I would go for the Taylor. I read that the new TS-9972 is built for 1.000.000 cicles, or 40% more than all other brands, that stand on 600.000 cycles. That impressed me A LOT, as this means 40% LESS maintenance costs, and 40% LESS downtime.

Taylor used to be REALLY expensive, but it seems that their price now is equal or lower than Linde and Kalmar.

This upper message from Bill reinforces that. Thinking long-term, there's a BIG difference on maintenance costs from one brand to another, and you cannot buy a machine just looking at the initial cost. There's a lot to be considered before spending over $400,000 in a piece of equipment.

And, when I hear that some brand has parts distributors on every corner like McDonald's, for me it is a good sign that parts brake a lot...