Recommendation, Bolt on Bucket Tooth bar

[the old grind]

I like my Ratchet Rake too, for clearing in woodlands and minor grading and garden prep.

However, you CANNOT DIG with a Ratchet Rake attached to your bucket.

My RR easily fits or swaps onto all three CUT FELs in 5 min and doesn't stay on any one of them more than a day or so because it's too limiting for most FEL work. Different jobs for different snobs I guess.

For fixed mount I'd have a Piranha bar on a QA bucket. Bolt holes on TC33DA suggest it wore one in a past life.

 

[Spike56]

Read the two attached threads in Post #7.

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Jeff,
Sorry, did not notice the attached thread. Still curious, the picture looks like in sandy soil. Have you tried in heavier clay type soils ?

 

[RSKY]

I use the Piranha bar and it is very good. Even with my low HP tractor I can easily undercut vines and small trees. Our soil has a lot of clay in it and this does not slow the bar down. IF you get one remember to always park with the Piranha down in the dirt. It is an absolute witch to hit a shin on.

RSKY

 

[BackRoad]

I've got the Bucket Spade and have used it successfully to dig in mixed clay/rock soil.

I attach it to my forks rather than the bucket, which allows a bit more reach, angle and distance in front of the tractor.

I believe the digging process is also more visible when using the forks rather than when it's attached to the bucket.

The risk is to not over-torque the FEL when using the spade with the 60hp Kubota tractor and its standard LA1065 loader.