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[kenmac]

Should I get teeth for the bucket or is that just encouraging myself to do more than I should with the loader?

Jbo

I love the bucket teeth. Mine stay on the bucket all the time.
I even use the teeth to repair my barbed wire fence when needed

 

[California]

I love the bucket teeth. I even use the teeth to repair my barbed wire fence when needed

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[rScotty]

Should I get teeth for the bucket or is that just encouraging myself to do more than I should with the loader?

Jbo

Compact size tractors usually have buckets with a smooth lip and you can buy a "tooth bar" that clamps onto that smooth lip when you need to use teeth. That kind of setup is handy, strong enough for a little tractor, and keeps you from having to swap out the whole bucket.

Larger tractors use bigger teeth and the tooth loads are way higher. A tooth bar wouldn't stand up to the load. So bigger machines are more likely to have several quick change (QA) buckets - some with heavy teeth permanently mounted and one with smooth edges.

Historical note: Our old 1950 vintage JD loader came with a bucket having permanently mounted teeth. It also came with a piece of steel that fits over the teeth & which clamps in place to give the bucket a smooth cutting edge. Doing it that way is kind of backwards from today's buckets which normally come with smooth edges and use an added tooth bar when needed.

 

[kenmac]

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I simply pull the tractor close to the fence, attach my come a long to the bucket teeth and pull the wire.
The teeth are my anchor point for the come a long.

If needed, Just remove two bolts and the tooth bar comes off

 

[bmaverick]

I simply pull the tractor close to the fence, attach my come a long to the bucket teeth and pull the wire.
The teeth are my anchor point for the come a long.

If needed, Just remove two bolts and the tooth bar comes off

Sort of similar. I do the same thing with the 3pt and drawbar off the back to pull fence taunt and clip to tee posts out in the field. Your method and mine are really neat because the come-a-long can be height adjusted in relation to the place of the tractor and the rolling terrain putting up a fence.

 

[California]

I simply pull the tractor close to the fence, attach my come a long to the bucket teeth and pull the wire.
The teeth are my anchor point for the come a long.

Too soon to repost this? Maybe some of the newer guys didn't see it before.

I got too close to the fence and fell in a hole. Forward or back was going to destroy the fence and still not get out.

The photo is after it was pulled sideways. There's a chain there, near invisible. Bucket curl did the job. Driving out, still chained, was like a pendulum. No damage to anything.

(Original description 2017).