Personally I think you might have landed in one of the coolest towns in Ohio, Definitely the best in Greene County. One of the things I've found as I brought western trucks east some seem to have seasoned with a thick surface rust these tend to fair better but those came from high desert. I buy the cheapest car I can find throw some cheap snow tires on it and drive that until spring. that brine will melt your truck into the asphalt before you can burn the tires off. Spray auto trans fluid all over the chassis works pretty good.
The forest service Green says I've been there and I would keep it. its cool with a hint of tree hugger; "kind of like a yellow vitamin of the B complex which is essential for metabolic energy production"
I had a 77 baby blue burb, (like the one Chevy shot up the Ohio state patrol in and made a get away). I lowered it with bell tech spindles and a set of shackles it rode great and I towed my camper with it. the shackles rubbed the fuel fill hose and I had trouble finding a replacement. I would plan on replacing the filler rubber once the new was there it was flexible enough to take the abuse from the shackle. I think a weight distribution hitch would improve the safety of the lower tow vehicle.
sweet truck if I see you on 68 ill be waving like a guy from Wyoming.