You make some very good points. Here is what I am currently thinking. Based on what you said I will probably go with a ported 395XP, or a ported 660. As I have mentioned before, NO ONE in my area does that kind of work. Do you port saws? And if so how much do you charge for that type of work? I definitely will not buy a saw that costs as much as a 3120 or a 880 and then get a bunch of work done to them, I just can't justify that to myself. If I did this for a living then yeah I would, but since I only make some extra cash from it I don't wanna spend two thousand plus dollars. So, I will probably go with the 395XP and get it woods ported and put the BB kit in it. That should be more than enough for my needs. I do plan to run a 42" bar on it a lot of the time, but the majority of the time it would probably be running a 36" bar. Anyway, please get back to me and let me know if you do port work.