[6pack] NOT LBC, rivets question

[Foster, Stan]

Kevin, just explain that to get the trailer repaired professionally it will
cost about the same as a good quality TIG welder so why not buy the welder
instead and then you would be able to fix the trailer and do hundreds of other
useful things around the house. You can bring up the cost of learning to use
the TIG at a later date after you have melted a big hole in the trailer.

Stan

-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+stan.foster=hp.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+stan.foster=hp.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Kevin
McNelis
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:08 PM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] NOT LBC, rivets question

All aluminum horse trailer.  Hinged rear doors, hinges are held onto trailer
door frame with what appear to be quarter inch pop rivets.  Horse went nuts,
pulled out the rivets.  First, is there any such thing as pop rivets that
large?  The biggest I've seen are 3/16.  Second, trailer frame is 4 * 2 inch
box tubing.  Will it weaken the frame too much if I drill through the
original rivet holes, then through the back side, and reattach the hinges
with bolts?  Third, any suggestions on how to talk my spousal unit into
allowing me to buy a TIG welder so I can just weld the silly hinges back on?



Kevin

L. Kevin McNelis, PhD, CPA

New Mexico State University

505-646-2485