Radiator Question

[Longhorn Man]

we have an in house radiator shot where I work, and I have been working out of that shop more than the truck shop the last few years.
When I asked about these bands, they are installed when the core is being built. They help hold it all together at that time. Once the top and bottom rails and the two tanks are installed on the core, the straps are no longer needed, and the better companies remove them, the low end companies leave them there instead of paying the labor to cut them off.