Piranha Toothbar or Ratchet Rake????

[12pack]

Hey there.

So.... Piranha Toothbar or Ratchet Rake???? for my BX-22...... or any other suggestions.

I want to clear some woods of overgrown invasive plants, downed limbs, old piles of wood etc... and also maybe try and smooth out the ruts in my my 1000' dirt driveway. I use a rear blade now but need to roughen it up. I know I should probably get a landscape rake for driveway but money tight and was thinking a toothbar might help.

But anyway what do you think is better between the two styles,,,, looking for some pros and cons on each, Thanks

 

[bcp]

Which of these would be more useful, if you were doing it by hand?

Bruce

 

[tjkubota93]

Hey there.

So.... Piranha Toothbar or Ratchet Rake???? for my BX-22...... or any other suggestions.

I want to clear some woods of overgrown invasive plants, downed limbs, old piles of wood etc... and also maybe try and smooth out the ruts in my my 1000' dirt driveway. I use a rear blade now but need to roughen it up. I know I should probably get a landscape rake for driveway but money tight and was thinking a toothbar might help.

But anyway what do you think is better between the two styles,,,, looking for some pros and cons on each, Thanks

I have the piranha tooth bar. It works well for back dragging. Never used a ratchet rake.

 

[nightdevil]

piranha tooth bar. It stays on the bucket, more versatile without needing to keep reattaching it. The landscape rake is better or easier for collecting or dragging rubbish and your ruts but a box blades is what you're going to get anyway

 

[newbury]

Which of these would be more useful, if you were doing it by hand?



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Bruce

Excellent Bruce!!!

Keep this in mind for the next hundred times the question comes up!

 

[jeff9366]

Your topic has been masticated hundreds of times here.

T-B-N ARCHIVE: Pirhana or Ratchet Rake? site:tractorbynet.com - Google Search


VIDEO: ratchet rake brush clearing - YouTube

 

[majorwager]

In the process of building a toothed rake but it will not be bucket mounted, but rather have a dedicated SSQA adapter. Masticate is generally an action associated W/ chewing food, but since tooth bar is noted, perhaps a clever adaptation of the word, or not?

 

[FTG-05]

My Piranha tooth bar lives on my FEL bucket; I've never taken it off once I installed it.

My RR lives on the back end of my box blade as an extra 110 lb. weight - after only using it once.

Take that as you will.

 

[Rustyiron]

How are these Piranha bars wearing?
I have a strange question for those of you with them, I'm thinking about making a sickle cutter for small limb & branch trimming out of a pair of Piranha edges (back to back). One side will be driven hydraulically (slowly) and the other side stationary, mounted on a pole of some sort attached to either the bucket or a separate ssqa plate.
I just emailed them about this and if they would sell a "blank" edge, 6'-7' long to be cut in half for a 3'-3.5' long "cutter".
Any opinions?

 

[man00]

How are these Piranha bars wearing?
I have a strange question for those of you with them, I'm thinking about making a sickle cutter for small limb & branch trimming out of a pair of Piranha edges (back to back). One side will be driven hydraulically (slowly) and the other side stationary, mounted on a pole of some sort attached to either the bucket or a separate ssqa plate.
I just emailed them about this and if they would sell a "blank" edge, 6'-7' long to be cut in half for a 3'-3.5' long "cutter".
Any opinions?

I think they wear pretty good, as in they can take a beating. Mine looks new other than some mud in it, about two or three year old