Guys, as dustmaker said, the very heavy built bed and four post design were big selling points for me. In addition, and probably the biggest selling point for me was that every removable part on the mill are standard parts that can be replaced/found at a local hardware store-standard, nothing that I have seen is "special order" and for the price it is capable of sawing bigger wood than other comparably priced mills. It is a no frills, quality piece of equipment. I have had mine a little over two years. Mr. Zimmerman was demoing at the Paul Bunyan Show in Cambridge Ohio and he made me a deal prior to the show if I wanted the demo unit at the end of the show. It was only a 2 hr drive for me so it helped out on transportation for us both as he had to have one at the show. I got the mill, additional 5 ft track extension (now capable of 17'2'' long), 13 hp honda, trailer package, 2 new hardwood blades, and demo blade for $3400. Keep in mind this was over 2 yrs ago though.