Hi Mike, yes I did find out the weight. 2,600 for the tractor (2,568 without fluids) 895 for the FEL and 400 for the loaded rear tires so I'm very close to 4,000 lbs. Have not purchased the tooth bar yet but I definately plan to. It has not been that easy digging up those juniper bushes with just the cutting edge on the bucket. Unless I put a lot of downward pressure on the bucket, which digs up a big chunk of field, the bucket tends to flatten out the bush and then slide along the roots. So I am sure the teeth can get in-between the roots and tear the bush out. I will have to check those posts again to see where is the best place to purchase one. Unless you remember. I forget who posted those photos but it looked like a breeze to install and the bar looked pretty rugged. Here a picture of about 25 barrels I dug out of the ground that it would have been handy to have the tooth bar. These are 1/2 of 35-55 gal drums set in the ground around plants way back when my land was a working farm.