Some planned upgrades

As I mentioned in a previous post, my ’79, has an electric lift that doesn’t work. As a result, I decided to purchase a used hydraulic unit from ebay. It will be an exciting day when I actually install it.

In addition to the hydraulic lift kit, I also wanted to get myself a special hitch. In the John Deere world, this is known as an “Integral Hitch”. Once this “integral hitch” is mounted on the back of your tractor, you can then attach ground engaging equipment to the hitch. Such as mold boards, plow blades, scraper blades etc…