deezler
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- Joined
- Jan 30, 2012
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- 3,467
- Location
- Southeast MI
- Tractor
- Cub Cadet 7305, Kioti CK3510seh TLB
Hi everyone,
Hopefully some of you can help me select a tooth-bar for my tractor's loader bucket. The tractor is a Cub Cadet 7305. 30HP, 4WD, solid little tractor made my Mitsubishi.
Last year I found a discounted ratchet rake from tractor supply, and it has been great for clearing brush. But it completely prevents you form being able to dig (or even scoop) dirt!
I have a new project this year - cutting in a proper driveway and doing the basic (limited) excavation for our new home. It will be a small, single-story ranch with no basement, so I am just cutting a flat into a gentle slope - no basement digging or anything crazy like that. Our soil here is nice and light/sandy, with almost no rocks whatsoever. So I am confident that with time and persistence, my little tractor can get the job done and save me some major excavation costs.
My main criteria for selecting a tooth bar:
1. Cost. I am broke. Need to keep this under $400 shipped.
2. Functionality. I'd like it to be easy on/off, and perhaps even allow a set of chain-on pallet forks to fit over it. And of course top priority is for it to be a dirt ripping animal.
Options I have found at this point:
1. The BXpanded piranha: BXpanded Piranha Tooth Bar. They will make a custom 60.5" bar for my bucket for $328 shipped.
2. Ebay stuff - lots of options. ebay1, ebay2
3. Everything attachments, wrlong, etc. These all seem too expensive though.
I like the looks of ebay1 option. However this standard tooth-bar design type is clearly suited only for digging, and wouldn't be much good for anything else. The BXpanded piranha looks pretty wild, has great user reviews, and could be left on the bucket for doing other stuff, like clearing brush, etc. But will it be as good at digging?
So. Who here has bought and fit a tooth-bar to their CUT's loader bucket? How crazy was the transformation in ultimate digging power? I know my tractor is no bulldozer, but given care and good technique, it should be ok, right? I have a box blade with rippers already, so I would use that to break up the ground first, too. Has anyone used both the Piranha and a standard type tooth bar?
Thanks a lot for any advice! And here are some pics to keep things interesting.
The new tooth bar will be going on this beast:
Here's a shot without the ratchet-rake mounted:
Here is the homesite looking north (from the bottom of the small hill). The trees are down, but I do need to get the stumps out yet.
And the view looking south from the top of the hill
Hopefully some of you can help me select a tooth-bar for my tractor's loader bucket. The tractor is a Cub Cadet 7305. 30HP, 4WD, solid little tractor made my Mitsubishi.
Last year I found a discounted ratchet rake from tractor supply, and it has been great for clearing brush. But it completely prevents you form being able to dig (or even scoop) dirt!
I have a new project this year - cutting in a proper driveway and doing the basic (limited) excavation for our new home. It will be a small, single-story ranch with no basement, so I am just cutting a flat into a gentle slope - no basement digging or anything crazy like that. Our soil here is nice and light/sandy, with almost no rocks whatsoever. So I am confident that with time and persistence, my little tractor can get the job done and save me some major excavation costs.
My main criteria for selecting a tooth bar:
1. Cost. I am broke. Need to keep this under $400 shipped.
2. Functionality. I'd like it to be easy on/off, and perhaps even allow a set of chain-on pallet forks to fit over it. And of course top priority is for it to be a dirt ripping animal.
Options I have found at this point:
1. The BXpanded piranha: BXpanded Piranha Tooth Bar. They will make a custom 60.5" bar for my bucket for $328 shipped.
2. Ebay stuff - lots of options. ebay1, ebay2
3. Everything attachments, wrlong, etc. These all seem too expensive though.
I like the looks of ebay1 option. However this standard tooth-bar design type is clearly suited only for digging, and wouldn't be much good for anything else. The BXpanded piranha looks pretty wild, has great user reviews, and could be left on the bucket for doing other stuff, like clearing brush, etc. But will it be as good at digging?
So. Who here has bought and fit a tooth-bar to their CUT's loader bucket? How crazy was the transformation in ultimate digging power? I know my tractor is no bulldozer, but given care and good technique, it should be ok, right? I have a box blade with rippers already, so I would use that to break up the ground first, too. Has anyone used both the Piranha and a standard type tooth bar?
Thanks a lot for any advice! And here are some pics to keep things interesting.
The new tooth bar will be going on this beast:
Here's a shot without the ratchet-rake mounted:
Here is the homesite looking north (from the bottom of the small hill). The trees are down, but I do need to get the stumps out yet.
And the view looking south from the top of the hill