When I changed my plow and sleeve hitch from a 1053 to a G12 I ran into the swinging problem too. I put a 3/8" X 3" - 6" long plate between the plow hitch and the sleeve hitch and tightened the bolts down. All my plowing was in a straight line so didn't worry about any side swing. Problem I ran into was I could not cut a full width of the plow. Had the plow mounted the far right hand hole but still only cut about 5" or 6" wide. Cannot figure out how to move it over further and still pull straight. I think I may have to build a special sleeve hitch just for the Brinly plow.What I have seen with sleeve hitches, I have plenty of room to put the pin in. A plow really swings back and forth a bunch, so I would think the 1/2" wouldn't cause too much issues. Mock it up in the hitch!
I have an extra 10" sleeve hitch plow I am going to convert to 3-point when I get some more heavy strap. I don't think my machines have the oomph to pull a 2 bottom in Okla. soils!
I swapped the Ag tires full of fluid off the 1053 to the G12. Never measured but figured they were the same as the transaxle is the same. The front tires run right next to the virgin ground, same as the inside of the rear tires. I sold the 1053 so cannot do any comparison. Will check on switching sides with the wheels once. They are a real pain to handle being filled with washer fluid. Thanks for the info.Chief, how wide is your rear wheel base? Might be as easy as widening the axles or swapping the wheels offset?
You can go to Brinly site for how to adjust the furrow width cut that might get you closer to where you want.When I changed my plow and sleeve hitch from a 1053 to a G12 I ran into the swinging problem too. I put a 3/8" X 3" - 6" long plate between the plow hitch and the sleeve hitch and tightened the bolts down. All my plowing was in a straight line so didn't worry about any side swing. Problem I ran into was I could not cut a full width of the plow. Had the plow mounted the far right hand hole but still only cut about 5" or 6" wide. Cannot figure out how to move it over further and still pull straight. I think I may have to build a special sleeve hitch just for the Brinly plow.