Steve, I dont know if you have made your purchase or not but thought I would post some info for ya, we are going to start production on a 30" mill in less than a month, we are just waiting for the final drawings from our engineer. We plan to offer a complete saw carriage ready to saw with hydraulic tensioner and 13Hp Honda Engine for around $2500. The entire carriage is 1/4 wall tubing, and assembled by a cerified welder. We are going to garantee all parts on our mills for two years. Our policy is going to be, if your mill shows up on your door step and its not what you exspected then we will refund your money and pay to have it shipped back. If this is something that might work for you let me know. Oh and I am kinda new to this forum but if this is not allowed in here let me know, just trying to get the word out about us.
Thanks, Jared
Northwest Bandsaw Mills