tooth bar

[kubotadan]

Do most of you install your tooth bars or let the dealer install.
Is it a diffucult job.

 

[Evasive1]

I think that you will find that most of us installed them ourself. I was a little worried about drilling through the bucket, but it honestly took me longer to get my drill and extension cord out than it did to drill the holes. The white hole saw that you can buy works great.

 

[PineRidge]

Dan if you are handy enough to change your own oil then you can install a tooth bar. One mounting hole on each end of your bucket and you'll be digging like a mad-man. Or in the case of a few TBN members "mad-max".

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( if you are handy enough to change your own oil then you can install a tooth bar )</font>

That is, if you have a drill and the right size bit. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Tdog]

Bird's right - - it sent me to the hardware store for a bit large enough.

 

[PineRidge]

Bird I'm thinking some of the manufacturers are getting smarter. The bucket that came with our New Holland was pre-drilled for a tooth-bar. I'll bet NH isn't the only one following suit........

EDIT: Here's a picture of the new bucket even before we added the tooth-bar.

 

[GaryE]

It took me all of 15 minutes..... And I was dragging my feet.

If you can use a hand drill and are willing to spend a few bucks on a good drill bit, you will have no problems. I recommend Markham welding, but there are a lot of others out there.

Good luck,

Gary

 

[Bird]

Mike, I wonder whether the manufacturer did that, or whether the dealer did it. Seem like a good idea anyway.

 

[KiotiJohn]

Get a bimetal hole saw to cut the mounting holes. Takes only a few minutes. I think most of us have installed our toothbars ourselves. At least, there are a lot of posts that said they did.
A lot of dealers are still unaware of toothbars, and as they become familiar, more are adding them in advance from what I've seen lately.
John

 

[allpontiac]

Since I am close to them, had Markham install mine. The only difference I see from the other posts is that they added a square of 1/4" flat stock to the out side of each bucket end where they made the holes. Obviously for added strength.

 

[KenVT]

called my dealer,.... I was on the phone for 20 min before I got the right guy, it ended up being the same salesmen who quoted me $800 for each set of rear remotes, I ended up buying the remotes for $250@ the New Holland Dealer, I have a DX40, so it is the TC40 Equiv.

Any whoo...After I confronted him about his last Quote and got him studdering, he searched and finally found a price for a tooth bar, OEM that mounts in a 72" QA HD Bucket, it was $350.

Is this a good deal? Just curious, 'cause even if he was giving away free air conditioners in **** I wouldn't deal with him now, but why not make him work alittle. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Also, My bucket has 8 holes drilled on the bottom for a bolt on cutting edge, does any one know of this type of edge being available with Teeth?

 

[PineRidge]

Ken they may make a tooth-bar that bolts on the leading edge of your bucket but I haven't seen one for a NH bucket. It only takes about ten minutes to take off a cutting edge and about another 10 to install a tooth-bar so it isn't bad.