Tom, I would think if you shorten your top link, you can probably get a reasonable load, but perhaps not. I understand what you're talking about. Another possibility is to back into the pile along the side so you're just pushing with about one-third of the back of the box blade at a time to push it away from the pile. And if it isn't too high and soft a pile, simply back across the middle of the pile, with the 3-point lowered so you push the top off and level the pile just slightly, then you can get a full box to drag when you go forward.