oh it looks worse than it really is. I bought a mig welder in the fall and welded in all new rockers, patched the floors and welded up the bed. It gets rust-checked each year and the frame is in perfect shape. The last 2 years it needed <$75 to get past the safety inspection, and insurance is $12/mth. I just can't justify getting rid of it. It'll probably last me another decade... which drives my wife CRAZY.
But man, it sure can take a beating. On friday, I took 760lbs of steel to the scrapyard... it was squatted down like a dog rubbing its arse on the lawn. Last year when I did the roof, I loaded the shingles in the back and on a trailer... 1400lbs wieghed at the dump. Heck, I can even use it to launch my 3000lb sailboat.
Sammy the Samurai's stablemate, this morning before breakfast:
