" My tractor does exceed what the manufacture says it should lift."
If your not concerned with the ROC's then yes a S185 will lift 3K.
I believe it might be Rated Operators Capacity's which from what I understand most skid steer owners say their machines will lift more than what rated for, safe of course not but in a pinch it would be nice to have the lifting power when needed.
tinman955
Do you always have an implement on the back? If you have a hyd gage in the system, what pressure does it read at max load.
Here is a test for you, if you can pick up seven 55 gal barrels of water, that would be 3080 lbs, or seventy eight bags of 80 lbs of cement would weigh about 3040 lbs. .