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My wheelbarrow celebrated its 40th birthday this year, bought when I acquired my first house.
The wheel runs a bit stiff on the axle, so what. The steel handle failed through rust about 20 years ago so I practiced welding on tube with my new MIG welder back then, and put some diagonal braces on whilst I was at it, still serviceable today.
My garden bench, bought with my second house in 1986 , wood slats with cast iron end pieces and a threaded rod bracing bar suffered from a few slats rotting through.Could have bought a new one for $40 but then I would have had to saw up the old one to take it to the dumpster site. For $6 I obtained new slats and bolts, drilled 6 holes, did a bit of sawing with a power saw,, bolted it together and painted the whole thing with some paint I had left over from painting my shed.
My fridge door was 30 years old when some surface rust appeared, Treated it, sprayed it, and it still works fine as it also celebrates its 40th birthday.