If you have a torch, you can very easily bend 3/8" thick metal.

Here you go Rod:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...itchstraps.jpg

I didn't give any hole diameters on the bottom 3 holes. My hitch has a bushing that goes thru the straps and hitch. I'm not sure if it thats the way it came from the factory. Keep in mind this not a scaled drawing.

Merk, thanks so much for the drawing, this will help a bunch. I am trying to get the CCO together and ready with new hitch, Ag tires and plow for plow days here in MI in April. One other thing I see on your set up was the wider lower attachment that the Brinly fits into. I like that idea to keep the Brinly steady, a narrow one and the wider one. Is that a Cub part or fabricated? I looked in all of my parts books and didn't see one listed.
Thanks again for all of your help
Rod

Hope to be at the plow day in Michigan this year. I had planned to be there last year..... a deer desided to play a game of chicken with me-deer lost and a I had a wreck Suburban, trailer and Cubs.

The wide bracket came with the box blade and rear grader blade( not 100% sure). There are several parts vendors that make and sell the wide bracket. I would start by checking at the top of the page.

heres my home made brinly hitch. got it from a forum member i think he made it? works good for me

Someone PLEASE come up with correct plans for the CCO "Y" shaped one!!


I would be willing to bear your children if you do! :bigthink:

can you use the normal brinly adapter on a original? or is it way different then the y original style?

I have the "U" shaped on it now, but want the correct one for it so I can use the current one on the 682.. Nothing says I cannot flip flop it back and forth but would like the right looking one at least for the O. Tired of waiting for them on flea bay and then end early 90% of the time.

Then I can plow with one, and disk or culti with the other.

This is quite an informative thread. Is the issue the fact that store bought ones are flimsy? Or is it the challenge of building one? Anyone see a problem with buying a Brinly either new or used and beefing it up?

ihnick: Either the early "Y" shaped sleeve hitch adaprtor or the later much more stable (less twisting) "U" shaped sleeve hitch adaptor will work any IH made Cub Cadet. The early "Y" shaped ones are basically desireable only for collectors wanting original style parts. As many of the posts have noted, even the "U" shaped ones can often stand some additional bracing.

Myron B