Johnr, I agree with you. My point here was not about cost, I wanted to show that there ARE differences between machines, and not all are the same.

You get what you pay for, and there are clients for Subarus and clients for Jaguars. Same thing on heavy equipment. If you are going to spend over $ 400,000 in a machine, and be stick with it for 5 to 10 years, you should consider how much $ you will be your cost on parts and downtime.

When we talk about heavy equipments, ALL machines are Jaguars on prices. And they ALL brake.

But some brake more often than others...