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If you can find a TM owner in the area to go look at it with you, this would be very helpful. $5K for a 1998 is not a bad price, depending on the condition. The bed support thingeys are not a big deal at all, unless the support arms themselves are bent. When I first bought ours, they regularly popped out until I got them adjusted properly. If you don't know anything about TM's though, the purchase of an older unit can be scary.

Where are you located? Perhaps someone here could help you check it out.