Sleeve hitch lift cable info

[EthanL 0]

I recently got a sleeve hitch and cultivator for c120 (that is my best guess on model as original markings are gone). I didn't have a lift cable to hook up to the manual lift so I had to make my own. It was a pain to get it hooked up and adjusted right underneath the tractor. Picking up the cultivator was extremely heavy probably due to the lack of leverage where the cable hooks to the sleeve hitch. It eventually broke my cable from the weight. I feel like even if I made a cable strong enough it would still be to heavy and a pain to use. Has any one successfully made their own cable for a manual lift? If so whats the weight capacity like?

Edited 7 hours ago by EthanL
Added pictures

[Bar Nuthin 2,215]

Welcome to RedSquare!

 

Can you get some photos of your current setup? All my tractors have hydraulic lift, with a guide tube that the cable runs through. My C-141 has a sleeve hitch and also has a second rock-shaft below the fender pan. The cable hooks to the rock shaft, then a short chain from the rock-shaft to the hitch.

 

Not sure if any of that applies to a manual lift, but someone on here will definitely be able to guide you in the right direction.

[EthanL 0]

I added some pictures. You can see the sleeve hitch and cable tube in the first picture. The second is the manual lift arm under the tractor 

[953 nut 64,284]

You can get some good information from this thread.

 

[EthanL 0]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

You can get some good information from this thread.

 

Thanks some great idea here. 

[ineedanother 1,901]

Rockshafts provide gear reduction and greatly reduce the effort needed to lift an implement. https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/product-category/rock-shaft-kits/ has some options and is a vendor here.

 

That's a long attachment. Lots of leverage. Maybe consider an anchor point that can support the weight until you're in place to lower it with the lift cable and put it to work. @Pullstart?