Rotary Cutter top link

[Chilly807]

once the lower arms are connected lift them up a little so that it lifts the mower closer for the toplink. Kind of hard to explain why but it works for an inch or 3 closer for my attachement on my tractor

I think you hit the nail on the head. If I leave the mower sitting level (wheel on the ground and front blocked up) I have no problems connecting. If either end is much higher than the other the top link is too short.

My top link is set at 29 1/4 inches overall length for the mower to work well on my tractor (L3400 w RCR 1860 Land Pride cutter) Also, the top link is in the lowest hole on the tractor.

With it set up to mow about 6" height, if the cutter is sitting level behind the tractor, there's a slight sag in the top linkage, as it recommends in the manual.

Check the manual for the tractor AND the cutter for set-up procedure, it helped me quite a bit. The cutter manual should be available online of you don't have one. Even if yours isn't listed, almost any cutter manual will do the trick, there isn't a lot of difference setup-wise anyway.

Sean