I don't have the experience with tractors that a lot of guys here have, but here's what I've always looked for in any tractor or gas powered vehicle.
- Does it start easily from cold without long hard cranking and idle smoothly after a short warmup?
- After the engine is warm, looking just above the tip of the stack the gasses should be clear. Yes, you will get "smoke" as the warm, moist combustion gasses hit the colder air, but right above the stack, it should be clear. This is where you'll see white, black, or gray smoke if an engine has issues.
- Take it on a road test and run it in every gear. Throttle up and down in each gear. If it pops out of gear or you hear bad noises in any gear, it's not good. Move on.
- Others have mentioned tires. Absolutely true! Don't buy a low priced machine with bad tires or you'll end up with a high priced machine when you have to put tires on.
To underscore that point, I just put a new rear tire on my old Deere. I got lucky and found a 90% used tire and it still cost me $550 for the tire and installation. A new tire of that size is $900 plus installation! So you see the point guys are saying when they say don't buy bad tires.
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