How many teeth for a DIY tooth bar for loader

animals45

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Not sure if this post belongs here or the fab forum . I have. 3301HST with a LA525 loader which has a SSQA bucket @ 65" wide . I have a bunch of new bucket teeth & shanks left over from when I was going to re-tooth one of the buckets on my Case 580 . SO I want to make a tooth bar for the loader . How many teeth should I use for this project ? I'm pretty sure I have 5 shanks & teeth & I'm thinking I would want more than 5 teeth ?
Thoughnts ?
Suggestions ?
thanks
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D2Cat

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I'd suggest 10" c/c on the teeth, or 7 teeth equally spaced with end ones in an inch or so.
 
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Runs With Scissors

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Heres a pic of the one I made. 6 teeth seemed appropriate to me.

It looks bad a$$ but I have not used it yet.

It was a pretty fun build, lots of welding.

Damn thing is pretty heavy though, I just smashed my toe on it the other day.

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