Maybe... the possibility of a southern rolling chassis was talked about. But nice guy that he is, my boss wanted to spend the same money to pay me to go this route instead of spending more on parts and less on labor (my paycheck). I love getting the experiance, my next personal project will be chopping the back wall out of a crew cab truck and adding an extended cab section to the crew cab. With 6 kids, I want 3rd row seating for my truck.
I think it's a combination of cheaper, thinner steel these days and the crap they treat the roads with. If folks would just be happy staying at home when it snows we wouldn't have this problem, but everybody fusses if they can't get out and drive in it.....
However, meny people who are out then, shouldn't be... their driving-in-bad-weather skills are lacking.