front numberplate, unless obviously someone reversed into it. it's thin mild steel, just a little bit of character.... Not important.
I can't find the picture (or even remember which website it was - it might have been someone on the rec.metalworking usenet group), but someone posted up a picture of a (US) towhitch mounted bottle rack for collecting welding gas from the "store" (possibly acetylene, because I remember him saying it needed to be upright). now *that* would make people give you plenty of room!