Hi all,

Given that I've sunk a giant pile of cash into keeping my truck on the road for another decade I'm now getting nervous about the state of the frame.

I've got some rust above the wheel wells on the body, both sides. Ugly but I can deal with that.

Frame rust etc, to me it looks like surface rust. Still needs dealing but just thinking of best way to approach it.

Here's some pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/1TcoZDgJVL7XXTnd8

You can see the fuel tank strap has busted, I'll replace that.

My current plan is to get a pressure washer underneath and try to blast out what I can (without trashing the brake lines etc) then do a quick wire brush underneath where i can access... Then spray on a coat of rust converter.

In the fall I'm going to pull the bed off the truck so I can cut the bad sections of wheel well off and weld in patch panels (heh... wish me luck). While the bed is off I'm going to do a proper job and wire wheel / rust convert / prime and paint all the surfaces.

Thoughts? Process? Does this look normal and not dangerous to most?

Much appreciated!

Gary Lucas