I would also suggest having a ratchet strap to assist you in removal and reinstallation. If you are getting a junkyard dana 30. Take a cordless sawzall.
great point. The big ass pipe wrench works just as well as the ratchet strap but the ratchet straps can be useful for lining up track bar and steering etc.
Had you mentioned any of those details in your first post, your answer would have been very clear, very quickly.
Find a 1997-2001 ABS axle and swap it. If necessary, all your ABS parts can be installed on a non-ABS axle.
You don't want 00-01 axles, they are low pinion.
You can also use all the way down to a 95 and end up with the big ujoint shafts which can be sold for more than half the value of the junkyard axle, reducing your overall cost. The knuckles are the same all the way from 92 or 93 or so up till the end of the line, IIRC.
97-01 has almost nothing to do with the year splits on a dana 30.
84-86 crummy, vac disconnect, weird balljoint adjuster things, old knuckles, some CV shafts, terrible
87-90 vac disconnect (iirc), maybe weird balljoint adjusters, renix style brake calipers
91-93 lots of knuckle and brake changes, confusing as hell
94 pretty standard, but has small ujoints unless it is out of an ABS rig
95-99.0 big ujoints, same brakes the whole way (also same as on a 94 and most 93s/92s)
99.5 big ujoints, new style brakes though, good if you're doing a WJ swap at some point
00-01 stay away if buying an axle, they are low pinion