Looking at a 2003 2500 with 169000km, 4spd auto 4wd. Truck has been used for plowing. Looking underneath I see dampness around the transfer case.

Dealer will fix leak and also the a/c which doesn't work.

Price is $24500CAD.

Thanks.

 

I got a 03 3500(SRW)Diesel 4x4 Quad cab laramie full loaded,auto, 68,000ish for $24,000 tags and title inc,no proploms with it.

Seems way to much for that 2500

Pav

 

yeah but up here that what they go for.

Down the road they have an 05 F350 King Ranch, $50000CAD, down there $35000USD.

I'm not too concerned about the price, it's more the fact it was used to plow snow.

BTW. It's the HO Cummins. 305HP at 2900rpm.

 

if your not concerned about the price, then i would keep looking and find something that had an easier life

brett

 

but on these drivetrains, is plowing that hard?

 

Hard on the ball joints and trans for sure. The leak on the t-case may be from the engine oil puke-tube. My t-case has some oil on it from the tube.

 

Plowing is tough on a truck. Plowed for the past couple years and trans temps are through the roof. Also the additional weight wears the ball joints out. No matter how gentle you try to plow every once in a while you have to hammer it in order to get out of a tough spot. Honestly keep looking.

 

Where is up there??

 

I still say thats too high for anywere,if thats what they go for "down there" I would make a road trip "up here".

Pav

 

Stay away. Get another truck.

I would never buy one unless it was super cheap.

 

I'm gonna have to agree with the guys that are saying "stay away". If the truck was meticulously maintained I think you could make an argument for going ahead, but there is no way to know that for sure, and let's face it, plow miles are VERY hard miles on any vehicle. I think the dodge would hold up better than most, but that's a LOT of idle time (most likely) and a LOT of 4wd time on the T-case. That plow will have hit several curbs and raised cracks/expansion joints in driveways. No way around that. It's very hard on the steering, suspension and driveline. I won't even get into the salt factor.

 

Well said....

 

"up here" I believe refers to somewhere in Canada. New vehicle price differences between Canada and U.S. is sick you pay $35,000 we pay $50,000 the auto manufacuters are still pricing like we have a $.65 dollar instead of $.95 to keep the margins big and they will not honour warranty if the vehicle was bought in the U.S. and imported. On used vehicles it means you can save a lot of money as warranty isn't generally as big a deal as with a new vehicle.

I have trailed 2 vehicles back for a friend that he bought in the U.S. and the process to import is very straight forward and easy I would really consider getting on autotrader.com or something similar and looking around for something stateside and bringing it back you will be surprised what you can buy for $25,000 CAD vs in Canada

 

Thats a little expensive for a plowing truck. Keep looking.

 

Up for me is in PA.

Pav