[bandit67]

I have the smaller B3030 with the BH75, and have the tires loaded. I haven't poured through the manual yet, and am interested to see where it says no loading, so I'm going to look for it. But since the backhoe isn't on all the time, I wanted to be as safe as possible and have the rears loaded, and I don't even plan on doing any loader work without an implement of some sort on the 3pt hitch.

I also don't understand the whole "don't pick the wheels up off the ground with the stabilizers" comments. The way I see it, the only stress on the axles or diff is the weight of the loaded wheels/tires when they're up in the air. How is that few hundred pounds tougher on the diff or the axles than having the weight of the rear of the tractor and the nearly 1000 lb backhoe pushing down while you're driving, or even sitting parked? The physics of the whole 'no loading with a backhoe' idea doesn't seem to make sense to me.