[Rory McNeil]

A buddy of mine bought a new 98 Chevy 3500 2 wd crew cab dually with a 454 automatic for towing his 28foot enclosed trailer and race car, his setup was about 8000 lbs. He drove it every day until about 1 1/2 year ago when it was totalled in a collision. At the time of the wreck, it had about 220,000 kilomoters (130-140,000 miles), and I believe the only problems he had were intake manifold gaskets (once), A/C compressor and hoses (once), ignition swith twice, which caused the trans to not shift, and one rear axle seal seemed to leak and require replacement every now & then. After the wreck, he wanted the same type of truck, and lucked into a 96 CC dually 2wd, 454 auto, that had spent most of it`s life sitting in a barn, and only had 25,000 km on the odometer when he bought it . Its almost like brand new, however, it too had a leaking rear axle seal shortly after he bought the truck. He really likes there trucks.