you could do without, but the factory hangers are handier than makeshift - I'd grind off the rivet and weld it back on in about the same place

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics