One of the most important things as a teacher is to teach people to think, and how to obtain information. Sure, you can ask questions, but if I go out and measure the lift rods I have.... which, incidentally, I made myself without asking how long they are, then I didn't teach you anything. Now.... I didn't link you to a 3rd party site, I linked you to a parts suppliers page. One that we advertise on here regularly, and is known to carry lots of reproduction Cub Cadet parts. On his page yes, he lists two lengths of rods. One is for GT's, one is for SGT's.
The "common" length of the lift rod is about 28". Not everything that is manufactured is made to specific tolerances. That's why some measure more or less than 28". It's not confusing at all. Aaron settled on a length of 28.5". Don't know why. But do you think .5" makes any difference? You have a like 6" range of movement at the lift point on the tractor. .5" one way or the other isn't going to make or break the lift.
Now, I have different blades, and blowers and tractors. If I move a blade from one machine to another, the travel of the blade changes. On one machine, it lifts higher than the other. Same style tractor, same blade..... ????
I want to also add, that there are 3 different lifting brackets for the blade. Narrow frame, wide frame and a bracket with a "float". If your blade doesn't have the right style of bracket for your tractor, then the lift rod of 28" may not even lift your blade off the ground. Or, you may find that the lift rod hits the side panels, if you have a QL or '82 style tractor.
All this, is the best reason I can come up with as an answer as to why this question gets asked, yet never answered on here...... because the answer is it is literally better for you to go measure your tractor, and your blade, and make a rod that works.
Just for fun, I had two here at the house. One measured 27.5", the other, 29.75". Both work depending what implement/tractor combination I'm using.
Oh, and don't forget, if you go to the CPE-2A parts manual for blades, (available in the Technical Section: Implements, on this site) it lists 4 different lift rods for blades, depending mostly on serial number. You didn't even say in your first post what tractor you were mounting this to....
Now, is that answer cynical? Or informative, or both.....
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