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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Earthwerks Unlimited" data-source="post: 10987" data-attributes="member: 1300"><p>AT $13000 the dealer isn't doing you ANY favors. Typically the industry standard for equipment is 600 hours a year is considered normal. So that means hey squeezed 6.5 of normal use into under 2 years. To me that borders on abuse---I mean it was in the field working instead of getting an oil change every 500 hours---so that would mean it SHOULD have had 78 oil changes! Even if you figure it was taken out of service one day for each lube job that's over 2 months of no use out of those two years! I traded my '03 LS180 with all the nice options (which I'd recommend over the LS170) for $19,000 in good condition with heated & enclosed cab. They sold it for the same price. If you're going to drop $13000, buy NEW at a fantastic interest rate (mine's 3.9). You'll have something BRAND NEW, with very affordable payments. I think what happened with this dealer that you're dealing with is, he took a huge loss on the one that was bought toward the traded one you're looking at. DON'T DO IT!</p></blockquote><p></p>