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Rivited vs. welded
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<blockquote data-quote="TrackerTom" data-source="post: 97182" data-attributes="member: 1679"><p>I've owned 2 riveted jons, 1 a silverstar 12' and 1 high end alumacraft 14' crappie jon. Neither leaked a drop. Now I have a welded Tracker Grizzly. It seems to be a great boat. The funny thing to me about welded boats is that they are done with a mig and made with fairly "dirty" aluminum. If you really wanted it to be strong welds, the welds would be tig welded. I have had aluminum welds fail on driveshafts in race cars when they were mig welded. Never had an aluminum tig weld fail. World of difference. But it also takes tons more time and would drive the cost way up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrackerTom, post: 97182, member: 1679"] I've owned 2 riveted jons, 1 a silverstar 12' and 1 high end alumacraft 14' crappie jon. Neither leaked a drop. Now I have a welded Tracker Grizzly. It seems to be a great boat. The funny thing to me about welded boats is that they are done with a mig and made with fairly "dirty" aluminum. If you really wanted it to be strong welds, the welds would be tig welded. I have had aluminum welds fail on driveshafts in race cars when they were mig welded. Never had an aluminum tig weld fail. World of difference. But it also takes tons more time and would drive the cost way up. [/QUOTE]
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