Have you personally installed a John Deere or Ruegg 3-pt. hitch on your X400/X500/X700 tractor and had difficulty attaching the depth stop rod mechanism? On the Ruegg hitch for my X585, the right side of the depth stop pivot at the top of the rod does not fit into the half-moon-shaped cutout...

I would like to buy a X728. It will be used for mowing, blowing snow and working on my forest land. I'd equip it with a 3-pt. hitch and rear PTO to operate a wood chipper. Additional jobs will include operating a front grapple for moving logs. (A sub-compact tractor was considered but I don't...