3-Point Hitch Detaching my rotary cutter?

[TripleR]

Moving the 3PH up or down while working on it can help. As per TEXASJOHN, you can fab something out of PVC pipe etc. to adjust it from the ground.

I also use a hammer as another poster.

 

[rh9911]

Thanks again for all the suggestions. This is a Kubota BX2230. The check chains are on the inside of the lower lift arms, and I had them well-loosened, the PTO disengaged and the top link removed. There's a turnbuckle on the right lower lift arm (facing forward). In the end I loosened the turnbuckle, and put the cutter on the ground. Then succeeded in getting the left arm off the cutter (again, left facing forward). No luck with the right. I kept trying putting the cutter at different heights and moving the tractor back a few inches and played with the turnbuckle and took the arm with the turnbuckle off at the tractor end and put it back on and so forth -- almost got the right lower link off but couldn't get it the last inch or so. And then, yes, someone where I work suggested a pry bar so I got a 4 ft long stick of strong wood and that did the trick! Then drove it off to play with the FEL -- I hardly want to think about hitching the cutter back on again!

 

[gwdixon]

It just can't be that difficult. I believe you but....

Maybe the ball on the end of the lift arm is frozen. They are also very tight when new. A healthy dose of lube and a metal bar stuck in it to do some rotation might help. The balls should rotate just using your fingers when broken in.