I have taken the philosiphy that if it can be bought right, buy it. If you can't use it they are many out there that can. After I could have bought an R5 that had been shed kept but needed overhauled and a manifold for $1000, 10 years ago and the tractor was only about 8 miles from my house. I waited because I thought that tractor wasn't going anywhere and very few knew about it. I seen the owner this spring at another neighbor's estate sale and when I asked about it he replied that he scrapped it about 6 weeks prior along with the remains of a Cat sixty with a cable blade and old 20. There have too many of these old beasts melted down into the crap you now buy at Walmart. I have to go pick up a wide RD4 with a blade that I just bought from a junk man today. The crusher is coming next week. I hope the 955 doesn't go into the melter either. Just my thoughts.