I couldn't steal it or be CHEAP! Am I nuts?

You are not nuts, just honest to a fault. Just hope the seller will consider that and give you the first crack at it.

That has nothing to do with being honest.
You would of done nothing dishonest for giving him what he was asking.
Sorry but you are now nuttier than me and I'm nuts.

AND that was my 200th post which turned me orange!  Great night...

Honesty always pays no matter what, just a question of when.

Now the next time you find a deal keep your mouth shut.
If you had a tractor for sale for $300.00 and didn't know what you had and it turned out to be a WD-45 diesel I would give you the money and that would be that.
I would also sleep very well that night knowing I did nothing dishonest.
Good Luck with The IB.

Sometimes an honest man is hard to find!  A great find and I'm glad you got (will get) a neat little tractor.
I remember reading about a roofer that came to give an estimate on a widow's home somewhere in California.  She told him there was some shingles in the barn that matched the house.  When he went in he found the shingles and a '67 Shelby Mustang with 800 miles on it.  He asked the woman about it and was told it had belonged to her son who had bought it just before shipping off to Viet Nam.  Of course he didn't come home.  She kept the car to remember him and her husband who had died shortly before her son.  She was getting up in years and told the man if he would reroof her house and repair the barn roof he could have the car in trade.  He told her he would have to ask his wife first.  I guess he had a hard time sleeping that night.  The next day he went back to see the woman and told her he couldn't do the trade because the car was worth much more then the roof but he would like to do the roof and pay $10,000 extra.  She said her son only paid $7,000 for it and it was nearly 30 years old so she would sell it to him for the roofing and $5,000, the roofing estimate being $2000.  Sure, he could have gotten the car for the cost of roofing materials but I doubt he would have slept well for quite a while afterword.

Ryan, Having character has it's merits. Good luck with your project. Looks like it won't take much to get her going. Tracy Martin

You did the right thing Ryan even if you wouldn't end up with the tractor.

You did good Ryan. This is a perfect reason why this board example of why this board is so popular. Character, honesty, and integrity are good and are becoming harder to find in this country. Most people on this board still have tons compared to others in this country. 

What comes around, goes around.

Ryan, you did the right thing, an excellent find.  That one is set up the way I would want one.

Congratulations on a nice find and the kind of honesty that is rare these days. Darrel

Ya done a good thing --- glad it worked out in your favor.

Ryan, good find, you're the kind of guy I like doing business with.  There are alot of people in this country that would just rip a person off and laugh about it afterward.

Ryan, congratulations. Glad you will be getting the IB. Honesty and character do pay off but are getting harder to find. Nice looking shop. You have room for several more tractors in there.