Thanks for the honest appraisal of a 1508's shortcomings. I noticed the lock out levers and storage stubs for the drive shafts and wondered about that.

Don't have tons of acres to cover with such a rig but I don't want a problem machine that has obsolete parts and don't want to spend a fortune on a new one either

What is a comparable 15 foot model in the Bus Hog line ?

I don't know anything about the Bush Hog machines.