How could I remove/fix this rust or could I?

Looking at buying this mt 45 step van rig.

How hard is to remove? Or is it? I thought of getting an angle grinder and painting it after, but looks like there are a lot of hard to reach spots.

In reply to 1rub :

Pictures aren't clear... is that surface rust only?  Particularly the spring perch...

If it's just surface rust, coat it with Ospho to kill the rust and paint it. If there is rot, pass. 

Looks like scale rust. Wire wheel, then some kind of treatment/sealer like POR-15 if you plan on keeping it a long time. If it's a 5 year vehicle I'd just roll with it and not worry.

Writing from the Cleveland, OH market my reply is, "what rust?"  
Replace the shock and hit the frame with some POR15.  

Interesting that this is not a dually rear end.  Just a single tire.  That might be good since 2 less tires needed.  Given the stripe on the back, my guess is this is ex postal truck.  A lot of what the post office has gets very few miles per year just running the same dedicated routes.  

In reply to ddavidv :

Thanks!

Can you take that wire wheel to bolts too?

How do you know when it's too much rust?

Think it looks a little better than the last one.

That's a pic of a different van I was looking at but this scared me away not to mention the rusted holes in floor.

Im gonna go with the "what rust" crowd here.   I've bought brand new vehicles off the lot that had that level of frame scale in the northeast.  Its of little concern.  

In reply to SVreX (Forum Supporter) :

Thanks. Ospho sounds interesting. What about sanding it with wire wheel? Is there a case when you sand it vs when you use Ospho?

In reply to 1rub :

I was only responding to your comment that there were a lot of hard to reach spots. 
 

The best choice is always to wire brush first, then use a product like Ospho, then use a good primer. 
 

But in a pinch...

I don't see rust, I see what a PA new car looks like after the first winter.

Brown patina.

Opinions on rust are hilarious. I've been in the South for 25 years, and I never want to touch the stuff again.

Rust is one of the reasons I was able to get my Kandy Van for such a reasonable price.  One of you guys (I think John Welsh) found it in NC.  It ended up having a pencil-sized rust hole in a rocker panel.  The seller was like "it's the apocalypse, just someone take it away!"  I was like "it still has rocker panels?  bonus."

I've lived everywhere from PA to CA, NY to New Orleans, and TX to ONT.  I once failed a safety inspection in TX with my PA car because the shop had never seen so much rust.  There was no dangerous rot, but it was like they had just seen a crime scene.  It reminded me of the movie Galaxy Quest with the innocent Thermians learning about deception.  They were all so shocked and emotionally injured.  I was waiting for one of the techs to vomit in the sink.  I was like "yeah, this is a Tuesday in PA."

I think I'm in love with our son's new Beagle puppy.

1rub said:

Looking at buying this mt 45 step van rig.

How hard is to remove? Or is it? I thought of getting an angle grinder and painting it after, but looks like there are a lot of hard to reach spots.

 

That is rust free here in MA

What rust? Looks good for here in PA.