How many teeth should I add to my 4 in 1 bucket/tooth mount style-Beast Mode

[PowerTracManiac]

Need to be able to dig out some dirt. Soil is a little on the clay side. Definitely not soft, rich topsoil or sandy.
Would like to add some teeth to my 4 in 1 bucket cutting edge. I ordered a 23 tf tooth from Titan to check fit and it fits good.
The inside of the bucket is 71inches wide.
How many teeth do you all think would be good for loosening up my soil? Is there set number of teeth per inch that works good in clay soil?

 

[Rustyiron]

About 8" to 10" spacing is good, your choice. Just make them all evenly spaced.

 

[RickB]

About 8" to 10" spacing is good, your choice. Just make them all evenly spaced.

Agreed.

 

[ponytug]

Which cutting edge are you putting the teeth on? I have often wondered about the utility of teeth on the 4n1.

FWIW: All I have for soil is either clay or highly fractured sedimentary rock, which is basically like highly compacted gravel. With the 4n1, I curl the bucket forward, and then open the bucket most/all the way up and back drag the clay. Back dragging creates a lifting cut that seems to work well on my clay soil. It shaves the clay beautifully unless it is bone dry. No teeth. Mostly I am trying to level roads, or create terraces, so YMMV, depending on what you are doing.

Happy Thanksgiving!

All the best,

Peter

 

[Oldpath05]

I pick 9. I have 6 on my 5' bucket and wish I had 7....

 

[m5040]

Oldpath05 has a nice bolt on edge. It is nice to take it off when not needed so you don't walk into them or have them in the way when loading firewood in bucket or clamp on forks or sticky soft material etc.

Power Trac has individual bolt on teeth. How are the Titans, weld or bolt on?

The theory of the teeth is to concentrate your traction pushing power on the tips instead of the long smooth edge. I think it really depends on your soil and by experience. The recommendations sound right, but if you put on too many it will probably work against you.

 

[oosik]

My 72" bucket has eight teeth on the tooth bar. View attachment 677813

 

[PowerTracManiac]

Plan on putting the teeth on the main front edge. Can still bulldoze and drag with the 4 in 1 open is the plan. I have the light material bucket also if I need it.


I originally wanted to do a bolt on tooth bar and so I only ordered 1 tooth to see how it would fit.
The P.T. bucket and exisiting front metal cutting edge are so thick that there is no room to put another metal edge under the back of the tooth for an additional flat bar to do a bolt on bar. The tooth fits perfectly with no slop tight to the existing bucket metal so I can't deny the ready to weld fitment.

Oldpath05-you don't play around. That is one tough looking Kubota!

Appreciate the sugesstions all. I will order more teeth and go for about 8 to 9 inch spacing.

 

[Oldpath05]

Number of teeth sorta depend if one wants to back drag out the bigger size rocks that one wants separated, but if to many teeth the bucket wont dig in like it should. My bucket teeth are approx 9" between, I'm glad they wasn't 1" further apart, I think 7" between would work better for separating the bigger rocks, but 4 in buck might throw all suggestion's over the rock pile............

 

[Rustyiron]

Appreciate the sugesstions all. I will order more teeth and go for about 8 to 9 inch spacing.

Cat has a nice "corner shank" they use on their backhoe buckets and is close to the same size as what you have. I used them on a SS bucket I built, and having the end tooth directly on the corner is very helpful. (also makes our little machines look like the big boys :laughing
I'll look for a picture later.