Welding up a toothbar

[TXHF]

Nice! Now you're gonna be a diggin' fool!

Hahaha! My wife said I'm a friggin' tool!

 

[aerojunkie]

Turns out the MIG handled it very well. My welding isn't spectacular but I'm betting these are not coming off any time in the next decade. I have to clean up, prime and paint it, then attach the teeth.

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Excellent work on those bars, no reason to buy when you can make stuff like that yourself. Not trying to hijack but im anxious to hear how much it improves using the bucket. I have been thinking of adding one myself to a tractor just like yours.

 

[TXHF]

Excellent work on those bars, no reason to buy when you can make stuff like that yourself. Not trying to hijack but im anxious to hear how much it improves using the bucket. I have been thinking of adding one myself to a tractor just like yours.

I won't know until later this month. We won't be headed back to the property for a couple weeks but when I do, I'll try and get some video. The Texas ground out there gets very hard when it is dry and August is the worst month. Without the teeth, I can barely scrape up the ground without the 2538 stopping with all four wheels digging in. My hope is this will bite in and loosen it to allow us to drive off with full buckets.

I still have to get a length of angle iron to weld along the top and attach my three 3/8" hooks. Problem is, I'm on-call and getting hammered with issues. grrrrrrrr.....

 

[MRCONCDID]

Hey guys, I saw the 72'' tooth bar kit on sale at amazon, its $30 less then letting them weld it up.
My question is, will I have to remove my cutting edge to use this? I have a large maybe 4 or 6 inch wide cutting edge on my L48 bucket. would this sit on top or behind my original cutting edge. My last tractor the cutting edge was not removable and was a lot narrower so the Markham tooth bar fit behind it. That bar was Awesome. never failed me in 11 years of use.

Thanks
MrC.

 

[iamaumnbn]

Hey guys, I saw the 72'' tooth bar kit on sale at amazon, its $30 less then letting them weld it up.
My question is, will I have to remove my cutting edge to use this? I have a large maybe 4 or 6 inch wide cutting edge on my L48 bucket. would this sit on top or behind my original cutting edge. My last tractor the cutting edge was not removable and was a lot narrower so the Markham tooth bar fit behind it. That bar was Awesome. never failed me in 11 years of use.

Thanks
MrC.

I have the same L48 bucket with the bolted cutting edge.The TITAN prewelded units won't work unless you remove the cutting edge.
However, I believe sitting on top or behind the original cutting edge would not work as they are the same as the prewelded just not assembled.
I have several TITAN products and am pleased with them. I want to add the tooth bar but do not want to remove the cutting edge.
If someone has done this or has a solution please help us.

 

[mopardude318]

I have the same L48 bucket with the bolted cutting edge.The TITAN prewelded units won't work unless you remove the cutting edge.
However, I believe sitting on top or behind the original cutting edge would not work as they are the same as the prewelded just not assembled.
I have several TITAN products and am pleased with them. I want to add the tooth bar but do not want to remove the cutting edge.
If someone has done this or has a solution please help us.

You can get an extended bolt on tooth bar that bolts over your existing bolt on cutting edge from Construction Attachments sold through EA. Although not cheap, it can be done and it is what I went with. Here is a thread where myself an another member posted pictures of said tooth bar.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/271536-x-treme-duty-extended-tooth.html

 

[PhysAssist]

If I want a flat edge it is not hard to change over, however with a 2x2 x1/2" angle with bolt on cutting edge on the back of my bucket, I use that for quick back dragging and grading.

Hi Mike,

I realize that you posted this in 1/17, but could you post some pictures of the assembly you mentioned above?

If it's what I'm thinking, I can see how it would be really useful.

Thanks,
PA