Purchased in September of 2012 for my 1997 Craftsman 917 series garden tractor (see pictures for style tractor this will fit). Used twice and the tractor had a catastrophic failure. Repair was too costly so I removed the deck and gave the tractor to a friend for parts. I stored the deck in my basement until now hoping to find another Craftsman Garden tractor. Wound up with an old JD Diesel instead. This almost new deck is yours for $400 (retails for almost $700 at Sears). Note from the pictures that the paint is not even all worn off the blades. It only takes 30 minutes to mow my yard and it was literally only used two times. Comes complete with operators manual.