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Originally Posted by Gompers
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.
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I'm well aware of that info. That doesn't make your answer correct. The IH hitch will fit and work fine on an aluminum rear, and the 3pt will bolt on and work just fine with a CI rear. IH never made an aluminum rear, but they designed the IH 3pt hitch..... your point is mute. It fits, it works, and it's cheaper and functional. Either option is fine, but one over the other is not "correct".
The exact same 3pt hitch on a 982 came on an 1872. IH never offered the cat 0 on a GT, that's all. MTD did. ONLY reason for the difference.
Not really anything to debate....