Cost of cutting edge

Doc_Bob · Jun 22, 2006

Tractorganic said:
Slippy, you should consider a bolt on tooth bar to go over your cutting edge. You mention removing old blacktop as a first project and a toothbar will bite into that stuff easily helping to break it up, get underneath it, and slice it into the bucket saving a great deal of wear on your FEL.

Do toothbars cover the entire cutting edge? Or do they just cover the areas that have the teeth?
Bob

Tractorganic · Jun 22, 2006

Sorry, I was wrong. I got the toothbar in Aug. '04 along with a Farmi logging winch. It's a Woods TB40735 and cost me $550. That NH dealer doesn't discount very much though, and it may come cheaper elsewhere. This may be cost prohibitive for Slippy but I have found it to have paid for itself quickly by time saved digging and greater capacity hauling.

deerhunterf350 · Jun 22, 2006

Part #s for NH HD toothbars for use over Factory Bolt on cutting edge.

NEW HOLLAND HEAVY DUTY TOOTHBARS
(FOR BUCKETS WITH BOLT ON CUTTING EDGE INSTALLED)
DESCRIPTION PART#
60" 7 TEETH 86599706DS
66" 7 TEETH 86599707DS
72" 7 TEETH 86599708DS
78" 8 TEETH 86599709DS
84" 8 TEETH 86599710DS

Found them on Messicks website under Parts.

Tractorganic · Jun 22, 2006

Yes Doc Bob it's 72" end to end, slips over the cutting bar and inside the bucket where a bracket on each end 'through bolts' to the bucket. These bolts are beefy and take time to remove if I want to drop the toothbar and run with the cutting edge. I worry about bunging the bolt threads with some of my rock hauling; but I'd rather have them heading into the bucket than out (they protrude about 3") where I'm likely to forget and gouge myself. I have removed it to prepare for snow, but even then I've found busting up thick ice is so much faster with it on that I keep it on all winter. I have a dirt driveway which the Town plow loves to backfill with some nasty hard pack. One run with the bucket cleans up that whether it's slush or solid. This may be where I get out the digital camera and learn to post a pic. Too dark now, I'll try tomorrow.