Purchased a Huskee / Speeco 22 ton from TSC a few weeks ago. Can't speak of the durability yet, once i broke it in with 4-5 tanks of fuel, I gave it the test with some nasty 24" elm with 3 seperate trunks coming out the top. The 22 ton unit is plenty powerful enough for anything I will ever split. I tried to justify to myself the extra $ for the 27 ton because it had a Honda engine. In the end I decided how many replacement Briggs I could buy for the price difference. Then after my purchase while thumbing through Northern Tool catalog, the honda "GC" motor on the 27 ton unit is actually a resedential grade engine, not the normal "red" industrial engines anyway.