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I'm across the country from you but I have heavy clay here which gets very hard in the summer.
I've had decent success with the piranha tooth bar which isn't that different than lots of "tiny teeth" like those, but I definitely still can't just approach a hillside of clay and expect to take a chunk out of it - my backhoe's 12" bucket with four bigger teeth have enough trouble, but if I want loose "dirt" I have to backhoe a bunch, then scoop - or wait for the wet season, when it's just a mess. I do get a few weeks in the spring when I can dig it (still need to use the backhoe) rapidly and then FEL scoop it.
To be honest, with a 65" bucket and a fairly light tractor I wouldn't expect to be able to dig much clay especially with the weight of the tractor I see. My bucket is about that weight; my tractor is 4000# bare weight, plus filled rears, and trying to dig the front bucket into anything that's not loose is a great way to spin the tires. You may be able to get more shaving/scraping with the bucket with the teeth, not sure.
I've had decent success with the piranha tooth bar which isn't that different than lots of "tiny teeth" like those, but I definitely still can't just approach a hillside of clay and expect to take a chunk out of it - my backhoe's 12" bucket with four bigger teeth have enough trouble, but if I want loose "dirt" I have to backhoe a bunch, then scoop - or wait for the wet season, when it's just a mess. I do get a few weeks in the spring when I can dig it (still need to use the backhoe) rapidly and then FEL scoop it.
To be honest, with a 65" bucket and a fairly light tractor I wouldn't expect to be able to dig much clay especially with the weight of the tractor I see. My bucket is about that weight; my tractor is 4000# bare weight, plus filled rears, and trying to dig the front bucket into anything that's not loose is a great way to spin the tires. You may be able to get more shaving/scraping with the bucket with the teeth, not sure.