Someone familiar with tractor 3 point "in general?"
Made some great progress today, I busted my ***. Got all the pieces made for the top link and tomorrow I'll tack it together. Get some pictures. After I get that welded up, the hoe can go on the tractor!!!
I'm still contemplating if/ how to add bracing, but there is really precious little to fasten to on that thing. There's on forward bolt pair on the bull gear housings that attaches the front loader. I'm planning on pulling those bolts out (1 at a time) and making a tab to bolt to that, then weld the tab to the new frame. This will give a purchase a bit further forward. I may call it "good" at that point