WVBill
Veteran Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( As to the sickle guards, they are mallable cast iron ( designed to be bent with a hammer) and probably will not last very long at all at a dirt/ tar/ rock worker. Might do the one job fine that the person has in mind with the tar, but do not plan on a long-lasting item. Just a heads up to others thinking of it. )</font>
I'm going into my third year with my sickle-guard tooth bar and have not broken one yet. I've used it for moving gravel, mulch, and dirt piles, leveling an area for a patio and an area for an above-ground pool, tipping up large rocks, etc. I have a small loader on my Kubota B6100 so the amount of force I can apply is not as great as a bigger machine - but that's one of the main reasons I went this way. Commercial toothbars have teeth half the size of my FEL bucket!
I'm going into my third year with my sickle-guard tooth bar and have not broken one yet. I've used it for moving gravel, mulch, and dirt piles, leveling an area for a patio and an area for an above-ground pool, tipping up large rocks, etc. I have a small loader on my Kubota B6100 so the amount of force I can apply is not as great as a bigger machine - but that's one of the main reasons I went this way. Commercial toothbars have teeth half the size of my FEL bucket!