Cat 0 for the 2072
 

Thinking about putting a 3 pt. on the 2072 extreme makes one as we'll as Ruegg (a green guy) but he does make nor for the supers they are about the same price. Anyone have experience with either one or able to compare?

My preference would be to find an original 3pt and pto setup and put it on. You can find them if you keep a look out. Price is crazy though. The last one i saw for sale was about 650.

I do have an Extreme 3pt on a non super cub, 129. It is a nice set-up and the price is a little better. I think it was around 425. There is no pto also.

I do not have any experience with the Ruegg hitches so I can't comment on them.

Ruegg makes a long arm 3 pt. hitch for supers that a PTO can be installed behind and looks like the original ones with a few mods. The Extreme is the short arm style as used on the non supers with a mod to fit the supers. About the same price. The long arm design is a heavier duty hitch throughout.

That's a no brainer. The Ruegg hitch is the only way to go on a super. They are cheaper ($465 shipped to my door) and a lot heavier then the Xtreme GT hitches and are very hard to tell apart from the OEM 383 hitch. Aaron does build top notch stuff, just not SGT hitches

There's that tractor in the kitchen again..... How do you get your wife to let you do that Todd? :bigthink::biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2:

Anyone ever try and put the Ruegg hitch on a GT? I can't see any reason why you can't notch the frame at the top corner like the SGT and put it on one. :bigthink:

The Ruegg looks like the way to go he's gone up a little 480+ shipping.

i have seen stock ones go for as cheap as 150 only once usually 350

I have bought two Ruegg 3pt hitches and they are well made. They were for the green machines but the construction is top notch. I have talked to Bill Ruegg on the phone and he will listen to your questions and sell you any part of his stuff that you may need without a lot of forms or BS. In my orders he has always included all the quick release pins and any hitch pin or bolt/nut needed for installation.:beerchug:

Ruegg 3-point
 

Get a Ruegg 3-point. I have a limited Cat 1 on my 332. I know it's Green, but the hitch is great. On a Super, see if he will make it with Cat 1 arms. It allows a lot more flexibility in attachments. I have a Cat 1 4" blade I found cheap. There are a lot of small Cat 1 implements that a Super can handle.

Bill

Ruegg hitch all the way! Nuff said. :biggrin2:

i would also say go with the Ruegg hitch as well. only because, it looks factory, and if you decided to add a rear PTO to the tractor, if you got lucky and found a tiller or the brush hog mower, then youd be able to add the PTO. with the extreme 3point hitch, you can't add a PTO on it. for any sort of garden tractor besides a super i would definitely buy an xtreme three point though!

Ruegg for sure, if for no other reason (IMHO) I really like the sway limiters on the original style SGT hitches, no chains to mess with....

Sounds like I should have joined this site sooner! I picked up an xtreme 3 point for my 1872 rebuild earlier this year when xtreme was doing a special, didn't know the Ruegg existed. Haven't installed it yet but I'm very impressed with the build and Aaron gave me a great deal. I'm excited to use it.

Nothing wrong with the Xtreme hitch. As long as you don't need a rear PTO they will both do the same job.

I didn't have any plans for a rear pto, seems like the hardware is really hard to come by. I have a 1A tiller with both extensions and I've seen a few people convert to using a 3 point/front pto so I'll probably do something like that. Mostly I'll use the 3 point with a back-blade or box scraper.

Aaron makes great stuff at Xtreme. I'm not saying don't buy anything from him. I've gotten stuff and have ALWAYS been satisfied. Top notch manufacturing and fast shipping. If you are looking for a three point that looks OEM for a super, then you want a Ruegg hitch. Regular garden tractor, go with Xtreme...........:TwoCents:

X2! Chains are for the birds. Show me a real tractor that has chains for sway ctrl

A little late to the party, but I put a Ruegg hitch on my 982 years ago and it's been great. I did look at Xtreme, but I do have a rear pto, so it wouldn't work. Keep in mind, the Ruegg comes painted/powder coated, and I believe the Xtreme comes raw, just to compare apples to apples pricewise. You can search my posts for my install.

I just got a 2082 with the 3 point. What are the sway limiter you speak of? My hitch will sway to both sides until the arms hit in the center. The arms do have some small tabs welded on them with a hole at the top and bottom, but I'm not sure what they are for.

These are the sway limiters.

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You know the guy who invented the 3 point hitch used chains as sway control on his tractors...?? Even the guy who first stole his new idea used them also....just bein a smart a$#....:biggrin2:

I was just curious. What are the tabs on the arms used for. I saw one pic where someone had a small bungee cord holding the arms together. Right now my tractor has a drawbar on it, and the arms probably have about 3" of side to side motion. Maybe the drawbar is wider than the box blade i'm going to get.

What "tabs"? The ones out toward the ends? I think they were put there just for that reason. To put a spring or bungee on when not in use so they don't just bang around. On bigger tractors, they are for storing the snap clips used on the implement pins.

I get tickled at you guys who haven't ever used 3pts.

Sometimes you need it to sway, sometimes you don't.
Running a blade, you don't need much sway, just enough to keep the hitch from binding.
But doing a job like cultivating, you want it to have a lot of sway. That way, as you drive the cultivator doesn't pull off the row as easy. Gives the driver more "leeway" and you have less "err". Or as the farmers call it, "blight".
On a plow, you need some. The tractor steers better when the hitch can sway. For example, when I plow with a sleeve hitch, all sway blocks/pins come out. I can swing the plow over a foot from one side to the other. Pulls straight behind when in the ground, but no issue driving straight. With it rigid, you can't steer.

So, it all depends on use. I don't have any GT/SGT with hitches yet, so not sure how to solve the issue directly, but looking at them, it looks rather easy. Don't get too carried away, you want them to be able to sway. When they can't things get bent and broken, and makes it harder to steer when the implement is in use.

I'm a city boy j-mech. Born an raised. But I had a neighbor a few years back that had a 1641 with a 3 pt on the back, and I was hooked. That thing was awesome. And now I have 7 cub cadets...... My wife and I are going to get a few acres next year so I want to be prepared when that happens. Good info on when you need sway and when you don't. Thanks. It all makes sense.