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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 29275" data-attributes="member: 307">GopalAfter the hoe is attached and latched to the loader. Lift or leave the seat bar UP. You activate the flow to the hoe. Then push the yellow "traction lock" button. This unlocks the park brake but not loaders lift and tilt functions. Now you can drive the machine to where you need to go.But once I start digging, I just lean back from the hoes seat and grab the two steering leavers and drive from up there. I find it quicker and easier then climbing in and out of the cab.If the digging is real tough you may need to reach back into the cab and apply the parking brake by pushing the yellow button, but most the time I find I can dig without the brake one. I would like to wire the traction lock button out to the hoe somehow for convenience.When I had the 909 hoes (earlier model the same size as a 709) on my 753, (which is now called the S130 Bobcat) I found it vary front heavy too. It should have had more counterweight. Even with the steel tracks on I could not back up much of a grade without tipping forward. If you buying new you may want to look at the S150, as it is a longer machine and will likely carry the hoe better.Ken</blockquote>