Piranah, WR Long or what tooth bar?

[Fallon]

Looking for a tooth bar for my new L3200 with a 66" SSQA bucket. So far my research has dug up:

• Custom Sized Piranha Tooth Bar to 72", Contact us for pricing for your machine $340 = $50 shipping
• TB62 W.R. Long Tooth Bar 58 1/8 to 65 $403.00 (free shipping)
• I think I'd rather a W.R. Long Flat tooth bar than standard, but they only seem to go up to 60" and the inside width on my bucket is 64.5". The smooth back grading with the bucket would be nice.
• Construction Attachments compact tooth bar for buckets between 59 and 69 $344.00 (free shipping)
• 64.5" Toothbar, Toothbars for Skid Steers & Tractor Loader Buckets FREE SHIPPING from Iowa Farm Equipment on eBay $375

All seem to be in the same general price range. Most look pretty similar, except the piranha. I like the smooth back dragging ability of the piranha, but won't use the brush clearing/ripping abilities (just finished brush hogging 90% of my property just fine last weekend).

Anybody have any recommendations for these or any other tooth bars or other related thoughts? Durability? Value? All look to mount with the same 2 bolts on the side, so not a huge differentiation there.

 

[Inspector507]

I personally have the W.R. Long and am really happy with it. It's been put through it's paces around here.

 

[ArmyPair2]

I love the ratchet rake got a 72" got it from the TBN store with free shipping.

 

[murphy1244]

I too have the W R Long, Whatever you get make sure you can replace the teeth easily. I also have a Ratchet Rake, The Toothbar is better.

 

[GManBart]

I have the one from Iowa Farm Equipment, and I can't begin to describe the punishment I've put it through! Take a look at the chunk of concrete I dug up, and then pushed/rolled over to a deep hole...it was beating the heck out of those teeth, and didn't do a thing to them. I don't even want to know what this weighed!

 

[bcp]

If not doing lots of brush work, I would prefer a conventional tooth bar for the ability (longer teeth) to carry a log.

Bruce

 

[Coyote machine]

The only concern I'd have with lots of backblading use of the bucket with any of these toothbar/ratchet rake tools is possibly wracking the loader arms if too much downpressure is put on the bucket edge. At some point it makes sense to use a boxblade or similar to do driveway grading and such- JMHO. I have a ratchet rake and a BB.