cLAYH

SHHH! Don't tell the 1st gen guys I'm over here!

As much as I love my '92 W250 the loud road noise, rough ride and no A/C are starting to wear on me and so I'm thinking of stepping up to a 2nd gen, specifically a '98 12V as I MUST have a quad cab 4 door(have daughter in car seat). Must be 4wd as well.

So what things should I look for in a 98' 12v? Also I have a second fuel tank in my '92 that I just LOVE, is there a option for a second tank on the 2nd gen trucks?

Thanks!

Tate

Keep looking on www.canadatrader.com, there's usually a fair amount of trucks on there, a good number in the Edmonton region. When I bought my truck, all the 98's were 24v's, but when I look occaisionally, there seems to be a few more 12v's out there.

ccmckee

You my friend are looking for the holy grail of CTD's, they are out there but they few and far between since 98 was a split year . Good luck, i know of two 3rd gen 1tons for sale in my neighbourhood right now.

caper

you just missed one in Edmonton 98 12v Q cab , 5 speed short box ,and looked mint I would of bought it if I didn't have 5 vehicles already.

CIN'S DODGE

You can find them just a few of them has been put threw the ringer.LOL. I found a few of them on Autotrader

cLAYH

Thanks for the reponses. I'm activaly watching a few different for sale forums in the Calgary area, there is a really nice looking one that I've seen advertsised, fully loaded, long box quad cab, auto, 4x4, for $18,000(CDN) but has 318,00kms on it. I know thats peanuts for a Cummins but it still takes it toll on the rest of the truck, tranny, diffs, seats and upholstry, etc. Found another similar truck with only 80,000kms but he wants $25,000!

I'm not in a hurry(wife is still warming up to the idea) so I have time to look. RV season is done for the year.

Did they ever make a 2nd gen SRW 3500 4X4? I could use the extra capacity of a 3500 but am not keen on duals, truck will probably end up being a daily driver.

ccmckee

Nope no SRW 3500's until the 3rd gens.

kennyblatz

saw a 98 larime ext. long 4x4 auto 200k for 17800 i think but i mised it i just got a 24 valve. just be careful for rig trucks theres so many here in alberta