I bought the landscaper bar a couple months ago...but I have no experience with the std bar...so can't give you a comparison. Just like the std bar, it adds a lot of strength to the bucket edge as it has 2 flat strips welded into a V that slips over the edge of your bucket. The landscaper bar I have has 18 teeth....compared to 7 I would have gotten on a standard bar. I have been using it to work on clearing a site for a barn. Seems to work well, helps me pick up small logs better, hold more firewood, and when using back dragging I get a fairly smooth surface. It came yellow, and I painted it black....but if you use it a lot...the paint will be coming off anyway. I posted some pictures in the Branson forum....but here is one.
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