A great toy! When my twin sister and I were little,we had a white go-cart,a blue cadillac and a green tractor...all pedal powered:) Those we shared. We each had a red scooter,and a red wheelbarrow.

I love it too! My kind of garden decor. A great way to use those old lanterns that can't be used otherwise. I have an old lantern near our porch and have a small set of twinkle lights in it. Makes a lovely light at night.

Deidre,no your not crazy, your a garden junker! All of yall have such cute ideas. I think you would like the garden junk forum. Alot of people over there w/ all kinds of unique & funky garden projects & objects using recylcled stuff in with their gardens.Friendly group of people & lots of ideas. Fun to look.....Judy

Gosh you guys, I'd really like to save the tr*ucks. My son would love to play w/them, and I prefer not to add to the landfills (which is why I use cloth diapers, but that's neither here nor there), but I am not really into sanding off rust. I have several other projects on my plate, and two kids (5 and 10 months). My DH doesn't want to save the tr*ucks so if they get saved it's b/c I do the work. How much work am I looking at to sand the rust? The paint is coming off in sheets so I don't think getting the paint off will be an issue, but the rust... Can anyone estimate how many hours of sanding I might be doing? I think the bedz are almost 100% corroded under the paint, and the cab of one is also very rusty. Does anyone know the name of the product that concretenprimroses is talking about? DH and I talked it over, if I do the work then he thinks it's worth buying paint/primer etc to salvage the tr*ucks, but I really don't want to get started, then find it's waaaay over my head, and have the tr*ucks PLUS restoration products to deal with. I do that a lot: I get super-excited about a project, I get the stuff I need to accomplish said project, I start the project, then I have a problem and I drop the project and I totally drag my feet finishing -- IF I finish. Are these tr*ucks a 5-hour project that I can finish quickly and will give me the immediate satisfaction I need to keep up my momentum? Thanks for listening and for your feedback :-)