What kind of work are you in not much to do outside the city inless it oil field related and yes the oil prices effect the oil field here.dfw is close to many lakes an an hour or two from the really good ones.
I have one similar as does a buddy of mine but we mounted our ram to the plate.I have mone siliconed and like 6-8 bolts.neither one has had problems with them over the last 4 years
There are a lot of moving parts in there.i just got done replacing my breakaway cable.Not really hard just takes patience a good pair of snap ring pliers and small hands would help.lol