I really don't recall however you can see above I was repping 275lbs rather easy for stiff leg deadlifts which are a lot more difficult. If I were asked to estimate I would say 405lbs would be rather easy and 495lbs would be rather difficult but honestly I have not attempted a heavy deadlift in over a decade. I do believe 495lbs on the trap bar would be no problem at all but again my goal is not just to do single rep max lifting I plan to be doing working sets of reps. The other main reason for the trap bar is I have space for it. I am well aware a meet is a conventional deadlift and squat I also believe training front squats and trap bar deadlifts will translate to conventional gains just fine.
What do you mean "space for it"?
You have an Olympic bar in your home fucking gym......just take it off the bench uprights, move the bench, and pull from the floor...........same amount of space is taken up,ie.
the space taken up by the existing barbell is still the same........even more space when you move the bench you fucking genius.
You`re just once again looking for a gimmick to make deadlifting easier.......trap bars suck by the way............you`ll see,remember I said it though you`ll never admit buying it was a fuck up on your part.