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If you're buying it to restore and show, things you want to look for are the condition of the tin; are the components all there...ie, battery cover, fenders, lights etc. Little things like these that need replacing can add up quickly. Be sure to drive it in every gear and listen for unusual engine noise, transmission noise etc. Look to see if the serial number tag is missing and if so, that ususally reduces the value by $500. If your buying it to use, it'll probably go for a long long time as it's used to that now. Just keep an eye on the fluid levels because Dubuque built tractors love to leak. I recently bought a 420W for $2500 and it's tag was missing. However, the engine, water pump and hydraulic pump and lift assembly had just been rebuilt. It had no lights, no fenders, no battery cover and the tin was fair. The nose cone was beat up badly and cost me $300 to get it straightened out at a body shop, less the cost of new grill screens. The rear wheels had been welded and built up at the valve stems, but I cut that out and patched it with JB weld and shaped it to look orginal. The rebuilt engine and the like made it well worth $2500 to me. When I first got the tractor home, and stopped after driving it, it would rock back and forth. I thought it might have some terrible crap in the transmission making it want to lunge forward. I changed the oil and it was gunk, mud and water... nasty!! It still rocked forward after stopping. It turned out to be fluid in the tires that was sloshing around making the tractor rock. Hope this helps. Bruce
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