Hydraulic Press I can come use? - Middle Tennessee

[lakesurfer]

My fast hitch pull bar is seized onto the pull bar support so that it won't adjust right/left. These parts have been separated from the rest of the fast hitch to apply "persuasion". I have been applying Kroil, and have tried a couple of ways to dislodge it with no apparent success.

I am just south of Nashville, TN. Are there any members in the Middle Tennessee area willing to let me visit them by appointment and briefly use their hydraulic press?

[Don McCombs]

You will also probably need to use some heat.

[tst]

they can be a real PITA I found it easiest to get the bar to turn 1st with a pipe wrench and probably heat while mounted on the tractor then it can be pressed out

[Barnyard]

Bring it on up to the Bash May 30, June 1 and let's see what we can do.

[lakesurfer]

they can be a real PITA I found it easiest to get the bar to turn 1st with a pipe wrench and probably heat while mounted on the tractor then it can be pressed out

@tst : Ha. Broke one of my favorite pipe wrenches already. Guess I'll need a bigger/better one.
To your point, though, I wasn't using heat. The heat would have to be at least a MAP gas torch, right? Simple propane wouldn't do it, would it??

The heat would be applied to the pull bar, NOT the pull bar support, right?

[tst]

you need to heat the support where it holds the pull bar, I use a 3 ft pipe wrench, real torch I use oxy/acy

[lakesurfer]

you need to heat the support where it holds the pull bar, I use a 3 ft pipe wrench, real torch I use oxy/acy

tst: Gotcha. I know a guy with oxy/acy and probably has the giant pipe wrench. I'll try that. Thanks for saving me the time I would have possibly wasted with propane or MAP.