Lol i know what you're getting at.... yes it does seem that way, but to calm any fears of something like the issue of it breaking off and getting run over by the back tires or similar it won't happen, now im saying this under my professional driving everything under extreme conditions . . .
I had bought my 1st GV for my truck more than 20 yrs ago to fix a horrible 3/4 split, since the GV is the only actual splitter and OD, i tow and off-road with that truck, that truck has done a good job of shaking me out and pieces out of me, and never loosened a bolt or broke the gv off. That trucks has literally hurt me off-road, a 1 ton power ram crew is not ever ever to be used off-road like a baha truck, it will wreck your body severely
I had loved the gv so much i added it to my then triple duty, street, road race and drag car, made a wonderful difference w/4.88's on the street, had good benefits at the track also being able to split 1st and 2nd at the road course and splitting 2nd at the drags once we found a free 7 hndths.
Then i added one to the RR which was primarily a street/strip use only w/4.30 gear.
All 3 of those cars are driven, and over the years i have never seen nor experienced any issue to ever worry about the weight off the back, the extension/mount housing they make is a very strong durable piece, when it comes to driving i put things thru it's paces, to the extent that im looking for a weak spot.
I became a dealer for GV some time ago since after having multiple units of my own and never a hiccup i decided i could add this to my shop and it wouldn't be a problem, and it hasn't been, i have probably sold more than 35 and installed 30 of them.
They are behind things like large mobile homes (3), tow trucks (4), flat bed (1) pick ups (9, diesel and gas), cars gm muscle cars, ford ranchero and torino gt, a few mopar muscle cars and 3 of them are hemi equipped cars.
I can honestly say that the GV is very good and like my stuff i never ever had a complaint on any of them