Installing a John Deere Model 30 Hydraulic Tiller on a 318

This is my first time installing a John Deere 30 Hydro Tiller with 12" extension on my 1984 John Deere 318 garden tractor.
I tried to cover the various steps of installation but my tractor has a 3-point hitch and I found that the upper arms of the 3-point were very close to the location of the OEM upper bracket attachment points. A tractor without a 3-point would bolt the OEM brackets to the rockshaft arms and attach the tiller lift arms to those bracket pins.
I recommend finding a copy of John Deere manual OMM87099 "OPERATORS MANUAL 30-Inch Hydraulic Tiller".

[@KurtStevens-yi1jo]

Great video. I always wear gloves to put on my mule drive or I will be a bloody mess. Thanks for doing this.

[@AlexsProjects]

@@KurtStevens-yi1jo Thanks!

[@FloridaDeere]

Nice video, you did a great job of showing how it works.

[@AlexsProjects]

Thanks!

[@tractorboy31]

Finally got my tiller running. Its backwards for my desire. Still need to repair extension as tubes id and drive hole are messed up bad. And bearing shaft the bearing was no longer there and shaft was siezed terrible that 2 3ft pipe wrenches each with 7ft cheater pipes couldnt get bearing shaft to move even with cherry heat 4 times and pb blaster. Started tearing up shaft with pipe wrench so i cut end of tiller off to replace bearing and welded back on. Ive got like 2k in purchase, shipping, new hoses, all the bearing parts, oil, steel to fix extension

[@AlexsProjects]

Wow! Sounds like you had a helluva time. Sorry for your trouble but glad to hear you got it going.

[@wintersnot]

Very helpful! Thanks for posting. Now where the heck do I find a 318 new/used undercarriage pump mount bracket?

[@richardjensen2380]

Thank you for the video! I have a very similar tiller but don’t have the corresponding hardware on the back of the tractor. Not sure what I need to add to the tractor to make it work - especially the connections at the bottom.

[@tractorboy31]

What I did for mine is I weld some strips of steel same size of the bracket that's bolted to tiller and drilled a slightly larger than 5/8 hole and I'm using the cat1 3pt kit brackets stock lift rods that im welding a 5/8 thick washer (temp using a chain wrapped around everything. Maiden voyage) once I know where to place. And using the 3pt rockshaft. Right side I then had to trim steel I welded on to not pinch/cut hydraulic sight tube. Hope this helps you. I'm still considering making mine a 3pt mount unit as storage will be more compact and maybe easier hookup. Good luck

[@tractorboy31]

Thanks for vid. Never even had mine on yet till kinda now. Didnt get any tractor brackets. Modified my arm to hook to 3pt brackets but cant lift it off ground. Geometry different seeing that was hooked lower so by making lifting rods shorter will do trick. Could you tell me how high it will lift. That would help a ton. Gonna have to get new hoses made as mine are completely shot😊 nice vid

[@AlexsProjects]

I've posted a video of me using it that should give you a pretty good idea on how high it lifts.

[@2naturesownplace]

How's the R14 tire doing?

[@AlexsProjects]

The rear tires are Carlisle Vera Turfs. They're doing great.

[@95rman]

Looks like you have brand new hydraulic lines?

[@AlexsProjects]

No, those were on when I got it.