I would replace it with steel, this is just my personal opinion.
I use plastic exclusively underground but I always break the surface with steel.
How long did it take to rust out like this?
We have no way of knowing if plastic would have lasted as long, for all we know that steel may have taken many hits with a lawn tractor and remained undamaged.
Service conductors in exposed plastic raceways scare me.
JMO, Bob
As a side note if I was getting this shut, down the disconnect and the trough look in tough shape too.
Why is one disconnect rustier than the other, they look identical (other than rust)????