Toothbar in winter?

[putt_putt_green]

Are there any uses for a toothbar in the winter (where it gets below the freezing point of water)? I can't think of any.

I'm thinking I'm going to take mine off for the winter.

 

[johnk]

It would be useful if you have an ice storm and want to use it to scrape the frozen stuff. Other than that. Take it off. Easy enough to put back on if needed.

 

[bill6]

I'm leaving my toothbar on. There's some big piles of dirt to move, and the piles may be partially frozen or hard. The teeth will really help loosen the soil and load the bucket much better.

 

[jbrumberg]

I tried to work into my dirt pile with my toothbar and only managed to spin my tires due to the frozen conditions in the pile and on the ground. I took off my toothbar before our most recent snow. Jay

 

[daTeacha]

Toothbar??! I'll probably take my bucket off and replace it with my home rigged front blade if winter gets serious.

A layer of ice on the driveway would cause me to put it back on to chew things up, but I really hope we don't have another winter with ice storms that leave things about 2 inches thick in the stuff.

 

[B8FISH]

I take mine off, mostly as I use the edge of the bucket to really clean the street "downstream" from me so that the state plow doesn't throw too much back into the driveway. The rear blade does a good job with everything else--but it is too much to drive in the snowbanks along the road.

 

[B8FISH]

Oh--and using float on the bucket I smooth out an area in the snow for a "hockey rink" ;-)

 

[john_bud]

I'm leaving my toothbar on. There's some big piles of dirt to move, and the piles may be partially frozen or hard. The teeth will really help loosen the soil and load the bucket much better.

You must not live where the frost gets 4-5' deep! The ground in WI and MI gets hard as cement about now and stays that way until late spring. It would sure be nice to have only a surface frost to contend with. Saw you are 1 post short of 100! Nice!

jb

 

[putt_putt_green]

Saw you are 1 post short of 100! Nice!

Interesting, both bill6 and I are at post #99. I'll see if I'm still a bronze member after this post. This is post number 100 for me.

 

[johnk]

Congrats on Number 100. Next goal for you is 1000.