Mowers are all different, I've seen low hours and they are junk and others with normal hours look great, I looked for used but only found deals on junk, good ones were priced high, with all the deals on line and with dealers discounting going on I found a better deal on a new Husqvarna mzt52 , 900.00 of Msrp, 3 year warranty. No worries about having stuff worn out I didn't notice.