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Old 01-13-2015, 11:54 AM
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What is the max weight you can put on a Brinly sleeve hitch? I plan on taking a Brinly 40" aerator and converting it to sleeve hitch so I don't have to keep getting off the tractor when I'm crossing the driveway, but it would weigh about 250# fully loaded. Any issues with that amount of weight on a cast iron rear end?

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Old 01-13-2015, 11:56 AM
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you may want to go to extreme motor works and check out their lower brackets for the sleeve hitches. they mount to the rear cover bolts...and have ears that mount to the axle tube mounts as well. it would help allot and reduce fear of pulling the threads out of your rear end. i don't think it would be an issue...you may want to beef up your lifting straps as well...and some spring assist. but if you build it, keep it as close to the tractor as possible. the closer it is, the easier it will lift. if its sticking way out the back, it will be allot harder to lift.
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On what tractor? No rear end issues. Picking it up, that's the problem. I have a Brinly tandem disk. It's about all the sleeve hitch itself can handle without bending it. Fact is, we bent one already. One of the HD Brinly adapters from either JeffinPa or Mark Hellrung would really help. IMHO, your better off putting it on 3pt. Don't you have a SGT with 3pt? I was thinking you did.....
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On what tractor? No rear end issues. Picking it up, that's the problem. I have a Brinly tandem disk. It's about all the sleeve hitch itself can handle without bending it. Fact is, we bent one already. One of the HD Brinly adapters from either JeffinPa or Mark Hellrung would really help. IMHO, your better off putting it on 3pt. Don't you have a SGT with 3pt? I was thinking you did.....
I don't, finding a 3pt for the 2072 has proved to be a challenge. Well, unless one is willing to spend $500 on a new one, and then another $350 for a 3pt aerator. Figured this way,$100 for the sleeve hitch, peanuts on the the Brinly yoke and square tubing. I was going to put it on the 1450, it has a 3 point lift.
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Mine picked up a cultivator with the wife standing on it without bending.....
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I'm looking at one of these Brinly plows and it appears the arm is about 2 feet long and I would guess the weight would be about 45#, generating about 90 foot-pounds of torque. To stay in the same range I would need the 250# hanging no further than 5 inches from the tractor? Does that sound right?
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Plows weigh more than 45#. Think they're closer to 75#, but don't have one near a scale. They're heavier than they look. Lot of iron on the moldboard. They're longer than 2' too. From hitch to tail I'd say 40"


I've done this deal with an aerator. Don't make it harder than it is. It will lift it. Although, I'm sure I didn't put 250# on mine. How you gonna get that much weight? You got steel plates or something?
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I've done this deal with an aerator. Don't make it harder than it is. It will lift it. Although, I'm sure I didn't put 250# on mine. How you gonna get that much weight? You got steel plates or something?
No , it's just rated for up to 200# of extra weight in the tray. You're right, I'll probably never put more than 120# on it

I'll put it together and report back once I have it hooked up and hanging in the air
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No , it's just rated for up to 200# of extra weight in the tray. You're right, I'll probably never put more than 120# on it

I'll put it together and report back once I have it hooked up and hanging in the air

Just as a thought.... you can experiment with it a little. Just make a long rod for the top link. Attach the aerator to the hitch like normal. Then, using a chain that you can adjust, try different mounting points (on the lift rod, and the aerator frame) and weights on the box. You can even try shortening the hitch to different lengths until you are satisfied. Good luck.
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the sleeve hitch might do okay with 200lbs.
But those arms on the aerator look too wimpy to resist twist and collapse.
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