which is better aluminum or steel????

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Originally Posted by Hunter

This year we used very few bolts on our frame, only the side plates were bolted on to allow access to our tracks. We don't have welding capabilites, and our frame is made out of boxtube. Very hard to bolt 2 x 4 tubing without using really long bolts, and risking crushing it. Instead we used 1/4" STEEL pop rivets. They are great, almost as strong as a bolt and easier to put in, and you can do it anywhere easily. The only catch is you need a really big rivet gun. Ours was about 2 feet long and looked more like bolt cutters than a rivet gun.

Oh oh... here's how to get around that. We used the 3/16" rivets. Almost 1/4" And you can use a tiny, cheap rivet gun (about the size of an average hammer.)

We did 1/4" rivets last year - that was hard. The rivet gun was actually called the "Big Daddy Rivet Gun". And you can get (2) 3/16" into a 1" X 1" spot.

Sorry - I love rivets!
Arrow's website, the rivets we use