To finish out my end of this thread, I ended up getting a 2018 SK1550 this month. It was at 1750hrs and had a lot of recent repair receipts from their Ditch Witch dealer. Had to drive 16hrs round trip in one day to get it but I am happy so far. The seller showed me what no-load angles they were okay with, and they were greater than I plan on running sidehill. I've put together a good face shield and now just need to get the brush guard set up before I start running my disc mulcher. Thanks everyone.