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The femur is the strongest and thickest bone in the body. It can take about 600 LBS of vertical force before it breaks. That pretty much means that if you set it up so it was horizontal, with a space in between the things holding it up, and put 600 pounds on it, it would snap. That's strong.

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I'm not sure but i know that on mythbusters they found that a human humerus can withstand about 625lb.(that is when it snaps you'll be in a lot of pain before that weigh is reached, with your arm bending and such) So since the femur is bigger than that its most likely more.

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About 1200 pounds of force until it snaps and breaks.

The "normal" femur can withstand 10 to 15 times the body weight without breaking.

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255 pounds

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