Thanks Bill, that is good to know. I know I've seen both kinds but figured it was
just a different brand of rivet gun or something. I guess it's that too, but a more
fundamental design issue as well -- I'm glad to know how to deal with both kinds.
--Sarah
> Sarah,
>
> From the front, buck rivets are solid and rounded, pop rivets have a
> hole in the center where the center step is pulled out of the rivet.
> Pop rivets are easier to remove as you can drill them out with a 1/8"
> drill bit. I found that the easiest way to remove buck rivets is to
> grind off the rounded head, taking care not to grind the panel and then
> take a putty knife behind the sheet and hit it with a hammer. From the
> back, buck rivets look like a small cylinder and pop rivets look like a
> toggle bolt which has been pulled into a wall.
>
> Buck rivets make more work to disassemble, but are more secure. The
> outside of your trailer is held together with buck rivets.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bill