KENtuckyKen, Jeff.
I have a simular lift like that on my Original, that I sourced from a old sears gardentractor. Instead of bending the lift arm, I made adapter plates for the top liftlinks. I have been useing this setup for about four years. It's not to bad when lifting my turning plow, just back up alittle way before you pick it up. But it does get very tireing when using my weighted backblade all day.
just my .02