Thanks for the reply's. I don't think I am over doing it trying to scrape up grass only digging an inch or two down. I know to lift and curl when taking bites out of a pile. The backhoe is on the back for weight. I did check the sight level on the rear its halfway up which should be good. It's a good machine and I know it's not a bulldozer or excavator I was just surprised it would just stop and not spin. I will look into getting a pressure gauge to plug in maybe its below spec on pressure. Maybe needs to breakin some more. I was wondering if other sa424 or 324 owners had similar experiences. Thanks for the welcome, browsed here a bit before I got the yanmar to see how others liked them. I was torn between the b2650 or the sa424 both seem to be great machines but came down to price and financing. Now I need to start getting all the goodies for it.