A new toy arrived today, but...

[BKColeman]

Dave,
It had holes but they didn't line up. I bought a Woods toothbar, not a NH one.

--Brad

 

[DVerbarg]

Was the woods bar cheaper/different/better than the NH bar? Just wondering what I might have missed out on (besides the joy of drilling two holes through steel /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif)

 

[BKColeman]

I don't know. That was just what the dealer offered. He gave me the choice between a standard and deluxe model, both Woods brand. I got the deluxe model, it will fit over a bolt-on cutting edge. He didn't even mention NH brand.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

<font color=blue>"All electrical is dead while waiting for the new drop?"</font color=blue>

Exactly. The barn is the only structure on the land I bought. There is a now-condemned house adjacent to my property and it's now-dead electrical used to service the barn. Now there is no electric in the neighborhood. /w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

<font color=blue>"which toothbar did you get?"</font color=blue>

I opted for the one with the replaceable caps. I have a fixed cutting edge on my 61" JD bucket on a 420 loader so I got the one for fixed as opposed to the one for bolt on cutting edge. The bar was $266. I'm guessing freight in the $20-$25 range so I should be under $300 when the credit card statement arrives.

 

[DVerbarg]

<font color=blue>I got the deluxe model, it will fit over a bolt-on cutting edge.</font color=blue>

Do you have a bolt-on cutting edge? Been thinking about one, but if I just keep thinking its not going to save my bucket cutting edge! /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif Would like it for two reasons:
1) save the bucket edge from premature wear
2) stiffen the bucket edge to prevent bending (have already had to straighten the edge out after an oops).

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!! NO electrician today. His wife called me less than thirty minutes before he was supposed to meet me there to tell me a medical malady would prevent him from being there and he'd have to reschedule for NEXT Thursday.

Now I'm experiencing the domino effect. I have to reschedule other work on the barn because of no electicity for power tools we'll need. I have to reschedule work on my trailer I'd planned on doing there when the electricity was done for the same reason. I also have to delay work I was going to do with my loader with it's new toothbar installed because it won't be, again, because of no electricity to run power tools to use to install it.

I am soooo frustrated. Now, of course, we'll have an incredible week of good weather, I'm sure. AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!

 

[RJohnson]

Gary,
With all of the troubles you are having I would think that renting a portable generator would be in order. Although it hurts the pocket book it keep the blood pressure under control/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

Good luck, and one of these days you will be able to close with that famous A-Team sayint, "I love it when a plan comes together!"

Randy

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

RJ, thanks for the good wishes. Truth be told, anymore when something like this happens, I just kind of lean back and smile about it. I learned a long time ago that my reaction to something like this wasn't going to change anything. Maybe I've gotten philosophical about these things in my old age. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I just figure I'll get by. At least I always have. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MikePA]

Ditto on renting a generator. That's what was used to put our barn up because electric was one of the very last things to go in. We installed a separate, underground service and it wasn't worth it to install a temp service.