I recently, March 2006, bought a 7194 which is the 4WD version of the same tractor you bought, the 7192 . . . could be mistaken on that but close enough I think. However, I paid $9K for it and have not regretted the price I paid in the slightest. I looked at CUB's, KUB's, JD's and New Holland in the southwest (CA, AZ,CO, NM, NV) and this was as good a deal as I found. Since then I have run the heck out of it and treated it like a real tractor. Aside from a hard starting electrical problem that I will solve as soon as I can get out of the seat long enough to trouble shoot it, I have had not complaints. Oh, I did test out the ROP once, and as a result developed a slight case of hydrolock on the engine which was easily remedied, but live and learn. Although I am not as knowledgable on CUT's as some, I am, by profession, in a position to understand the differences in cost, quality and performance between different makes and models of these things and am not at all dissatisfied with the CUB. I am attaching a photo of one of the jobs I had Little Nellie do for me.
Duke