Haywire
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I see everyone is using a tooth bar on FELs. Has anyone ever drilled an FEL edge and just mounted individual BH teeth or are they different than what goes on a tooth bar?
Ian
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BH teeth on a FEL?
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RoyJackson
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You could do that if you wanted to.
The intent of a toothbar is to concentrate the FEL's breakout pressure to points rather then a 5 or 6 foot wide bucket lip...just as using a pointed spade digs better then a flat bladed shovel.
How those points are installed on the bucket isn't really too important. I would think a toothbar might be more convenient to install and remove, that's all.
The intent of a toothbar is to concentrate the FEL's breakout pressure to points rather then a 5 or 6 foot wide bucket lip...just as using a pointed spade digs better then a flat bladed shovel.
How those points are installed on the bucket isn't really too important. I would think a toothbar might be more convenient to install and remove, that's all.
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No reason at all why that wouldn't work. Every soil is different, and different teeth work a little differently in each one. As has been said, all that teeth do is concentrate the force. It's fun to drag an idea through the dirt and see what works.
As an example, our soil is rocky and digging in it seems to work best with teeth that are free to wobble just a little bit. That was an accidental and unexpected discovery.
Most people find that a removeable or "clip-on" type toothed rock bar is the easy way to add teeth to a bucket since it is fairly easy to mount and dismount. But the tooth problem can also be solved in reverse.
By "reverse" I mean that of our toothed digging buckets the teeth are permanent and the smooth edge is the one that clips on. It turns out that doing it that way works fine too.
On that bucket the teeth got permanently mounted because at the time I felt that teeth worked better when mounted rigidly to the bucket itself. In our soil, having sturdy teeth is an advantage.
And the removeable front clip-on is the piece that has the smooth "traditional" bucket blade edge. This clip-on has sockets for the bucket's teeth to fit into and is simply clipped on for the few times a smooth edge is needed....like for back-dragging and finishing work.
BTW, about drilling the edge of the bucket. Try it, on some alloys drilling works well. After all, teeth mount with surprisingly small bolts, and it might work for you. And a few holes are not going to hurt the bucket. Better yet, any good welder can show you how to poke a hole through the metal of the blade.
Enjoy! rScotty
