Piranha bar or tooth bar

[Wyobuckaroo]

I bought the Piranha for the surface area it has. That being all the metal under the leading edge of my bucket. To me this surface is sacrificial when moving snow on our long gravel drive to not ware on the bucket edge. Id say I bought it 80% sacrificial ware, 20% other jobs.

It does work well in cutting brush, and fairly well with digging. However it did take a bit of learning curve to remember it is out there in front and what angle to use it at to keep from gouging into the driveway.

By nest winter I'm going to invent and build a clip on for the bucket to scarify the surface of ice as once the solid winter base of our driveway was frozen this year it has been broken hip dangerous to walk on. The Piranha bar works OK for etching the ice surface, but I can invent better.

My 5 cents of experience and opinion.

 

[oosik]

View attachment 585484 That's my Rankin tooth bar. Big help for digging & smoothing when back dragging. A piranha bar should do that also. Maybe not so much for digging. I've no experience with a piranha bar.

 

[szeiger]

Do you all think you could still use clamp on attachments with the bar in place?

 

[tomplum]

I think our tractors are about the same size. I cut and welded up my own Piranha type tooth bar. It works real well on a smaller rig plus reinforces the bucket. Ours has seen quite a bit of use and the design was to also reinforce the bucket edge. To me the bigger teeth belong on a heavier rig. Probably depends on the uses. Here's a pic of it new. Edges are all good yet, put the paint on the edge some how wore off....

 

[Atchuuu]

I think our tractors are about the same size. I cut and welded up my own Piranha type tooth bar. It works real well on a smaller rig plus reinforces the bucket. Ours has seen quite a bit of use and the design was to also reinforce the bucket edge. To me the bigger teeth belong on a heavier rig. Probably depends on the uses. Here's a pic of it new. Edges are all good yet, put the paint on the edge some how wore off....View attachment 585728

You did a nice job cutting and welding that tooth bar.