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Originally Posted by mhbtsc
They didn't offer it because it was obsolete. Not because they couldn't figure out how to make it work. I mean....surely MTD had the resources to add ears or redesign a lower bracket to directly bolt to the aluminum rear. 
And it is a moot point.... as I stated, but spelled correctly this time.
No, MTD sold IH built machines. 
1981 to 1985 CCC built and sold all the tractors. IH sold to the line to MTD in 1981. (If you study it, it actually was before 81, just not announced.)
The Cat 0 was NEVER offered on a CI rear end machine. Serial number 720,000 and above was an ALUMINUM rear!!!
Wow. Just wow.
Nobody is going to think any less of you if you just let this go. You don't know enough to debate this, and your just digging your hole deeper buddy. |
That's right. They didn't offer it because they didn't need it to work. And they didn't design their new rear end to use it. And that's why, while it will technically fit, you probably shouldn't use it without modification.
MTD never sold IH built machines at any point. CCC was a fully owned subsidary of MTD that was formed with the closure of a deal in February of 1981. In April of 1981, the last machines rolled off the Louisvile IH assembly line and residual parts and tooling were moved to the CCC factory in Brownsville, TN where the first MTD built cub cadet (a 482) rolled of the assembly line in November of 1981. From that point until 1985, IH bought CCC (MTD) built cub cadets and then resold them to their dealer network. The castings for the first 20,000 of those were cast iron and came from existing stock or the Louisville plant. MTD designed their own rear end and cast it from aluminum to mitigate potential environmental issues and also to end their reliance on IH for the parts.
When they put that into production, they only offered a cat 0 3 point hitch because that was the only rear lift they designed to work with their new rear end.
IH sold a cat 0 3 point on the 982 which had a cast iron rear end starting in 1979, before they sold to MTD.
Please go back to ECC, Jon. There are forum rules against having more than one account.