BX22 & 48" King Kutter. Busting out the torch?

[jnjpream]

This may be better off in the mods section, but I'm hoping some other BX owner has dealt with this already..

I got a good deal on a King Kutter 48" rotary cutter (sorry, Rotary Kutter) but when I go to hook up, the lift arms will only take it 6-8 inches off the ground and I can't even get the top link short enough to connect.

Am I hooking it up wrong? It seems pretty straight forward..

Is there any reason I can't move the hitch points lower? It wouldn't really change the load on the lower links. But the top link, if it gets high enough to actually lift to mower off the ground, may see a little more stress because of the different leverage point.

 

[Skyco]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...23974-lower-brush-hog-3point-attachments.html

Two schools of thought in the above thread, I cut and lowered everything on the 3pnt "tower". Some just added lower pins.

 

[redharley]

You could lower the pins for sure.My landpride rc 15 came with 2 locations for pins depending on whether you have a sub compact or a compact.Also the frame work lowered which changed the location of the top link.

 

[actionaj]

I had the same problem. Just lower your pins about 4" this should do the trick.

 

[Jon Chanoski]

No need for the torch. add two pins in place of the bolts that are nearest the deck. you may need to drill out the holes as I did on mine. It worked perfectly after the new pins were installed with no other modifacation. My tractor was a B7610

 

[leonz]

Did you attached the PTO shaft prior to this?

The PTO shaft could be binding and causing the relief valve to pop open.

You may need to have the pto shafts( male and female) shortened bya machine shop to allow it to raise fully.

leon:thumbsup:

 

[jnjpream]

This thread is a year old.. I just punched new holes ~5" lower and put in another set of pins.