So to make a long story short.....a long time ago I wrecked my truck and had the frame repaired. For whatever reason I still feel weary about the frame situation because of who did the work.

I recently found a guy who has a 2001 dodge dually frame and front axle. I have pictures of it but his front end setup is more or less a solid front axle with no differential and it has coil spring towers on the frame

My current pickup a 1997 dodge 2500 single wheel 2wd has the old control arm coil spring setup.

My question is is one or the other a better front end ? And if I could score this frame and stuff would all my 97 stuff be able to be swapped to that frame?

The other truck sounds like a cab and chassis. They typically have a solid axle with king pins.

 

Now the standard Dodge front end should be control arms and coil springs.

Well if it was a cab and chassis I would,assume it could have been a standard cab long bed. Correct?

With a cab & chassis, you cannot assume anything. They were made with many different frame lengths.

Ed