Originally posted by Soljer
Kicking down a door is hardly impressive, steel or not. It's all about the hinges and the frame.Not to mention kicking is hardly a pressing feat, as the lifting strength we are talking about has more to do with the upper body, than the lower.
Regardless, Cap still has plenty of feats to push him towards the two ton class.
Kicking down a tree. Haha, okay.
Again, he has one lifting feat that puts him in the 2500-2750 pound range by lifting the weight that was 2200 pounds. Nothing else he's really done suggests he can lift 4000 pounds. NOTHING. I've talked with KAM about this, and he couldn't even prove that Cap is class 2 or above because he just kept showing feats of him smashing into stuff and knocking it down. Well, lifting something is definitely a horse of a different color. Recently, Batman has pressed closed to 2000 pounds, but Cap could easily lift that. It doesn't mean (nor has he showed) that he has the ability to lift anything in the 4000 pound range. Once again, 2750 pounds, or MAYBE 2900 pounds is pushing it with Captain America.
And what's to snicker at the tree feat? 😕 That's physically impossible to anybody on the planet. It was a gigantic tree that had a girth of at least five or more feet. He kicked it down with one kick. How is that laughable? Do you consider that not impressive or something? That would take a tremendous amount of force (it is physically impossible for somebody to do that, but it's the fun of comics).