NIXFACE Rear Sleeve Hitch for Garden Tractors Fit for Husqvarna/Craftsman T200 and T300 Series/Cub Cadet Riding Lawn Mower Tractors Replace for #585607901

Well made from strong materials, this hitch is also well powder coated in a nice glossy black. I would expect the coating to last for years except in areas subject to wear or abrasion. Hardware is provided, tools (and assembly) are required, but it is provided with good instructions with pictures. <DO pay attention to orientation of parts> otherwise you may have to disassemble and reassemble parts of it. I expect many years of service from this product!

I bought this attachment to pull a furrow behind a Cub XT2. Fits without the added mounting plates. The Cub has a mount stub on either side which the hitch attachment fits over. Bolts up to the hitch plate. Very solid. I did weld a 2x2 hitch plate onto it to make it more user friendly. Assembly was easy. The operation lever....I had to keep pressure on to keep the tool in the dirt. Not a fan. I am planning on adding a hydraulic cylinder to make dropping and picking up much easier. Overall, it is well built and works for what it is.

Unit came with two adapter plates to allow the sleeve hitch to hang on the back of the mower. My craftsman mower allowed hook up onto the existing studs and bolted down on the bottom. I have a T2200 so I added a 38” box blade. Works wonders on the gravel drive.

Not an exact fit but very sturdy and works well. Had to drill new holes in mower

First, you do not need either of the mounting brackets provided for the XT1. The Cub Cadet already has the mounting pins installed for the sleeve hitch assembly. The assembled hitch is very sturdy. I attach a 42" blade to the hitch for grooming my gravel driveway. The directions are terrible. You must study the drawings carefully and use common sense.

This product does not fit craftman T1600 series lawnmower. I have to do a lot of modifications, like cutting welding for it to fit. I was not prepared to do all of this work. Easy to assemble Yes. Easy to mount No.

The sleeve hitch arrived 2 days earlier then expected which was great and mounted it on my mower by hooking it on the two upper side screws and using a pin with a clip in the bottom tow hole. This is to make it easy to take off and to mount. Then I graded my driveway and did a great job. Believe me the drive was a mess and this sleeve hitch made my day.

Needing to scrape my gravel drive, I needed a sleeve hitch to attach the drag box. It seems most all sleeve hitches like this require 23 inch tires. This usually being a “garden” tractor tire. NOT a “lawn” tractor, which are usually 20”. That being said, I saw reviews here stating that this fit and worked properly on a Cub Cadet XT 1 mower, which is what I have. Hmmm. Well…technically it DOES fit and bolt right on easily. The issue is with the lift, which is where that extra couple of inches is necessary. I had to cut the lift bar shorter and then drill another 3/4 inch hole higher up the bar to allow the box to lift high enough for ground clearance. So unless you have shop equipment that can cut and drill heavy hardened steel, you won’t adapt this to a lawn tractor (20”) for ground implements. It IS a well made hitch. I only deducted a star because although there are three height adjustment holes in the lift bar, only TWO of them are actually useable. Which I see as a design flaw. You can’t get the highest hole to line up to get the clevis pin through because the bar is bottomed out before it gets there. Seems ridiculous that quality control and design are so poor as no one at the factory picked up on that, and them putting in that third hole for height adjustment doesn’t even work. Other than that…it can work. Hopefully for a long while.