At what point do you ????

[freebird21]

Call a cab unserviceable >>>>> Heres what I am looking at cab corners rockers and drivers floor board..... Two doors.... Its a beater should I just cut my losses and look for another truck? also bed of truck and tailgate bad rust.... Welcome comments or ideas ....

[rage'nrat638]

I'D SAY ....cut it...when your roof is rotted or window frame
pull the front window check there....

[dubie]

all those panels will only cost you about $150 and then the cost of the doors which you could probably get a nice set of used ones from a member. I replaced the inner and outer rocker, both cab corners and all 4 cab supports on mine. It's a learning experience thats for sure, but I would rather fix what I have rather than scrapping it. It's up to you bud, but I think it's fixable

[Longhorn Man]

All depends where you're at. If you are in Az or Ca...then it is junk locally. If you're in Mi or OH, it sounds like gold.

[JimKshortstep4x4]

I am with Longhorn man and Dubie. It sounds fixable to me. If the cab is straight and the roof/window openings are good, the repairs that you listed are relatively minor and easily repairable.

Jim

[walker]

I don't know man. I'm from Arizona, if it even has surface rust on it here we scrap it! I don't know why anyone would fix such severe damage as those guys in the north and east regions of our country do. That is just my opinion on rust

[Blue Beard]

Anything is possible, if you can do the work yourself.........

[67dragtruck]

Originally posted by walker
I don't know man. I'm from Arizona, if it even has surface rust on it here we scrap it! I don't know why anyone would fix such severe damage as those guys in the north and east regions of our country do. That is just my opinion on rust

Because we don't have a supply of rust free vehicles to choose from so we work with what we can get. Not all of us can just decide to head out to Arizona to find a truck after all when I first bought my truck I paid $2000 for it so it wasn't exactly in the budjet to go across country looking for one.

[MrGoodpliers]

I agree with all that has been said. If the rest of your cab is good, and you're in a region where a good cab will cost $500+, I'd say fix it. I have a very straight cab with the dreaded firewall rust that I'm considering patching because it's extremely difficult to find a rust free deal around here.

[Bowtie67]

Up here in New England older trucks are rare finding one thats doesn't have rust on it is even rarer, My truck was running and a California truck with no rust at all when i got it and I paid a hefty tag (hefty but resonable) and the only reason I did pay it is because of it would have cost a lot more to fix, If the cab is shot and the frame is gone, I would say scrap or save for parts for what might be left of it, if the frame is in good shape and the cab is beyond repair you could have a cab shipped from one of the souther states, I think I saw on ebay where you could have a whole vehicle shipped from southern states for around $500 and there seams to be a few guys on the board down in those southern states that might now of cabs or whole trucks that they may be able to pickup for you reasonable. JMO