monitor the flow temp to the tank during the DHW heatups. You'll likely find the ASHP is maxed out, and the top third of your tank will end up at those temps...
we went hemihydrate and anything that happened to land on it seemed to stick like sh*t to a blanket. We *have* primed it which makes them stick even better now...
You could probably do what's done with 3hp x2 tandem compressors, just put a short delay on one of the motors. It only takes a second for the first motor to come up to speed and reduce it's consumption to sane levels, then there's plenty of juice to kick the other one in. I doubt a second would put the screws too far out of balance...