Terry,

of course is a trivial thread, but you still don't get it!

The big rigs you mentioned all use stainless (or other ferrous) fasteners
into (the larger) aluminium piece. That's the key point. If it were the
other way around, i.e. aluminium fasteners into stainless bits, then you
would see more truck bits lying by the side of the hwy.

Say after me, "use stainless fasteners into aluminium, not aluminium
fasteners into stainless"

ab

> From: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
> Reply-To: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 10:26:19 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
>
> Mike and other's---
>
> I totally forgot a good example of why this wouldn't happen to several
> measly hold down cleats up on a luggage rack way up on top of a
> Westy----
>
> Next time any of you go for a blast in you Vanagon----and get blown away
> by a large car--Peterbuilt, Mack, or KW-----
> Check out his front wheels----fuel tanks---battery boxes---
>
> Guess what they are made out of?
>
> Alcoa Aluminum---
>
> And how are them wheels held on?
>
> Mild steel lugs---bolted to cast steel hubs---
>
> How bout them dual 150 gal fuel tanks?
>
> Stainless straps, bolted to a steel, sometimes alunimum frame, with zinc
> plated mild steel nuts, and washers--
>
> And how about them aluminum frames?
>
> Every component on that semi is held to that frame with mid steel nuts,
> bolts and washers---from the suspension to the cab---
>
> And you guys worry about 12 aluminum rivets, 7 feet off the ground, out
> of the salt wash in the winter---very trivial stuff---
>
> Stanless steel, and a couple of aluminum rivets, that high up won't make
> a tinkers damn in you lifetime---believe me---
>
> Now lets have some good trivial issues here----some real meaty
> stuff----so I can blow some more dumb concepts out the window---
>
> Later,
>
> Terry

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