Dixie- Sorry i did not respond sooner. Honestly I have not been to this site for over a year. I think we paid $700 or $800 for the Hubbard but that was about 10-11 years back. The legs have been welded on and are possibly slightly out of level. We have it on a level floor and placed a good level across the tank and it showed good and level. The machine works well but when it decides to wobble, it will all but walk right out of the shop. We've tried placing it on casters - that was a tip here on BeeSource. But that was a waste of time. Our Hubbard is a 24 frame model. I have a 20 frame Dadant that will run circles around the Hubbard any day. Looking for another Dadant, maybe a 30 frame unit. I don't mean to talk you out of the Hubbard but I sure like the Dadant much better. Greg