I'm done dealing with the Flat Toothbar

[lzicc]

I bought a WR Long flat toothbar and the first bar they sent me which I purchased from Iowa Farms, 2 teeth broke off at the weld. I found 1 tooth but the other one is lost. This was only using it for a few weeks. Iowa Farms got in touch with WR Long and they sent me a replacement at no charge to me.

The other day I broke a tooth of the new one. Luckily I found it. I am going to weld it back on and put the tooth bar on CL and sell it. I just ordered a new toothbar from Gator attachments and we'll see how that one holds up. This one I ordered is not a flat toothbar so since the teeth will mount in the cutting edge of the bucket, I don't see me having any issue's with teeth breaking off.

I think the WR Long tooth bar is good for general work, but for cutting into shell and tree roots, it just doesn't hold up.

 

[ultrarunner]

I use my toothbar exactly like you do on my BX23... admittedly, the BX only has so much power behind it.

Never a problem and I'm also using it on rock too.

Mine is from another vendor that sold many here.

 

[boggen]

any chance of picture of current tooth bar?

 

[ninefinger]

Mine is from another vendor that sold many here.

I also have a Markham and can say only good things about it.

 

[k0ua]

Please post of pix of this new one, If it looks like the last one, which was never welded, we can fix that in a hurry,, but if a chunk of the base metal of the bar is missing where the weld nugget broke loose, well that can be fixed too but not a good sign. Also please if you dont mind tell us the length of that toothbar, I have an L3400HST, and have 2 buckets for it.

Thanks

James K0UA

 

[ultrarunner]

I also have a Markham and can say only good things about it.

Mine is a markham too... should have posted that!

 

[Baranx4]

I have a wr long on my tractor for a few years now and have never had an issue. Never even lost a tooth yet and here in Pa we have tons of stone. With every manufacturer there are always a few lemons that pass through.

 

[Nightrain1]

I just got a 72 inch toothbar from Iowa Farms. Mine are pinned on and slide over the bucket's cutting edge. When I ordered, I asked if I needed any spare teeth and was told it was very rare they ever broke. He talked me out of buying spares so I figured I really didn't need them.

 

[richamor]

I broke the curl cylinder piston, but my Gator bar didn't even break a sweat. It may not be pretty, but it gets the job done.

 

[lzicc]

Mine broke at the weld where the tooth is welded to the bar. i just lost another tooth again last night. Granted, I'm not babying it, but they shouldn't break off. My tooth bar is flat, so the only support the teeth have is the weld. I ordered one from Gator and I'll see if that works better. The one from Gator is not a flat toothbar and the teeth wedge into the cutting edge of the fel which gives it more support. These are pictures of the first toothbar that I broke teeth off of. The new toothbar broke the same way.

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't lose the teeth when they break off, I can always weld them back on, not that I should have to. You just don't know when they break off and I can't find them.