Yes, I used to drive a couple of different garbage trucks, and 20+ tons is just a little more than 9 yards.
Just remember to pull back to slow the horse down, so pulling back to slow a plane, to flare for landing makes sense.......pulling back slows the plane. You WILL go up for awhile, but then you will go down.


Maybe we "pull back to slow down, er go up" for this reason?