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!

[@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.

[@FloridaDeere]

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

[@AlexsProjects]

Thanks!

[@2naturesownplace]

How's the R14 tire doing?

[@AlexsProjects]

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

[@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.

[@95rman]

Looks like you have brand new hydraulic lines?

[@AlexsProjects]

No, those were on when I got it.