maybe if you get it for a great price,(below what its worth today) use it to trade in on a larger HP machine
look online at what like model tractors are selling for, and go from there on what to offer!
as just cause something is close by or low hours, doesn;t mean its worth buying, if it isn;t what you need, you can soon be reselling due to being unhappy with buying it
add, even at low hours, its got age to it, age alone can cause things to fail, seals, gaskets, tires? and so on, all go bad over time! not just use an hours! add in and NOT saying this owner didn;t
but many folks I know that use things seldom DON"T do that much preventive maintenance on things, like oil changes and so on.
oil should be changed every other yr on most things, if they sit for LONG periods of time, oil can gel up and go BAD, even with low hours on it
same goes for things like rear ends, if fluids are not changes every so often, the oil can go bad, as well as condensation can build in things over time and lead to rusting issue's
again NOT saying there as any issue's here, just giving info on things maybe one doesn;t consider,
I know its easy to get tempted when things are for sale close by and be sort of convenient, but they don't always work out that great at times !~
there is something to be said for buying the right tool for there task the FIRST time too! over trying to MAKE something fit or work!