Hey, piranha tooth bar people!

[Imold]

It would not let me post reply

 

[Imold]

Hey Jim, yeh I seen you post that before. That second pic looks promising for my purposes.

Here's what I'm gonna be dealing with:

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I knocked all this down last time with a walk-behind brush hog I rented. You can't see it, but around 8 ft into that jungle is a wire fence I put up, that's also when I planted the trees in there.

I would dive right in, if you want you can even sharpen/clean up the teeth a bit more with a grinder but they are pretty sharp from factory.

 

[GeneV]

I would dive right in, if you want you can even sharpen/clean up the teeth a bit more with a grinder but they are pretty sharp from factory.

Yeh man, I think I'm gonna go for it.

Everything Attachments, I think your pricing should be more competitive with Bxpanded's toothbar, at least for starters. Theirs is a proven design with many satisfied customers, actually I've yet to read many negative reviews of the piranha bar. Haven't found many reviews of your tooth bar at all. How is your product an improvement over something Bxpanded is already doing just fine? That's what you need to demonstrate. Harder steel, so what? Their's is hard enough for the task per their customers. How's your tooth pattern any better than theirs in a real world application? Maybe make some videos showing all that? Not meaning to call you out, but you came on this thread, so here's your chance to sell us on your product.

 

[man00]

I don't think you will can damage the piranha bar much if any with its weaker steel on a small compact tractor.

 

[cjoffutt]

Yeh man, I think I'm gonna go for it.

Everything Attachments, I think your pricing should be more competitive with Bxpanded's toothbar, at least for starters. Theirs is a proven design with many satisfied customers, actually I've yet to read many negative reviews of the piranha bar. Haven't found many reviews of your tooth bar at all. How is your product an improvement over something Bxpanded is already doing just fine? That's what you need to demonstrate. Harder steel, so what? Their's is hard enough for the task per their customers. How's your tooth pattern any better than theirs in a real world application? Maybe make some videos showing all that? Not meaning to call you out, but you came on this thread, so here's your chance to sell us on your product.

They've posted several videos on their Facebook group literally destroying the piranha bar and attempting to destroy their own tooth bar. To the extent of if I saw anyone subjecting either one to the abuse I would question if they should even own a tractor when they clearly need/desire a dozer.

 

[GeneV]

They've posted several videos on their Facebook group literally destroying the piranha bar and attempting to destroy their own tooth bar. To the extent of if I saw anyone subjecting either one to the abuse I would question if they should even own a tractor when they clearly need/desire a dozer.

Well hey, they could post that video here, there you go. I suppose that harder steel would come in handy with a big tractor that could take the abuse, but a scut with a smaller bucket, nah.

 

[cjoffutt]

Well hey, they could post that video here, there you go. I suppose that harder steel would come in handy with a big tractor that could take the abuse, but a scut with a smaller bucket, nah.

One would think if you don't want to spend the extra 100$, then simply don't? But then again, 100$ over the lifetime of a decade that person keeps a tractor.....10$ a year. Isn't all that much when you look at the facts of the (2) types of steel used in both tooth bars. I think for the price of a BigMac meal for a decade I'll choose metal that's darn near twice as strong when it comes to digging into gravel/stone, trees, roots, dirt, etc regardless of the size of tractor I'm using.

Regarding the review comment, one would naturally assume a product that has been on the market for 5+ years vs one that's been on the market for a few months would have considerably more reviews wouldn't you think?

 

[EverythingAttachments]

One would think if you don't want to spend the extra 100$, then simply don't? But then again, 100$ over the lifetime of a decade that person keeps a tractor.....10$ a year. Isn't all that much when you look at the facts of the (2) types of steel used in both tooth bars. I think for the price of a BigMac meal for a decade I'll choose metal that's darn near twice as strong when it comes to digging into gravel/stone, trees, roots, dirt, etc regardless of the size of tractor I'm using.

Regarding the review comment, one would naturally assume a product that has been on the market for 5+ years vs one that's been on the market for a few months would have considerably more reviews wouldn't you think?

I couldn't have said it better myself.

My write-up should have way more than justified a $100 price difference and looking at the design should be self explanatory as to how much more aggressive it is.

Concerning strength...
We know how much abuse each tooth bar in question can withstand. If I'm going hunting in the woods and don't know exactly what I may run into, I'm bringing my baddest gun.
If I'm going clearing in the woods and don't know exactly what I may run into, I'm packing my Wicked Toothbar.

Like most all of our attachments, yes, we test them HARD.
Besides being a highly useful tooth bar, our Wicked Toothbar is a bucket protector.
Anything else and your bucket could end up like this... Yes, it is a compact tractor.
Travis

 

[GeneV]

Regarding the review comment, one would naturally assume a product that has been on the market for 5+ years vs one that's been on the market for a few months would have considerably more reviews wouldn't you think?

Yes, exactly, one's been around for a while now, proven design, with many very satisfied users. Actually, over 200 5-star reviews on their website alone...literally nobody bitching about how they wish it was more than what it is. But then here comes the other guy, new to building this product, who says he builds it bigger/badder. Again gonna say it, so what? It could have sparkly sprinkles in it, but if it does what the other one does, who cares?

As is common on this forum, threads take on a life of their own. Originally I asked about the PIRANHA BAR mounted on a scut, doing a specific job. That's what I was interested in, but EA jumped in to sell theirs, so ok let's talk about theirs then. I could afford an extra $100, but you gotta sell me on it's worth for MY application, I'm not seeing it yet. See what I did there, bringing this thread back to the original topic?

And btw, that pic up there with the beat bucket, I'd have bigger problems than a fugged up tooth bar if I put my gc1700 through that level of abuse.

 

[cjoffutt]

I could afford an extra $100, but you gotta sell me on it's worth for MY application,

See, that's where you're wrong. I don't have to sell you on anything. Nor was I ever attempting to. You initially asked for videos of EA's in action, I said where to find them. I personally don't care which tooth bar you or anyone buys, it will not change the outcome of my day one bit.

When it comes down to it, really EA doesn't have 'sell' you on it either. They've been around long enough that people know they make high quality implements that can take some serious abuse. Just as people know the the quality (or lack of) of Titan, Bestco, Pirhana, Landpride. No-one goes 'Hey LandPride, I see that box grader you just came out with looks very similar to ABC brand, time for you to sell me on it'. Anyone that has LandPride knows it's good and doesn't doubt the new product will be just as good.

So best of luck in which ever route you go.