Yep, that is the same they used on the 3000 series.
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It's sad that you can't pull a 3 bottom plow with it but it is also sad that you can't put a 5th wheel trailer hitch on a Corvette.
I don't know of any Cat 0 equipment being built today so why would Cub Cadet produce a tractor with a rear hitch?
Believe me, you'll get used to guys beating you up because you want a new machine. I just sit back, smile and think, ya, but your machine is a pos when it comes to mowing grass. Anything pre 82 series is a joke at mowing grass, 82 series wasn't much better but they did improve the Cyclops a little.
Okay rant over....LOL