Why don’t you own a toothbar?

[Lucky_Ducky]

Why do you not have a toothbar on your bucket?

 

[Rockbadchild]

I never felt the need for it... I have a root grappler for wood stuff and I never felt the need for it for gravel work.

 

[Eagle1]

My take. Right now I have the toothbar on the bucket because I was ripping up a temp "road" of 2"- rock. It helps getting under the rock to loosen it. I also ripped up my garden space to redo everything.
Once that is done the bar will come off until needed again. The smooth edges is much better for 90% of my uses. Cleaning ditches, picking up debris/manure, carrying firewood or creek gravel.

 

[TerryR]

Never felt any need. I suppose 25 years ago when I did a bit of grading I could of used one, but I did fine without it.

 

[John0829]

I would prefer NOT to have a toothbar on but the ground on my property is so hard (even after hard rains) it just makes since to have one. However since it is held on with only two bolts it is easy enough to take off and put back on.

 

[SmallChange]

This may sound awfully picky, but all the tooth bars I've noticed for sale mount with little tabs on the ends, which looks very flimsy to me. My (straight) bucket edge is nice and sturdy and has 5 bolt holes, and it just looks to me like those would be the only decent way of mounting a tooth bar.

If I knew of one with matching holes, or one where you specify hole locations (like my urethane bucket edge), or even one where I was sure I could drill the holes myself (meaning the backbone of the tooth bar covered the hole areas properly), I'd probably spring for it.

 

[Patches]

I have one but seldom use it

 

[USMC43]

Because most buckets on tractors are to lightly built and it will tear them up. A scarifier on the 3 point is much better at taking the abuse

 

[MossRoad]

Why do you not have a toothbar on your bucket?

I have two buckets. A large light material bucket and a small rock bucket with teeth. And a quick attach system that allows me to switch buckets in less than 15 seconds without getting out of the seat.

 

[Xfaxman]

My 6' wide, 1 cubic yard bucket has teeth that I bolted on using the existing holes:

 

[Runner]

I suppose procrastination. Have had the tractor since 2007 and have wanted a tooth bar the entire time. Every time I start looking at them, I think, man, $500 and over 100# for a tooth bar? Then, I start looking at the different sizes and start trying to figure out exactly what the heck size I need for a bucket that is 60 7/8" inside dimension. Then, I think, what kind of teeth do I want, pointed down, flat (yes), vee-shaped, triangles, replaceable (yes) etc.

I think I've pretty much got it narrowed down to the Neat Farms Attachments bar at 60 1/2" and $295........but still procrastinating....

 

[Johndeere3720]

I’ve got both a tooth bucket and smooth bucket for my skidsteer. The tooth bucket is great for getting under a packed road base, hard clay, or packed sand in horse arenas. It’s also great for spreading loose material over a packed surface since in reverse the teeth skim over that packed surface and distribute the loose material evenly. I do however use my smooth buckets more since it’s often tasks like smoothing gravel/dirt or scooping materials off of a paved surface. Heck I rarely use a tooth bucket of my excavators since the teeth are more likely to hook or damage buried utilities.

 

[MossRoad]

Push into a pile of material with a straight blade then push into the same pile with a toothed blade. Night and day difference.

Kinda like snow shoes spread out your weight and float you over the snow while high heeled shoes let you sink right into the dirt. Not that I'd know, of course.

 

[oldnslo]

Different tools for different jobs. Tooth bar helps dig hard packed soil, also helps carry more volume of lighter materials like mulch or brush especially since I only have bolt on thumb type grapple for bucket.

Tooth bar is two bolts. Thumb is 8 bolts and I have adapted loader for my needs.

 

[CliffordK]

Who needs teeth? I have tusks!!!

I don't do a lot of digging with the tractor. I do have a project planned that will requiring moving some dirt and digging some big stumps, but I have a bigger machine planned for that project.

 

[LD1]

Different tasks.

I have a mini excavator, so Im usually just moving loose material and grading. Spreading stone and back dragging. Teeth are not required, and even a hinderance on some of those tasks.

On occasion when I do need to "dig" with the loader, I have never had any issues....but a tractor ballasted at ~8000-8500# with 4wd, R1 tires, and a 6' half-yard bucket....I dont have any issues filling the bucket so therefore dont even consider needing teeth

 

[Williy]

I use the piranha tooth bar attached with a bolt on each side
sure makes removing cactus a lot easier

willy

 

[4570Man]

I have a tooth bucket and a smooth bucket. I use them both about equally.

 

[milkman636]

I have bolt-on teeth on one of my tractor’s buckets. Adding them made a significant difference in the effort needed from the tractor. Smooth back dragging can still be accomplished with the bucket leveled.

I also have a smooth edge bucket on my smaller tractor. It still digs well in the grassy areas and I’ve used it over the bigger tractor on recent grade work near the house, putting in the base for a new concrete patio off the back deck, and prepping the floor base for a new barn; but going into a hard pack area/pile or working the gravel drive I’ll pick the machine with teeth every time.

 

[mikester]

I bought a bolt on tooth bar when I got the new tractor but regret the purchase. Poor design. Took them off and never used them again. Weld on teeth are better.