Another Toothbar question

[Theowegian]

I have both a toothbar and a box blade. I do recommend you get both; however, if it is an issue of which to buy FIRST. then I would go with the box blade.

The box blade can do leveling and its fun to use. The toothbar makes a FEL even better.

I vote box blade first, then buy the toothbar.

dwight

 

[PineRidge]

Dave having a tooth-bar also makes it easier to pick up downed trees (if they aren't too large) since you can get under them easier. I normally run up on one and just as we make contact we curl the bucket back to pick up the tree. We keep it as low as possible until we get to the burn pile but it has saved us a lot of on and off the seat to get our job accomplished.

One of these days we gotta get a grapple.

 

[Tom_H]

I have both for my BX2200. The box blade is a small Gannon. I just got the tooth bar from Markham (their reputation as nice is well deserved). Mine was only $150, but had an extra $100 shipping from east to west coast.

 

[Dave_C]

Wow, miss a day miss a lot, look at the responses. Spent last night hoping my basement wouldn't flood. We've had enough rain in this part of the country I've considered building an ark.

After reading all the responses how can I argue with the collective wisdom of TBN. Toothbar and a box blade seem to be the way to go. (I was leaning this way anyhow but now I have more "opinions" to help convince the better half). I'm going to contact the Markham folks about the toothbar. As for the box blade I'm leaning towards a less exspensive model like the King Kutter. Plus it's already Orange.

I'll take some before and after pictures of the woods and post them when I'm done. After last night's rain/ice storm there's even more brush in the woods. Branches were popping and cracking all night.

Thanks again for all the advice, Dave

 

[Tom_H]

Dave, On the box blade, call around to some used implement places. I got mine from a guy on whose lot it had been sitting for years. Don't remember the exact price but it was only a fraction of the price of a new one.

 

[Moon]

Here is another point of view for how I take care of brush on my place. I have used my FEL from day one to push brush around, and smash it down. When doing this I'll also have my rotary cutter (aka bush hog) on the 3PH. I'll then back over the brush with the rotary cutter and make the brush be gone!

I agree that a toothbar would be a great help when doing this, but I don't have a toothbar yet. That's next on my list to get. I had to decide between forks or toothbar last fall cause I could only afford one at the time. I had more need for the forks. For moving impliments and big stuff around that doesn't fit in the FEL. Forks are awesome.

Rear blades are good for moving snow, but for all other tasks dealing with dirt I've found a box blade to be far superior. The box blade has the weight needed to move the dirt. I have a KK blade and it just isn't heavy enough to really dig in the dirt. Most of the time it would float over the parts I was trying to level.

Moon of Ohio

 

[Dave_C]

Toothbar update....

I ordered my toothbar from Markham on Monday AM and had it here Tuesday afternoon. Everything that has been said about them here is true. Extremely nice people to deal with, very nice product, reasonable price, amazingly fast service. I hope to try it out this weekend, looks like the January monsoon is finally over here in Ohio.

Thanks again, Dave