Frank you will love the tractor, like Jim said. I have the Cub Cadet 7234, I believe they made the 26HP the next year or so. Good, tuff little tractor. Did you get a loader with it? Without the FEL I would be lost. I consider it my motorized wheelbarrow. Expensive wheelbarrow but a very valuable one, especially when you get a little grey in the temples, or maybe just don't like being a mule like you are still 25 y.o or something. I just looked at one yesterday at a dealer where I bought a rotary cutter and I think the 2615 was $14,700 w/FEL.