Weight brackets, wheelie bars, and hitches

    Once you have everything stripped off your tractor you don't need its time to build a hitch and weight brackets for it. I highly recommend you do not weld anything to the tractor itself!!  Make all your brackets and hitch bolt on or pin on.  These old tractors have plenty of places to bolt stuff to. 
    Your hitch should be adjustable.  This is so you can adjust the height of it.  This is necessary because different places have different rules about ho high your hitch can be.  When it comes time to pull you want it adjusted as high as the rules allow to get a better pull.  The simplest way to build an adjustable hitch is to use a piece of threaded rod, 1/2inch plate, and nuts for the the threaded rod.  First your going to have to make up a bracket on the back of the tractor that the threaded rod can rest in and turn in.  Cut the threaded rod to the proper length for your bracket.  Use a torch to cut the 1/2 in plate to the proper size.  Cut a large hole in the plate for the hook on the sled and a hole just big enough to get the threaded rod through.  Slip the threaded rod through the bracket on your tractor through the bottom first and weld a nut on the bottom of the rod.  Thread another nut about half way down the rod and then slip the plate you cut onto the rod and let it rest on the nut and weld the plate to the nut.  Now slip the top of the threaded rod through the top of your bracket thread a nut on to it to hold the rod loosely in place and weld the nut to the rod.  Now you have an adjustable hitch.
    You need weight brackets in 3 different locations on the tractor, the back in the middle and all the way in the front.  I cant explain how to make weight brackets for tractors because of all the different designs out there and the type of weights you can use.  You will need to figure out the fabrication on your own.  You will also need to check your rules to find out how far off the tractor you can have weight.  You can use almost anything for weights.  I have seen people use old weights from a gym, cinder blocks, thick pieces of steel, cast iron, and weights for farm tractors.  Make your front bracket adjustable in and out so you can get your front weight out farther to help keep the front end of the tractor down.

    I would recommend incorporating your wheelie bar into your rear weight bracket.  Check with your rules to get the proper height and length for your wheelie bar.  Make sure you build a whellie bar strong enough you don't want it to break and have the tractor flip!!