My advice is to spend the absolute most that you can afford and get
the heaviest mill with the biggest working envelope available for that
money. You will never regret getting a larger and heavier mill, but at
some point will regret getting a smaller and lighter one.

As I just posted in a reply to Nick, storm damage is a realistic
scenario. I do not have to be able to move a mill far or often, but I
would want to be able to do so. If I buy something that will have to
stay where it lands, I want to give that some serious thought. Ron, the
guy who first taught me how to run a mill, says he has dragged BPs by
himself. However, a BP might move by itself on Ron's command (nicest
guy you'd ever want to meet, but one scary looking dudeg), so that
might not count. Other folks report everything from "no problem" to
"don't try it". Looking at the various reports, something happens
between 1500 and 2500 lb.

Bill