if you know a welder you could kindly ask him to make some sort of gussets for it, thus strengthening it, but will add unwanted weight, or even better yet, buy an eagle claw bash plate from clean bikes, my m8 towlie has 1 an their a beautifully crafted piece of trials hardware, not to mention the tremendous grip, and judging by thickness, strentgh, they have to your conventional plate, the choice is yours