In ND that's how you know whether the owner is lying that it was stored inside or not, seen plenty of them cracked.

 

I guess I'll change my answer to "Northwest" then. I have been around, owned, and worked on A LOT of Dodges. I can think of one that wasn't a southern truck with a cracked dash.

 

I just looked at one yesterday, that the dash is fairly cracked up on.... (southern michigan.)

 

Both 2nd gen trucks I've owned had cracked dashes.

 

My truck lived in WA since 2001. Bezel began cracking in 2009 and dash followed next few years. Replaced with LMC in 2013. Still solid and beautiful. They all crack with age. I wasn't mad at Dodge. It was ten years old and well out of warranty. Can't complain.

 

Recently scored some decent 35's for 40 bucks. So I put a $37 set of 2" lift spacers in the front, mounted the tires on some 3rd gen 17's we had in the back yard, paid $44 to have them balanced and new stems put in, and ended up with 35's on my truck for a total of $121.

 

I am suitably jealous. I bought tires for 50 bucks, but, had to pay 75 for mounting and balancing. I had no desire to fight with 'em.

 

Showing the fan that was moved back to make winch mountable further back



New Bumper in progress


Radiator was moved back to allow the winch to be mounted further back, which will minimize how far the bumper sticks out. This was limiting my approach angle

 

Got to love those RCV axles. I will be getting some for my Jeep at some point too. They are serious BLING!!!
Rest of the truck is looking good too.