I want to thank you all for the valuable feedback. I read each comment and then thought it through.....and bought it anyway!! I picked it up about 3 hours ago, got my bill of sale and hauled it home.
The guy had the Ford Shop manual, the Operators manual, and the Bush Hogger's receipt and brochure all from the owner. Apparently the husband got the house (and may have lost it in the recent forclosures (it was nice, empty, uncared for and forlorn)) and the wife got all the equipment. The divorce had already been consummated and they've moved on.
The rear tires held air on the ground long enough to drive it up on the trailer but did not survive the 40mi ride home. Too much bouncing around so they were DOA and clearly beyond salvage. I will now be on the search for either good used ones or I might just go for new ones to support it's resale down the line if that proves to be necessary.
The twin rotary Bush Hogger is a '97 vintage four wheeled "Air Tunnel & Flat Deck Turf Hog" which is plenty good for what I need it for. It was $1580 new. Total cost for tractor and hogger was $1400 and a half tank of gas!
All in all, I think I lucked out on this one. :D
-Bill
Dallas, TX
This post was edited by BLDFW at 12:30:38 06/08/09.
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