Deere 550 tiller to I-match bracket

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Hollywood

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John Deere 670 and John Deere 140
I wanted to make my 550 tiller work with my new I-match and this is what I come up with. The brackets were cut on the Ironworker at welding school, and the bushings are regular Category 1 to 2 adaptors from the dealer. I did turn them down for length on an ancient lathe at my buddies shop.
 

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Here it is mounted to the tiller. No permanent mods to the tiller were neccessary.
 

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Another view.
 

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.....and hooked to the I-match.
 

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A good modification and design.
The two lower bushings should be sized for cat III to fit the iMatch, at least the one I have is that way. The top connection is cat II. Don't ask me why they do it that way, but they do.
Thanks for posting with the detailed pics.
 
 
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