I was wondering what people's oppinions are on the zero tail swing machines. Mostly in the 320/321 size. I know the manufactures claim that they will handel the same size bucket/load that the normal machine will. I can see advantages to not having the tail out there, and I think the visability would be better, but is it enough to justify the extra cost. I would have to think that working on them would be a nightmare, as we do all of our own maintance and 99% of our own repairs. Does the extra weight (321 weighs as much as a 322, with a similar capacity as a 320) make a noticable diffrence in soft conditons? I work in mostly rural areas, and have not had any situations were we could not do a job beacuse of the tail swing, so it would be more of a luxury than a nessasity. Seems like even if I am working in an open feild, where I need to work will be right next to the only tree in it.