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Old 03-30-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton View Post
Alum weighs 1/3 what steel weighs
true, but to get the strength of steel it has to be ?x the size, so the wt difference is negligible.

when i changed out an iron 8.8 for an aluminum 8.8 and weighed the two i remember thinking, wtf am i doing all this work for a few pounds, and they (#'s) are located low and were for an irs.

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