Ahh, if they would only stay new-looking forever. Winters on a salt water beach is a death blow to anything with steel in it. We did 5 of them.
I couldn't stand it any longer, so I took it apart, had it sand-blasted, painted it and it's all ready to go back in the truck.
Now on to the next project...
Slide-show:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Jimsue13/ModOn5erHitchTakeApartSandblastAndPaint?authuser=0 &feat=directlink