10 Quart Mixer? Kitchen Aid smoking...

Hello fellow bakers,

So last month I bought a new Robot Coupe r2n, that I absolutely LOVE,it is the best food processor I have ever used, its big and expensive but I am confident I could hand it down to my grand kids in 30 years, lol...

So Anyway just having spent almost $1500 on a food processor of course my Kitchen aid {second one in 4 years} would burn down, the cord got hot, tripped the kitchen breaker and flips the breaker every time I try to turn it on, so I think its safe to imagine she has done her last batch of bread dough.  Instead of spending $450 on another ka I am contemplating getting a larger mixer, space is not an issue, and to be honest I need a larger mixer.  The stress I put the ka's through is not what they are made for, running at least an hour and a half a day for 3 years I am happy they lasted as long as they did, Ever Since thanksgiving it has been smelling funny when it runs, we had 38 people to feed and it had a workout, that is for sure

I spoke with KA and they said the issue is the duty cycle, not giving the machine time to rest every 10 or so minutes really cuts their life down, she said an option would be to have multiple mixers, which even if I went with the less expensive ka's I would be around $700..

I looked into the 10qt commercial type mixers and I can get into one of them for around $550 http://www.generalfoodservice.com/store.php?productID=1 I spoke with a gentleman who uses that same mixer in his restaurant, its 2 years old and works great, I also spoke with a women who runs a cupcake shop who has 2 of that exact model and uses them daily with no issues...

I was also thinking about a used Hobart but, they are larger, more expensive, and used...

Does anyone know anything about that General mixer, there are others all similar, Presto, Berkel, Uniworld, Eurodib, Thunder Bird, Omcan, and about 5 others...  I spoke with a rep from general and of course they said it was a good machine and they don't have any issues with them in the commercial atmosphere they were intended for some home use should be a cake walk {forgive the pun}...

Thanks in advance, any info or advice would be appreciated...