Chad: When 100, 130 and 140 fast hitch tractors were new, they had a short bar, L shaped, bolted to bottom of platform, same size stock as draft link. It was designed for pining front of hitch bail out of way when cultivating tall crops. Never intended for use when using fast hitch, as looseness of hitch would slam on bottom of platform continuously. When my 130 was new, we used to pin the hitch bail up to platform to give better clearence when raking hay, that is until we couldn't tolerate the slamming. We then built a cross member, top front of final drives, and anchored the hitch bail tight to that rather than platform. I still use that rather than the factory device under platform. I also have it adjustable for height.
That could work for you as when using rear blade height of hitch bail could remain constant. The draft link is removed for both the factory setup and my cross member. One problem I encounter if I leave the draft link connected from rockshaft to hitch bail, and have hitch mounted weight, it affects the lift performance of blade. You have that rear blade, I have a 500# hitch counter weight to give better traction pushing my 7' wide, 20" high blade. I have used front blade with an implement for counterweight on hitch in the past. Anything on that rear hitch, slows performance of blade hydraulics if the hitch draft link is hooked up.
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