I have always been told the dana 60 was superior / stronger to the Chrysler 9.25 rear end in the 1500 series? after burning through 3 of them dont you think there may be something your doing wrong? Or maybe if its 4wd you have different gearing in your front axle than you do in the rear? I dont know but that seems like theres something else going on there

 

i think the guy who rebuilt it the 2nd time is stupid... and then the 3rd one is doing good... all i do it tow with my truck.. i got a car trailer empty it weights 3500lbs and the heaviest i carry on it is up to 9500lbs so 13000lbs with load and trailer total..

 

Bought mine in 2007 with 32,500 miles and today just turned 62,000....

I should have another 5 or 6 years before I'm knocking on 100,000....

I have other transportation (97 Honda Accord 4cyl-5speed ) I use on a regular basis so truck is more for fun then need, but both are paid off so why sale either....

 

my 81 will never have more than 99,999km on it. currently it only has 48,426km on the speedometer and it had 40,574km back in June when i plated it

 

my truck see's action like your's does jmhai. I need a truck, but I don't need it that often. So the miles hopefully will stay low.

 

yeah next time i buy a truck i'm gonna get a low mile rig.. and just drive my car all the time lol.. i have a honda civic thats been swaped.. but still gets like 25mpg. but i drive my truck 99% of the time lol... maybe i should let the truck sit for a bit

 

Yeah i got my truck as a DD but after the lift and all that i quickly found a another mazda to use as my DD. 30 mpg's and i paid 400 bucks for it. Paid for itself within 2 months. My family has a list of 2nd gens lol. A 94, 95, 96, and two 97's. The oldest oddly has the lowest mileage, around 107k or so and actually runs the worst. The PO let it sit for over a year so its got its bugs. The 95 was my stepdads w/t and i think its got well over 420k. Its had 3 rearends, mainly because its a 1/2 ton that was used like it was a 1 ton, 1 transmission at 215k, countless water pumps and 2 alternators. Its never had the plenum done and it hardly burns oil and runs like a champ. The 96 is my gpas and is the most babied of them. Its got 120k on it and still looks brand new from front to back. I put a plenum fix on it a while back just to be on the safe side, other than that no problems as of yet. My 97 thats at 204k andhas had more money sunk in it than I personally would like to add but probally more than 90% of the truck is new. Like rebuilt new not j/y new, but im ocd like that and i will never part with my truck. The other 97 is also my step dads with around 225k on it and i put a motor in it due to a blown headgasket and found a hell of a deal on one. All in all the 2nd gen ram is my personal favorite of trucks, especially of its era.

 

yeah the 2nd gen is my favorite. i love the looks i just wish they made a crew cab.. so that why i got my eyes on a chevy for my next rig.. but i been thinking and i'll never sell my dodge i have had it since i was 17. and i'm 20 now.. i want to one day pass it on to my son(when i have one! no kids yet please) i have so many memories with my dodge that if i sold it i would lose part of me.

before i pass the truck on to my son(or daughter) its gonna have be rolling with a 408 and a 5 speed lol

 

My son is 3 and I can't wait till he can start driving. It'll be his first truck for sure. He loves it, it's always I wanna ride in daddy's big truck.

One day lol.

 

ditto...10,000 miles in 3 years here...