I have a BX23S with R-4 tires and I have never liked plowing snow with it because of poor steering in the snow. I generally leave the backhoe on for counterweight and remove the loader as I have a stand alone plow. The other day I removed the loader to mount the plow and although I am aware that the unit is very light in the front end with the backhoe on without the loader it never dawned on me that when plowing snow I am essentially producing that light front end effect when the plow is down and it's weight effectively off the machine. Is my theory possible and having the hoe on giving me great rear traction but making the front so light that steering is negatively impacted and I would be better off with a lighter implement on the back to get more weight on the front?