Easily Removeable Toothbar?

[RichZ]

The manure that I'm referring to is more like dirty hay, which I use for bedding for my goats and sheep. I have a kid working for me whose main job is mucking the barns, and he has to use a wheelbarrow, because I can't get a tractor in my barns. So he dumps the wheelbarrows of manure in an area, and I pick it up with my loader several times/week. I have over 100 goats and about 30 sheep, so we're talking a lot of maure. It isn't always easy to pick it up with the loader, depending on how wet and packed down it is. A toothbar would make it much easier to pick up.

 

[tommu56]

Rich
What about when you drill bucket for tooth bar drill it in the front of the slot and loosen bolt slide it forward and flip it in to bucket would that work?

Tom

 

[SkunkWerX]

The manure that I'm referring to is more like dirty hay, which I use for bedding for my goats and sheep. I have a kid working for me whose main job is mucking the barns, and he has to use a wheelbarrow, because I can't get a tractor in my barns. So he dumps the wheelbarrows of manure in an area, and I pick it up with my loader several times/week. I have over 100 goats and about 30 sheep, so we're talking a lot of maure. It isn't always easy to pick it up with the loader, depending on how wet and packed down it is. A toothbar would make it much easier to pick up.

Rich, The Toothbars come off very easily with the Nut & Bolt arrangement.
I can't imagine what manure would do to the nut & bolt in the near term.
If it's corrosion you are thinking would be a problem, you could use a Nylock bolt and some lithium grease or teflon tape on the threads, the nylon insert tends to seal the threads.

If you are removing it several times a year, It will only get easier each time.

I can understand how the toothbar helps picking up piles of manure. I would go ahead and bolt it up, use it, and unbolt it as needed to remove. With a pneumatic impact gun we are talking 60 seconds to remove. With socket wrench a couple minutes, tops.

Stainless could get pricey for 3/4" hardware, you could probably replace the Nut Bolt combo every year or two, push come to shove.

What is your concern? corrosion of the bolts? or just basic mechanical removal?

 

[RichZ]

Yes, my concern is corrosion. I figure I'd have it on most of the time, and only occasionally need to take it off, and when I did take it off, I thought that it might be corroded on. But your ideas sound like they'd prevent that.

 

[Racer71]

Rich, The Toothbars come off very easily with the Nut & Bolt arrangement.
I can't imagine what manure would do to the nut & bolt in the near term.
If it's corrosion you are thinking would be a problem, you could use a Nylock bolt and some lithium grease or teflon tape on the threads, the nylon insert tends to seal the threads.

If you are removing it several times a year, It will only get easier each time.

I can understand how the toothbar helps picking up piles of manure. I would go ahead and bolt it up, use it, and unbolt it as needed to remove. With a pneumatic impact gun we are talking 60 seconds to remove. With socket wrench a couple minutes, tops.

Stainless could get pricey for 3/4" hardware, you could probably replace the Nut Bolt combo every year or two, push come to shove.

What is your concern? corrosion of the bolts? or just basic mechanical removal?

My 1/2 hardware cost me $8. It was worth it.

 

[RalphVa]

My Markham just slides over the edge of the FEL and bolts via 2 big bolts at the side. It's easy to put on and off. I leave the bolts in the holes now, as I occasionally will use the bolts for attaching something else. They haven't rusted. The toothbar stays off except for the rare dirt digging need.

Ralph

 

[Westendorf-RR]

We make a quick-attach set of bucket teeth (no bolts or tools required to remove). They are longer than most tooth bars I've seen on TBN (around 10-12"), they were specifically designed to help increase the load size and aid in handling manure. The chains just wrap up the back of the bucket and latch to the top edge. You can see them online at Front-End Loaders by Westendorf: loader for tractor, shade canopy, wagons, manure & landscaping equipment.