Popping wheelies with my OC-4 w/Backhoe

[Ed Miller]

So I went out to play in the yard yesterday and made a disappointing discovery.  I can't use the endloader with the backhoe attached.  The counterwieght had been chained into the loader.  I took of the chain and dumped the weight so I could pick up some big rocks I had just dug up with the hoe and the nose popped up.   It took me a while to get the weight back in.  I had to use the hoe as a third leg to keep the nose down.   Seems like a rediculous design - it's a Ware backhoe.   Any ideas?

Ed