6500 is for the cheap ones no log turning nothing but rails, saw head and non portable. When you build stuff for yourself you time is all ways free.. 2500 is portable , thick steel, all new parts and with 24ft rails the cheap ones have 10-14ft rails thin steel and you have to put them on a trailer to move them so add 1500 -2500 for a trailer.. Also the ppl making them to sell are clearing at least $3000 off the buyer thats insane .. I have done a lot of research on this I mean a lot so I am not going into this blind .. Also I build custom frames and body parts for trucks so I can work steel ... also most of the so called dealers are not established and have no history of selling these things ..they are easy to build and ppl will pay alot for them .. Kinda like you said you think that they are good ones just because they have sold a few.. Now northern tool sells some that I would buy just because they have sold that same brand mill for years
Did not start this thread to make ppl mad thought it mite help someone !