Damn Zero Turn Mower!!!

As mentioned above you should repair or paint the parts that lost paint. It'll rust.

 

yep. i think of my one buddy that bought a used silverado. after a camping trip with some falling acorns, they took it to a PDR guy, and they paid extra to fix any and all damage throughout the truck. 3 weeks later, they backed into a pole they couldn't see behind the truck. 2 years later, they got rear-ended and tweaked the metal bumpers.

i try to keep my stuff nice, but there's only so much that can be done sometimes. the first week i had my truck, i accidently dented the tailgate bringing in scrap. i banged most of it out myself, and touched up the chipped paint area's... but then recently i had a deer run into my rear door. i had that repaired to the tune of $6600 because the window wouldn't roll down, and the door handle was broken, as well as damage to the crash bar within the door...

 

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Time to cash for clunker that thing

 

Trim it, lift it, and put some super swampers on it!

 

I would get a longer chain next time.

 

Going through this same thing myself right now on my truck. I purchased a bed panel from Toyota for $760. It is getting painted at a Toyota body shop and they have good guarantees. I will install the bed panel myself and probably sell the old one for $100 bucks, or practice some PDR on the old panel.

 

Trail cred +10. I have a hit on my tailgate with a small section of exposed metal. Almost been 2 years, no rust.