Tooth Bar or Cutting Bar

[PILOON]

There is some compromise involved if you use the FEL for back-dragging...and have tooth bar installed...!

What I did is weld a HD angle on the back of my bucket and I back drag using my bucket heel.
I did so as to not wear out the heal even though I had a 'square' heel but noticed wearing was going to take a toil.
On round bottom buckets a good angle will do a great job and as well re inforce the bucket.

 

[Smokeydog]

Love my Piranha toothbar. Sell you my regular toothbar.

 

[Kyle602]

Thanks for all the responses!
Sounds like a tooth bar with welded angle on the heel of the bucket might be the way to go.

 

[oosik]

I added a tooth bar to my round back heavy duty bucket. Nine teeth spread across 72". The bucket & tooth bar now sit out in the orchard on a couple 4x4's. Replaced five years ago with a fantastically heavy duty Land Pride grapple. I really doubt that I will EVER put the bucket back on.

The teeth were a great help when scraping up dirt. Just enough penetration to disrupt the surface and allow the bucket to really scoop up well.

Now I rotate the grapple down, completely horizontal, jaws wide open, drop down on the ground, close the jaws and pull up a humungous wad of earth - move it wherever I need it. The upper jaw is a good back drag when I'm finished.

 

[RomeK2]

What I did is weld a HD angle on the back of my bucket and I back drag using my bucket heel.
I did so as to not wear out the heal even though I had a 'square' heel but noticed wearing was going to take a toil.
On round bottom buckets a good angle will do a great job and as well re inforce the bucket.

Got any pics with the angle welded on? I just bought a piranha toothier (just shipped a couple of days ago), can't wait to try it out.

 

[PILOON]

Got any pics with the angle welded on? I just bought a piranha toothier (just shipped a couple of days ago), can't wait to try it out.

Sorry, I remove my bucket and replace it with snow blade 4 winter and its somewhere under 4 ft of snow.
So much this year that it'll be June b4 I find it.

 

[big bubba]

basically agree w/above replies re:tooth bar. would recommend heavy duty as possible. have a bolted on Woods. could not have excavated boulders from the pasture, or excavated top soil without it. personally, welding a angle edge on the bucket heel is overkill unless you're doing commercial work

as far as the bolt on front mounted spade as one member suggested, it wouldn't last 10 minutes on a larger tractor maybe on a sub compact. best of luck, can't go wrong, just go heavy duty. recommend bolt on over welded.

 

[TheMadOne]

as far as the bolt on front mounted spade as one member suggested, it wouldn't last 10 minutes on a larger tractor maybe on a sub compact. best of luck, can't go wrong, just go heavy duty. recommend bolt on over welded.

Jeff has a L3560, not exactly the smallest thing around. Sure, not as big as your M, but hardly a BX, and a lot closer in size to the OP's MX.

 

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Jeff has a L3560, not exactly the smallest thing around. Sure, not as big as your M, but hardly a BX, and a lot closer in size to the OP's MX.

I just can’t see that bucket spade NOT bending the FEL bucket.

 

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Thanks for all the responses!
Sounds like a tooth bar with welded angle on the heel of the bucket might be the way to go.

I have BOTH the Piranha tooth bar in the FEL and a QA Ripper tooth for the BH. Great combination for digging up stumps!