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Another member suggested a new forum section with new products but it doesn't look like it will be feasible. So I thought I would post this here under General RVing Issues. If enough people post (even...
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There are many times when steel would be a slightly superior material, if time and tools were not a factor, but for me aluminum is really the better solution. And that is because the "slightly superior" is, practically, negligible - nothing will break in the lifetime of the application - but the additional time steel requires is not.
It's a matter of opportunity cost. Retired aerospace and military guys often have a religion that there really is only one right way; for them, not doing it the "right" way eats at them, so there's no benefit to saving time on an equally... for all realistic practical purposes... method that isn't "right". But for most of us, the extra time could be used on three more such tasks and we just don't have enough time otherwise.
It's a matter of opportunity cost. Retired aerospace and military guys often have a religion that there really is only one right way; for them, not doing it the "right" way eats at them, so there's no benefit to saving time on an equally... for all realistic practical purposes... method that isn't "right". But for most of us, the extra time could be used on three more such tasks and we just don't have enough time otherwise.
