Tooth bar suggestions?

[Dale1995]

I have a 200cx loader on my JD 2320. I have some soil removal this summer and am thinking that a tooth bar might help to loosen up the hard packed soil. Will a tooth bar make a big difference, or am I just wasting my money? What type / style tooth bar do you recommend? Who has the best one for the best price. I hate to reinvent the wheel, since so many of you out there are seasoned professionals. Any help would be appreciated

 

[TORQUIN]

A tooth bar will help a bit. It's different with a toothbar on a CUT, in my opinion. Perhaps I was biting off more than I could chew, but it seemed like with the tooth bar on the bucket it just dug in so much more aggressively that I didn't have enough powerand weight to really dig in.
I actually have not even used it in a couple of years now, mainly because I have to drag a lot of smooth surfaces and use the front edge of the bucket to do it.
I got mine from this place:
Markham Welding - Tooth Bar

Chris

 

[crbr]

What Torquin said.

Well worth the investment.

 

[PILOON]

What Torquin said.

Well worth the investment.

I agree!
Without a bar a 4 inch stone will deflect the bucket resulting in slim pickings.

With a tooth bar you get full buckets every time.

My CUT is only 20 HP and it loads like a skid steer and I can move and place a 10 wheel truckload of mixed fill (like lots of stones in the load) in about an hour.
Also can actually excavate vergin stony soil just like a backhoe.

Best, handiest accessory purchase I've made to date.

Downside is that you'll have a hard time backblading to a smoothe finish, but there is a good excuse to get a backblade!
Note that tooth bars are easily remouvable, just 2 bolts.

 

[texasjohn]

This is a topic covered numerous times in numerous threads here on TBN.... try a search and check out the volume of info already available re toothbar usefulness.

Fundamentally I'd venture that 85% of toothbar owners swear by them. Occasionally a tractor driver simply actually had almost no need for a toothbar. They not only are used to dig into material, but have about another 20 documented uses... a worthy investment.

 

[EdC]

Dale

Wow Caribou Maine. Spent a bit of time at Loring AFB back in the 70s. It was our support and R&R base when I was stationed in northern Canada back in the 70s.

I have an ATI toothbar on my 200cx and in the high clay soil I have it is worth its weight in, well maybe not gold but certainly close. In the summers here, the soil got so hard I could only scuff the top. Now with the toothbar, I can dig down and actually get something accomplished. My ATI is probably overkill, it is really for a skid steer and is much heavier duty then our small tractors will ever need. But definitely get a toothbar: it helps a lot.

 

[sal64]

i have a toothbar on my 430 loader, it makes a big differance we have had packed soil with rockes i can dig a few inches i bought mine from my jd dealer the teath on mine are replaceable and are steel forgings.

 

[stumpfield]

Really like the Markham tooth bar and want to order one. Will it work better to add 1 or 2 extra teeth to the standard tooth bar? They seem to space too far apart comparing to what I saw on a skid steer. What's your experience/opinion on adding more teeth to the bar? Thanks.

 

[Usta]

I just moved about 100 CY of dirt in my back yard. Moving large hills and filling in deep valleys. I could not have done it without the toothbar especially when I got into some hardpan. Opinions vary but I would have nothing but the flat bottom (W.R. Long) toothbar for any type of landscape work.

 

[Sackett2]

Opinions vary but I would have nothing but the flat bottom (W.R. Long) toothbar for any type of landscape work.

I "oops'ed" and got the W.R. Long toothbar but did not get the flatbottom one like I wanted; so be aware there is a difference.

I just got the middle buster, and would suggest it as a option for moving dirt. use it to break it up then bucket it over to the new area.