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Originally Posted by mhbtsc
Both of these statements made by you seem to indicate that a cat 0 3pt is the ONLY option. Which is not true....
Wrong again....
There is no aftermarket "IH style" hitch. Only OEM. If you want an "aftermarket" one, you have to built it yourself.
An IH hitch attaches right to the from and will attach without any modification to anything. On the lower bracket, you can modify the original to fit by drilling holes, and adding ears, or drill holes and take your chance on the bolts. Seen guys pull from the aluminum housing with just the bolts and are fine. Keep in mind, on the cast rears, there are only 3 bolts holding the lower bracket on, but on the aluminum rear there are 5.
Also a somewhat misleading statement. Both an OEM and aftermarket 3 pt will bolt right onto a cast iron rear with no modifications.
I think the correct answer is "offered". CCC quit "offering" the IH hitch with the introduction of the aluminum rear. Mainly because it was obsolete and proprietary. The shift was to Cat 0 implements for the GT world, and CCC just followed suit like everyone else did. It has nothing to do with "correct" and "incorrect".
Lol.... ok, if you say so. |
Dude. It's black and white in CCC's documentation. The cat 0 is for s/n 720000 and up. That's aluminum rear ends. It's not for 719999 and below. That's cast iron. I literally just spent an hour scanning it all in. Go look. I'll even attach the relevant page. Will it fit? Maybe. Is it correct for the tractor? No. It's not engineered for the cast aluminum rear end.
Extreme makes aftermarket bottom brackets, which is what you need to safely run an IH style 3 point on an aluminum rear end. The same people who make the aftermarket 3 point hitch. Extreme and others also make the rest of the hitch parts aftermarket as well. Lift rods, rocker shaft things, pins, frankenstein bolts. It's all available.