[red56turbo]

Jeremiah,
There's no reason to split the tractor. That front coupler can be a pain to get in, though. For the backside, you have to pop one rear tire off to get the bar through the cast part of the rear lift and into the rear of the tractor frame. If you look closely in the first pic and third pic, you can see the holes already there for the front lift coupler. No drilling needed. Actually your pic shows exactly where the holes are. Sometimes can be a pain to line up the holes, especially with the limited space. But it should go on unless theres something amiss that we don't know about.