The pavement is like concrete and stands anything up to 40t we don`t worry about that.
Of course our front loader lift the front end of our FLU but as you can see in previous postings and video, to reach the needed hight to get the tires free, you need to drive forward over top center of the bucket. That in our opinion is a lot of force to the joints and only nessesary in the field, not if you are in your own yard and use a 5t jack.
I agree, especially if reaching the end of the cylinder's travel before coming to a stop. But putting some cribbing under the bucket instead of curling it out is not a big task.
Not that I've tried that yet.
Besides, my SEE's loader won't lift the front anyway (need to modify the regulator setting per Couch's posting), whereas the parts SEE's loader does. On those rare occasions when it runs, that is.
What really helps, though, regardless of method used, is to let nature work for you and extend the backhoe all the way out.
This just made me think of another way to get the front tires off the ground; swing the backhoe (extended) to the side. Without the outrigger for support it'll likely lift a front tire off the ground. Another thing I gotta try at some point.