Thanks. I have an actual counterweight (aka big barrel of concrete) but it is sitting at FIL house so was making do. The 5x4 bales are around 770 lbs. I use the 3pt in winter to move the 1200lb haylage bales. Truth is I abuse the crap out of it moving around bigger bales than the fel should do for many years and it just keeps on taking it. It deserves to break ever now and then I guess. Even at that, the only repairs I've had to do are a tie rod after a bout with a manure pile, a starter, and a couple of hydraulic hoses for fel. I think I'd like something just a little bigger maybe in the 50-65hp range but this one has been fine for the most part for what I need it for. Only real regret are those honking big turf tires. Makes it wider than my attachments like snow thrower, disk, and tiller, and too wide to fit in dump trailer so have to borrow big flatbed to haul it (which is why counterweight is at FIL). But it doesn't tear up the yard when mowing or when I'm hauling firewood in the bucket so everything's a tradeoff.