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My sentiments exactly Dale ! I think I'd be handing him the $$ quickly ! If the undercarriage (U/C) is in good shape by eye, I'd still want to measure it to confirm ( not to be a jerk or anything but...) it's really best to measure and compare your measurements to what the U/C should be new, have been told CAT used to come out and do this for free, I've seen them do it when I worked as an operator, but in any case if you could find someone who knows or can help you, you will get an accurate percentage worn vs. eyeballing, also good to know by measuring the U/C because sometimes a pin & bush turn or new pins and bushings will help you get the best service life out of the rest of the U/C, rollers idlers & sprockets, kind of like spending a little money to keep the wear factor multiplying & getting maximum use out of the U/C. Just my opinion, really sounds like a nice one though One other thing, take care of the pony, oil changed often, carb & fuel system clean ( tanks rust up & clog sediment bowls ) keep the magneto in good shape, ( solid conductor spark plug wires points clean etc. ) they like a hot spark. Drain gasout of the carb/turn fuel off let it run out, I drain my bowl with a petcock in drain plug hole, (pony runs awhile so this is faster ) reason for that is to make sure gas does not thin out your oil if it leaks down into the crankcase, thinned oil will wreck a pony quickly. Anyways, you may already know about these, but figured it could'nt hurt to coer the basics. Good Luck with it if you get it, great machine for the farm !
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