I will say it looks 'dusted'...lol
Last used tractor I bought 3 years ago, I went over very carefully, on a Sunday while the selling dealer was closed. Bought it quite a ways from there as well (400 miles). I rented a motel room for the night and spent a couple hours on the dealer's lot going over the unit so I'd know going in, what was right and what was wrong and that also allowed me to leverage the asking price as well. I looked at the air filter, even pulled it and looked at the intake hose. The filter was cruddy but the intake was fine inside. Checked out all the fluids, slop in the loader pins, front end slop, basically everything. Then on Monday I went to the dealer and negotiated a better price than what they were asking, lots better plus I had them deliver it to the farm, no charge. Candidly, I put an additional 5 grand in it with a complete tune up, had my dealer run the injectors and set the overhead plus dyno it, had them replace a worn outboard bearing and tie rod ends. She got a good wash and a new battery, all fluids changed and all new filters. Nice pre T4 tractor and I use it for farming. best thing is, it's emissions free and because it is, it's appreciating in value not depreciating like the post 4 units are.
Always pays to do due diligence when purchasing any used equipment, especially tractors. When people trade in a unit for a new one, they get real lax with maintenance because it's 'going down the road' so why take care of it. It becomes someone else's problem, not the owner who is offing it.
Normally, I buy new but I don't want to deal with an emissions unit so my choices were limited. I need a minimum of 80 pto horses to run my implements so a compact unit don't cut the mustard for me. While I really didn't need another tractor (have 2 already, I figured if I could get it for the price I was offering, another would be if anything, a good investment. I'm not sorry I bought it at all.
