Thanks guys, I plan on using it as much as possible, but this day job really gets in the way of my 'real' work! It's funny, once I got it home and tried it, it was quieter than my chunk of railroad track I was using.
Ml, you are right about the marks on it, and that would explain the surface on the side of the anvil.
otisdog-that is one of my old tires in the back-gotta get to the dump with those some day. But, since we are in springtime here in NH, I'm sure I need an alignment anyway.