thanks for posting the info. i'll proably still go, but i'm not interested in a 4500 hour machine either. i want a low, low, low hour f3, or m3, at a price the m2 sold for (doesn't hurt to dream does itIJ) those pictures sure were deceiving - i would've guessed around 1,000 hours. must've had excellent care and always been stored inside. i'm curious, though, why the grain head wasn't a `true' soybean headIJ i think the owner is going to be very disapponted in what he gets - i agree with tim about the machinery jockeys not bidding. thanks.