Hello everyone, trying to decide about buying a 1982 2040 with about 4000 hrs. on it. I think I can get it between $3500 and $4000?? It runs well and all the gears shift fine. Hydraulic arms go up and down and PTO spins. It has been sitting for almost ten years in a carpet factory of sorts where they bought it to plow snow but discovered a heated truck was better. It's kind of a disheveled tractor with some panels removed and never put back, looks like the battery cover is missing. The cab is in terrible shape as well as the seat. Probably better just removing cab as it makes it hard climbing in and out. It has turf tires all around and I would need to replace all the tires my hilly property. It has 16.9 on 24 inch rims in the rear. The muffler is completely shot and will need replaced. The batteries and cables look ancient and never cleaned. The oil looks like it hasn't been changed in some time and it has a hydraulic leak from somewhere in the brake cylinder housing underneath, just some constant dripping. The good news is the price, what looks like a fairly new injector pump, no fuel leaks, and it just runs real strong. So I need tires all around, new exhaust system, batteries, cables, cab removal, and maybe a seat. Additionally I need to transport it about 100 miles which will cost me around $300. I'm sitting on the fence on this, thinking I should grab it and just do the work or does it need too much work and I need to hold out for a better tractor that fits my needs better? It would be mostly a brushhog machine on steep terrain in Northern Illinois. Sorry but can't figure out how to turn that picture. Your thoughts?