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Hi Gary,
you mentioned weight limits as a factor in your choice. I have an older EQ6 and a new NEQ6Pro (both of which are good performers) and have had other variants including a Meade LXD75 and a HEQ5Pro. My experience with them has led me to a general approach to weight limits to stay well inside them if at all possible. My mounts of all types and sizes have seemed to be more reliable and generally more consistely performers if I can stay below about about 2/3 of their 'rated' capacity. Where I can, I use off-axis guiders rather than separate guide scopes, for example and reduce counter-weights where possible by placing them as far away as I can get from the mount head. I commend this approach to you in your choosing a new mount. For 2 grand, a new NEQ6Pro will be under warranty and therefore capable of having many if not most of defects remedied without resort to drastic measures. And the equipment you have identified would be well within its tolerances. Probably not what you want to hear but I do agree with others who have said much the same thing to you.
Peter.
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