Tooth bars for bucket

[TheShadyKubota]

I have one on a BX and it works really well for digging into rooted and rocky soil. I don't have a backhoe but this worked pretty well for me digging into small inclines to level land out.

those look like serious teeth on that bucket.. does the BX still have the weight to dig with those and I wonderhow that would do with clay fill? I wonder if someone had the piranha bar and switched to these?

regardless at the end of the day these are not skidsteers in any way but usueful tools nonetheless!

 

[D2Cat]

A toothbar breaks up the surface tension of the dirt making it easier to move. Teeth that may look aggressive actually move the material at a different "time" so the loader is not engaging the entire width of the cutting edge at once. So the teeth allow more material to be moved easier.

So the toothbar with the long teeth are much more effective in hard soils then the bars with the beveled edges often used for clearing brush. Different tools, different job effectiveness.

 

[Ridelght]

I tell you this ........... I got a ratchet rake on a tractor that I got a hellva deal on - didn't think much of it till I started using it . IT IS not a toothbar, but damn it pulls some weeds and debris up and scratches up the earth. Great for gravel and loose dirt too.

As for the toothbar - I like my piranha toothbar, but you might be better with the type that have the large pointed teeth on them, something like this:

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Your the only person on here I have heard mention Ratchet Rake....I have thought hard about buying 1. Thanks !!!

 

[D2Cat]

I always though Ratchet Rake was a character in a Korean War movie!

 

[Ridelght]

I always though Ratchet Rake was a character in a Korean War movie!

Lmao..........

 

[ctfjr]

I always though Ratchet Rake was a character in a Korean War movie!

WRONG MOVIE!
She was the nurse in OFOTCN

 

[Ridelght]

WRONG MOVIE!
She was the nurse in OFOTCN

Oh..nurse Ratchet....think i knew some rachet rakes in high school.
All kidding aside they look like theyd work pulling up poision ivy ans stuff to make trails.

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[minthral]

I'd recommend a tooth bar with large longer teeth in it as posted in the pic earlier. I got one similar (construction attachments brand) and it works great. I always back drag with the inside curve of my bucket with the teeth raised. If you lower the teeth, it's going to leave marks with some people don't like (though they are IMO not back dragging correctly).

This is the style all larger equipment has for a reason. Those teeth essentially reduce the surface area that digs in, which multiplies your digging force up till all parts of the bucket make contact, so it's important to have longer teeth because the increased digging force is only the first X inches. With the teeth, it's no problem for me to dig in with my 66 inch bucket into anything other than sand rock. You can use the teeth to break up the ground, tare up roots, remove rocks, and etc. They're made of some high grade steel and hold up and also reinforces the bottom bucket edge.

I'd avoid the 'beveled edge' bars as those are nothing but combination tooth bar + cutting edge. When they dull, they're not as effective at either. The design of these is to cut brush, but IMO there's better tools for that and you're best off doing that kind of work with a grapple. Put a tooth bar to enhance the bucket's ability to do what it's designed for...dig in and move material.

 

[crbr]

ATI makes some nice tooth bars if you have a dealer in your area you might want to check them out they hold up really well.

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+1 on the ATI. Tough as nails and makes hay on bucket related work. First hand testimony.

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