Thanks for the feedback. I will think about switching to the 48". I am aware of the arguments in favor of the 48"--less weight, better ability to dig and grub, equal ability to grab whatever the load is, lower cost. A clear majority favor the 48", and I did notice that no one said they have or had a 48" and wished they had a wider version. (Nor do I recall any poster with a wider version saying he wished he had a more narrow version.) Some favor wider, some as wide as the tractor, some favor two grapples, etc. Some favor the root grapple and some favor the open-flat-bottom version, which is what most posters have. There have been interestingly conflicting opinions expressed in this thread, which is one reason why I have enjoyed and appreciated it. My first application is to clean up debris from a couple of miles of lanes cut in a pine plantation in a first thinning. I will not dig out a single pine stump. I'll let them rot. Based on what I have seen walking around, I may first go through with the 4N1 bucket and pull up by the roots the small trees still in the ground (if the grapple doesn't work as well or better for that). I will chain-saw some of the longer trees on the ground, not because of weight but because they won't fit through the width of the lanes. I just won't do much digging. I had a 7 1/2' backhoe for the M5400, sold the 7 1/2' and got a 9' backhoe which I just sold. On 127 and 60 acres I used both backhoes probably a combined 10-15 hours in 15 years--did everything with the FEL 4N1 bucket. So ability to dig isn't an objective for me. A more compelling argument is that the 48" will do everything as well as the wider versions and will also dig better and allow a heavier payload. So for me, after reading all of the posts and after reading everything available on every vendor's web site I could find, it comes down to a/ will 56"width vs 48" mean it will take less time to do my jobs and b/ will having two grapples be an advantage. Since my priorities are not digging or payload, I thought I would err on the side of the wider unit with two grapples. Now, all of that said, here is the determining piece of info for me: Can you guys who favor the 48" say with conviction that ignoring digging capacity and payload, the 48" with one grapple will work as well as a wider version with two grapples? If so, then I'm probably convinced. Sorry for the epistle, and thanks again to everyone for the feedback.