toothbar....awesome...

[TNhobbyfarmer]

I'm placing my order with markham tomorrow. Should have it by the weekend! One question - do most people drill the holes to attach to the bucket or is a torch a better way to go?

cheers,
bigballer

Drill the hole. It is quite easy to put on. I did weld the square piece of reinforcing steel to the bucket. I figured they wouldn't have sent it with the toothbar if they didn't feel it was worthwhile to use it.

 

[Hunt4fun]

I am getting my tractor on Saturday delivered, with a 78 inch bucket. I didn't order the toothbar when I got the tractor, but after reading much about them after the fact, I now realize that I should have gotten one.
Where is a good site to order one from, and what features would be most important. I assume one would always want "heavy duty".
Would really appreciate some names of good companies to get these from.
thanks.

 

[RollTideRam]

I ordered one yesterday from Markham Welding. Many members here have and recommend them. Mine for a 54" bucket was $202 plus $38 shipping. I also called ATI that advertises on here. Their price was $350, but wanted me to go through a dealer. Might have got a better price, but I called Markham second, and ordered one at the price they gave me. JC

 

[Neophyte]

Has anyone ever pinned their toothbar using a clevis pin and hairpin cotter or lynch pin? I was thinking about doing this for occasional use instead of bolting it? Do you see a problem with doing it this way?

 

[ovrszd]

Has anyone ever pinned their toothbar using a clevis pin and hairpin cotter or lynch pin? I was thinking about doing this for occasional use instead of bolting it? Do you see a problem with doing it this way?

Wouldn't you immediately lose the pin because of constantly scraping it against things while loading the bucket??

 

[JimR]

Pinning it is not the way to go. Eventually your holes will open up and the bar will not be a tight fit. It might work well if you had an "L" bracket welded on the inside of the bucket on each side for the side plates to slide into. This would give the pins two places for support and less chance of working itself loose. I have mine bolted on with two bolts on each side.

 

[bones1]

Wouldn't use a pin.If you take it on and off all the time just slot the mounting brackets on the toothbar then you can loosen the 2 mounting bolts, pull bar forward to clear bucket edge and flip it in the bucket and re tighten.Works well.

 

[Neophyte]

Wouldn't use a pin.If you take it on and off all the time just slot the mounting brackets on the toothbar then you can loosen the 2 mounting bolts, pull bar forward to clear bucket edge and flip it in the bucket and re tighten.Works well.

This seems like a good idea. Does anyone have any pictures of what it looks like folded back into the bucket?

I could not easily find Markham's website through Google. I was able to find it on this forum. For those who are wondering it is:
http://www.markhamwelding.com/

Their website states that their toothbars will NOT work on a bucket with a bolt-on cutting edge. Is this true?

 

[3RRL]

Unless you do a lot of fel backdragging there is no reason to take it off all the time. You can't believe the difference for just about any kind of fel work you do. It has been one of the best additions I did.
I got mine at Markham and installed it using pipe clamps or furniture clamps. I drilled the holes, insterted the bolts and welded on the side plates. Pretty easy to do. IMO, Markham is an excellent quality toothbar. Among a couple of other things, here's a thread on mounting it....
TOOTHBAR MOUNTING

 

[bigballer]

ok, i will drill the holes, thanks for the confirmation. i don't have a welder yet but could probably borrow my neighbors to place the washer.

the 60" markham includes 6 teeth for $231. i am adding 2 more teeth at $26/each and getting an extra spare tooth for $10. the teeth will be 8-9" apart. shipping to WA is around $50.

it seems i have made the right choice looking at all the options out there. these seem to be the beefiest ones around.

cheers,
bigballer