Last year I got an LX2620 with a QH16 quick hitch. I used my GS0560 grading scraper with no trouble. Now I am trying to figure out how to properly connect my RCR1272 rotary cutter to the QH16 using the 320-013A floating top link kit for the QH16. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.
The RCR1272's hitch setup looks nothing like the ones in the floating top link kit manual. If I install the kit to the QH16, when I line it up to the cutter, the hook engages, and the clevis pin provided in the kit is not long enough to insert through the shields and floating bars and still be able to insert the cotter pin to hold it in place. Even if was long enough, with the hook engaged, the bars couldn't possibly do anything.
If I look through the RCR1272's parts manual, the "old style" hitch for serial numbers below 953490 looks like would work fine with the floating top link kit. The "new style" hitch for 953491 and above matches what I have, though, and doesn't.
I can connect the RCR1272 directly to the QH16 without the floating top link kit, no problem. The hook on the QH16 latches right on to the rotary cutter's cast floating top link. What am I missing? Does the newer RCR1272 just not need the QH16 floating top link kit? Should I remove the top hook, and just get a longer clevis pin so that I can attach the floating bars? The area I will be cutting is not level, it has some slope to it, so I do need it to float some.
I notice the floating top link kit manual says I should have a 3/4"-3-3/4" clevis pin but it actually has 4" of usable length between the head and cotter pin so that's possibly a hint to just go bigger. Any ideas?
The RCR1272's hitch setup looks nothing like the ones in the floating top link kit manual. If I install the kit to the QH16, when I line it up to the cutter, the hook engages, and the clevis pin provided in the kit is not long enough to insert through the shields and floating bars and still be able to insert the cotter pin to hold it in place. Even if was long enough, with the hook engaged, the bars couldn't possibly do anything.
If I look through the RCR1272's parts manual, the "old style" hitch for serial numbers below 953490 looks like would work fine with the floating top link kit. The "new style" hitch for 953491 and above matches what I have, though, and doesn't.
I can connect the RCR1272 directly to the QH16 without the floating top link kit, no problem. The hook on the QH16 latches right on to the rotary cutter's cast floating top link. What am I missing? Does the newer RCR1272 just not need the QH16 floating top link kit? Should I remove the top hook, and just get a longer clevis pin so that I can attach the floating bars? The area I will be cutting is not level, it has some slope to it, so I do need it to float some.
I notice the floating top link kit manual says I should have a 3/4"-3-3/4" clevis pin but it actually has 4" of usable length between the head and cotter pin so that's possibly a hint to just go bigger. Any ideas?
