It will serve me fine, joes_427_vette. It's working well and running strong. If it breaks, I'll fix it.
As I explained before, things aren't that cheap up here. A much more used 455, but with only a mower deck and snowblower, is going for $9K CDN right now. That's with no FEL, a smaller deck, no wheel weights, no tiller. No mention of a 3PTH or PTO, although I would assume it has them.
I know when I look at ads from the US things look almost free.
Also as I explained before, I know a couple of guys who can get me parts for the Onan at reasonable prices if I need them. If that doesn't work out, the same guys can get me a re-power at a discount.
Now I suppose I might have been able to find a non-running 455 with no attachments and no way to tell what else besides the engine was broken, and I might have been able to get it for $1,000 or $1500 CDN. Then I'd have to fix it, find a deck, tiller and FEL, and have it all ready to go by spring. That would put it back up out of my price range though.