pulled the trigger on Markham toothbar

[wedge40]

I called last Thursday and ordered a tooth bar for my FEL. I was told it would be two weeks before they will be able to ship. Which was fine with me cause I'm traveling for work the next two weeks so I wouldn't be able to do anything with it till then anyhow. Next is to get some wood to make a form to build my ballast box. After reading on TBN the decision to choose Markam was pretty easy.
I just looked at thread on build it yourself about someone who built his own and he spend $240 for the teeth alone. Mine is about $270 including shipping. Then again I don't have a 6' bucket either.

Wedge

 

[xkrfan]

ordered mine last Thursday too..it's coming to Canada so will probably take more than 2 weeks. I ordered a 6 tooth version for a JD 53" bucket.

 

[GIJOE]

I just spent $240 for eight teeth, but a Markham Tooth Bar would have cost me with shipping about $370.

Joe

 

[john_bud]

The variety of teeth and shanks is great and they go from dirt cheap (and barely worth it!) to very expensive $100+ each. All depends on what you will use them for and what they are mounting to. So, it's tough to compare a built tooth bar to "tooth cost" as it's about impossible to know which components are being compared!

Still, the Markham bar is a good one at a fair price.


GIJOE - Colt? don't you mean Musket?

jb

 

[ragkar]

I hope you gave them the exact interior dimensions as they will subtract a quarter inch to allow for clearance. If you allowed for clearance too, then it's washer spacer time for you.

 

[wedge40]

I hope you gave them the exact interior dimensions as they will subtract a quarter inch to allow for clearance. If you allowed for clearance too, then it's washer spacer time for you.

I gave the correct dimensions (I hope). I thought about subtracting 1/8" and figured if it was too small I could use washers to fill in the gap.
I measured twice, so I think I'm pretty safe.
Wedge

 

[GIJOE]

GIJOE - Colt? don't you mean Musket?

jb

No, I meant Colt. A Musket would be like trying to navigate Windows using only your keyboard. The first repeating arm (point and click interface) was invented by Samuel Colt in a five and six shot revolver and patented in 1836. But, if you want to get technical, I think the first firearm was invented by the Chinese sometime in the early 13th century, well before the Musket.

Joe

 

[RalphVa]

Mine doesn't have a trigger.

Can't figure how you pull the trigger before you have it either.

Ralph

 

[Mowbizz]

I called last Thursday and ordered a tooth bar for my FEL. I was told it would be two weeks before they will be able to ship. Which was fine with me cause I'm traveling for work the next two weeks so I wouldn't be able to do anything with it till then anyhow. Next is to get some wood to make a form to build my ballast box. After reading on TBN the decision to choose Markam was pretty easy.
I just looked at thread on build it yourself about someone who built his own and he spend $240 for the teeth alone. Mine is about $270 including shipping. Then again I don't have a 6' bucket either.

Wedge

Mine is supposed to ship this week...cost me $172 + $43 shipping to NH (that's New Hampshire not New Holland)

 

[wedge40]

Well it's been here for a couple of weeks, and I finally got around to putting it on. Haven't tried it out yet.
It fits pretty well. But my bucket has a lip around the upper edge that needed to be "fixed" before it would install proper. Got the HF grinder and after about 20 or 30 minutes of grinding it now slips on pretty easy.

Here it is. I'm thinking getting some caps to put on the end of the bolts.

Front view shows the same gap people talk about.

Here is a close up of the gap.

And again.

The gap on mine is about 5/8". I might have someone weld another edge on the fell to fill this.


I'll check it out next week.

Wedge