Tooth Bar options?

Kep1a · Aug 12, 2021

What tooth bar is best for the rocky terrain of Southern AZ. I have a small Montana 2840 working at an elevation 4960 so the power on a normally aspirated 4cyl is a bit lower than the rated HP.

I wont be able to damage any I have looked at but I'm leaning to the wicked tooth bar from Everything Attachments. I also like the one from Heavy Hitch but think it may be a bit aggressive for my tractor to effectively use. I looked at the Piranha one and it didn't really look like it would work as well as the Wicked from EA. Thoughts? Other options?

Kep1a · Aug 12, 2021

Not really looking for a cutting edge wanting a tooth bar for breaking up the ground and for better penetration into piles of dirt and rocks.

LS Tractor Owner · Aug 12, 2021

Here is a link for a regular type tooth bar. Just look up your size that will fit your bucket.

Neat Farms | Neat Attachments - Tooth Bar

Buy Online Tooth Bar For Loader Bucket at eezs.com

www.neatfarms.com

I have one on my 66" bucket and it works really well for breaking up the hard dry ground here in NM.

Kep1a · Aug 12, 2021

That looks interesting but I think the EA one may be more versatile. Going to need to do more research.

lennyzx11 · Aug 12, 2021

I’ve been happy with my piranha toothbar since 2015. We grew rocks in Oklahoma and now in Vermont. And I’m not real gentle with it.

newbury · Aug 12, 2021

I've two Piranha's and they are excellent - for soil, sand, gravel.
I would NOT recommend them for rocky soils.

DieselBound · Aug 13, 2021

I got a tooth bar from my Kubota dealer for my B7800.

I've torn through some nasty stuff with that. LOTS of back-dragging: literally raising the front end up in the air! (yes, NOT recommended, but the B7800 is indestructible- not kidding) Only popped it off once and that was spinning a massive tree trunk by one of the end teeth: I bent the bar, had to beat the snot out of it with a big sledge to straighten it back out (been a long time since then). I highly doubt that anything else could have begun to handle the abuse that I've put this bar through.

Oh yeah, the picture is a rescue of my trapped Kioti, which was pinned in a dead end by a dump trailer that was sliding off into the abyss. Payback from the Kubota for the Kioti having rescued it from a deep stuck.

BackRoad · Aug 13, 2021

I've got a 72" EA. It's their Hardox product, so solid, reasonably light weight for its strength, and does a great job in my mixed clay and rock soil.

It will dig...

I would buy it again without question, although be mentally prepared to wait a couple of months between your order/payment and receipt of the blade.

Others complain about payment up-front and the wait.

For me, it was worth it for a product that my kids should inherit 30 years from now...

Kep1a · Aug 13, 2021

On my land there is no caliche it is a mix of hard pack and rock.

jjp8182 · Aug 13, 2021

Another option (if you can find a nearby dealer for them) is W.R. Long: W.R. Long, Inc. | Tarboro, NC ....I believe EA also carries/ships W.R. Long products (or did at one point if they don't currently).

I bought a W.R. Long bucket with one their tooth bar designs for digging in clay and it's worked well. I particularly like that the teeth are basically 1" shanks holding replaceable (pin-on) cutting teeth, but the whole tooth bar still uses a 2-bolt attachment method. Makes it easier to remove/replace things if/when needed vs. weld-on shanks or teeth.

The bucket design I bought has turned out to be a bit long for scooping out of piles of heavy materials (requires more curl power than my tractor has) -- but that's a tradeoff I made for getting a longer bottom bucket for digging across open areas (which it does well).