97 12v dually $$$
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i'd say with that mileage that is high, remember that 5th gear is known to fail on those trucks, the ball joints are JUNK, trackbar failures leading to death wobble, not to mention the cracked dash, seats that break down, KDP that can cause MASSIVE damage on the motor....... i'd say 7K is pretty fair as long as the body is pretty straight and the interior is good, don't forget to get the recalls checked out, hood latch, accelerator cable, and headlight switch.....
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im tellin you 300k is a lot, you dont know how often the oil was changed in those 300k or how many times he overheated the thing or how much "dirty fuel he put in it' He might have ran it for 50k with out an air fiilter for all you know.. Im just sayin. If he kept a good matenence the entire life of the truck then no 300k is nothing but how would you know? But you are right its the rest of the truck i would be woried about too if the engine runs good. Like wheel bearings, ball joints, tie rod ends, rear ends, tranny. Those would be the main issues on a truck with that many miles. The thing is if you look long enough you can find a 97 like that with less than 150k for the same price or less.
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Look I hate t say it but right now in this economy I don't care if the thing has 2 miles on it or 2 million but just like my truck and all of our trucks they aren't woth scrap prices and I don't care what anyones says 300k ain't sh*t on a cummins maintained or not if ya drive like gramps the damn engine according to cummins will go 750 before its even ready for an overhaul tell the guy 9k is too much and offer him 5 if he's broke like the rest of the country hell take it but imo id be more worried about makin my house payments insurance payments and so on and let the guy sit on the truck for a month then shoot him an offer
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