This thread seems to add credence to the notion that a local dealer quite
often earns his meager markup on big iron.
Time spent dealing with frieght companies and customer service is time not
spent making sawdust, or much else, for that matter, except perhaps stomach
acid.
If I wanted to buy a project, I'd have looked for a used saw. What I
wanted was to get to work.
Patriarch,
who has to put up with far too many weak excuses as to why stuff wasn't
delivered on time, or working, in his "paid profession."