What about used? I am small here in Texas and I bought a used Power King garden tractor 2414 for my small yard. I mow and plow my garden. I have a small dump trailer, cultivator, and box blade also. When I mow I don't want a front end loader on my garden tractor as it sticks out too much. The Power King 1614 garden tractor probably would be more common to find used. I only paid a $1000 for my tractor. They may be a little higher now days. It is stout enough that I can move my boat and tandem axle trailer around in my yard whereas a lot of lawn mowers cannot. With my yard being so small I don't want to smell diesel so I want a small gas garden tractor. If I had more acreage I would want a diesel for all the work it can do but since I am around 1 acre I don't need diesel. I just start and stop my garden tractor a lot as I don't like the noise either. I guess I should add the Power King garden tractors use full size batteries so start and stop is not a problem.