Toothbar question

Highbeam · Mar 25, 2009

IslandTractor said:
There you go posting yet another photo showing how desparately you need a grapple. Toothbars are for digging. Grapples are for stumps.

Call Markham.

I'm not sure if I'm ready to stimulate the economy or be stimulated by it just yet. I need to wait for awhile first. I have determined that the grapple is a way smarter investment than a backhoe or tiller for me.

The only time a take that toothbar off is when I am going to be laying and smoothing out gravel for a road. It is much easier for me to use my loader bucket to get a nice road than to use the boxblade the whole time.

Then it goes right back on. Due to the location of the retaining bolts they get some thread damage so removing the nuts and bolts is best done with power tools.

IslandTractor · Mar 25, 2009

Highbeam said:
Due to the location of the retaining bolts they get some thread damage so removing the nuts and bolts is best done with power tools.

I mangled my threads too but as they are a standard hardware store item I just replaced them once or twice.

IXLR8 · Mar 27, 2009

IslandTractor said:
I mangled my threads too but as they are a standard hardware store item I just replaced them once or twice.

Which way do you face the bolts, with the head on the inside or the outside of the bucket?

IslandTractor · Mar 27, 2009

IXLR8 said:
Which way do you face the bolts, with the head on the inside or the outside of the bucket?

Good question. Technically I cannot imagine it matters but the trade off is that with the nut on the inside the threads will be gummed up with dirt while if the nut is on the outside then the protuding extra threads will snag all sorts of things. I chose to put the nut on the inside.

gordyy · Mar 28, 2009

We used threads on the inside and an acorn nut or cap nut so there was no thread to gum up

IslandTractor · Mar 28, 2009

gordyy said:
We used threads on the inside and an acorn nut or cap nut so there was no thread to gum up

Good idea. I used the regular nut supplied by Markham but your solution is better.

Steve_Miller · Mar 28, 2009

IXLR8 said:
Which way do you face the bolts, with the head on the inside or the outside of the bucket?

Depends on what you may hook with the thread sticking out! Don't ask

Steve

joe48 · Mar 29, 2009

Can't beat Markham for price and fast service.

Put the threads inside, if they get crud in them wire brush and some wd40 before tkaing off.
If you put them out sooner or later you'll have to cut them off, PITA.