Wow. Excellent video, Terry! Thanks for the help. I ordered my bar the day I bought the tractor, so my bucket was in excellent shape. Still, I couldn't have done it right without your help. Well done, sir.
Excellent job. Just installed my piranha bar. They now send a drill bit to make 3/4 hole. My issue was the 15/16 sockets. Eventually found them. Satisfying project. Fits perfectly in Kobuta bucket. Thanks again.
I echo many of the comments below. Your video was absolutely awesome. I watched it and immediately went and installed my new BXExpanded Piranha Bar. It installed exactly and as easily as you showed in your video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Very good video, right to the point and not too much talking. Good job. If you like that Milwaukee drill, get yourself a Milwaukee 1/2 " impact driver and you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. They make great tools.
Thanks and you’re welcome!! Good luck. Still loving it. Great investment and we are confident the bucket edge will last much longer having added this cutting edge. Terry
@@ForestToFarm Just as your reply came in, I was hitting "Submit" on the BXpanded site for the Tooth Bar, the Bucket Hooks and the under tractor Armor.
Stickers are more trouble than they are worth. Place it. Tap with center punch. Drill. Perfect. Don't need holes that big either. I think mine came with 5/8 bolts so I stopped at that point. Bolt is exactly same size as the hole. Doesn't move. Nice video, thanks.
Thanks! Yeah we were actually going by the instructions. I am with you but the manufacturer likely leaves a little play for those less than experienced DIY people. Heck a lot of experienced people would have trouble with this. :) Terry
Left my bar on, drilled a 1/8" pilot from the inside as far back as I could allowing for the bolt diameter, driller the step bit from the outside - done. No stickers. C-clamps are essential.
I agree. We just did it the way the manufacturer specified to show how its recommended to be done. Pretty simple process but there are a lot of people who do not have extensive skills in mechanical things. Terry
I've got a John Deere 1025R. As you know it kinda sucks at digging, even though you can generally get the job done, it's just frustrating, slow, and inefficient. We've been considering cutting bars but after stumbling onto this and a few other videos, I'm not able to make up my mind! It seems like with the piranha bar I'll be able to... ...keep the outside (bottom) and inside bottom of the bucket smoother, thus allowing the bucket to fill and dumping easier. If I had a cutting teeth, they would potentially catch dirt and debris both on the way in and back out. ...back drag better with this tool installed, compared to having full blown ripping teeth. I might have to remove the ripping teeth to back drag smooth? ....cut cleanly though dirt, trees, and shrubs? Cutting teeth would only really help with breaking up soil, removing stumps and roots. ...get under sod (possibly reuse it???) , while still being able to rip the ground somewhat. Teeth would prevent this all together. Our soil is rocky and hard, where it's not been worked...so very hard to dig, even with my tractor at 2,838 lbs (I added 768 lbs, 218 lbs liquid in the tires + 550 lbs ballast box full of bricks) ...up from 2,070 lbs stock with 120R FEL installed. I'm toiling here - do I get this or the heavy hitch bolt on tooth bar (link below)? heavyhitch.com/product/bucket-tooth-bar-clamp-on-sub-compact-tractor/?attribute_pa_color=john-deere-green&attribute_length=53%22
I have to be honest, I have no experience with bolt on's like the heavy hitch but from our experience with skid steer use of similar buckets and considering all you want to do I would guess the Piranha would be the way to go. Good luck!! Terry
Thank you so much for that compliment. It means a lot. I have always tried to help people better themselves. Teaching others has always given me great satisfaction. Brian is the same way. We really enjoy doing this stuff. Thanks for watching!! Terry
Thanks for posting these detailed installation instructions! I'm not wild about bend to fit. It really seems like one ought to shim that attachment arm. Every time you remove and reinstall the bar, you're stressing that arm. Sure, it's malleable, but every time you bend it, you stress it.
I ordered what would be for a pretty common JD 60.75 ID bucket. Bar was here in TWO days! Fits perfectly! I was going to make a video but I don't have that Edgar Winter look plus you already covered everything ; )...thanks!
I love this video and am going to use it to install my own tooth bar that came today. Can you tell me what size those C clamps are? They look about 12" to me. But when I look up such clamps at my Home Depot site, the biggest they seem to list is 8". Thanks from a new subscriber.
I have a full size jcb backhoe and will order a bar next summer before digging my ponds. I like the concept that it's removable. I wonder about its life span?
Love those JCB tractors/equipment. The Piranha Tooth Bar is awesome. I think it will hold up a good long time and it will save the buck edge adding life there as well. Terry
@@ForestToFarm ty. I'm looking forward to this summertime on trying it out... before welding on any points. You're right, w/o points the task is difficult. Our nc farm will be ~2 years of pt digging to reach our goals; switching from hay to flowers and vegetable production. Now we're visiting our family farms and building our second home in Guangxi, China. Cheers, Daniel
Hey guys, Love your tube channel. I am trying to convince my husband we need one of these! So,when are you doing the video comparing the difference with vs without?
Hey Lisa! Thanks for watching! Not sure when but we hope in the next month or so. We have got a lot going on right now in our lives so we have been away from the homestead lately. Terry
Thank you. The quality is far beyond what we expected and we expected a quality product if that makes any sense, ha ha. Well worth the investment. Terry
Thanks! Hope to chomp down some dirt with that thing soon. Maybe take out some invasive species underbrush. Its blossoming right now and the pollen is killer. Terry
@@ForestToFarm Dear Terry, Thank you very much for your courteous reply; I just cannot wait to see you both tackling your new house build project. I am sure it will prove very interesting no doubt. Kind regards.
Forest To Farm yeah tell me about it im in Central VA. we have horses pigs chickens cats and dogs. as soon as winter broke it has been a mad dash to repair trails reseed fields work on various buildings throughout the property and try to find some time to hunt and fish. So I totally understand the being busy part. As for us all being winners just get with Milwaukee I'm sure they wouldn't mind sending all 5k plus subscribers some free tools ha ha ha. I'm really thinking about getting a tooth bar for my bucket because of your videos waiting to see how it performs. Y'all keep up the awesome work.
If Milwaukee would do that i would be glad for y'all to get some goodies. :) I am pretty confident the Piranha Tooth Bar is going to far exceed our expectations. Everybody I hear from all say its awesome. Terry Terry
Possibly. I feel best by hitting both ends and having the clams in place to hopefully hold it in as we tap on it. We love the bar. Have not had much chance to use it yet. Gonna be out there soon with it. Terry
Thanks!! I would think you could. You can call BXPanded and they will tell you. They are great to work with. They build these things based on your individual bucket dimensions. If you look in our "Tractor Playlist" there is a video that tells how to measure for the Piranha Tooth Bar. Its really easy to measure for it and then you give them that dimension and they fabricate the Piranha based on your measurement. Hope that helps and thanks for following! Terry
Yeah I've been digging. For 45 yrs as a heavy equipment & MenziMuck Prototype operator, to the A series. Ive been hearing of 3+wks wait for PTbar. Perhaps I'll start w/ a RatchetRake. It looks more bristley and would suit the jobs expectation better for six months or so. I may even grab a vid of it working. Thx guys. Work safe!
Hey Otto, sorry we have had a lot going on in our lives since that video. We are just now starting to get back out on the land and will be building Brian's house soon. We should be doing some reviews on The Piranha Tooth Bar soon as well. I ca tell you we have used it some and it does an awesome job. It really does improve the ability of the B2650 to dig in hard red clay dirt. We love it!! Here is a video of us using it to start digging out for a foundation. Terry th-cam.com/video/_DekG1tubTU/w-d-xo.html
Great! Makes that bucket stronger and gives a better cutting edge plus it grabs into trees when pushing on them where the standard bucket edge would just slide causing a bunch of erratic action making things less controllable. Enjoy!! Terry
@@ForestToFarm Don't worry, a lot of people forget the video itself does a lot of talking. When you combine both, it's like two people talking at the same time about the same thing, each with different words. If you take that into consideration, you may have more people subscribe and make some money. But, if your goal is just to post videos, well keep up the great work. A guy was once preparing me to take an oral/practical exam for qualifying in a C-130. I had really studied a lot for the exam and in the middle of his pre-test, Doug stopped me and said "tell me the time, don't build me a watch"
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Wow. Excellent video, Terry! Thanks for the help. I ordered my bar the day I bought the tractor, so my bucket was in excellent shape. Still, I couldn't have done it right without your help. Well done, sir.
You are very welcome and thanks for the kind words!! Its worth every penny. Enjoy!!
Terry
Excellent job. Just installed my piranha bar. They now send a drill bit to make 3/4 hole. My issue was the 15/16 sockets. Eventually found them. Satisfying project. Fits perfectly in Kobuta bucket. Thanks again.
Great!! You are welcome!!
Terry
I echo many of the comments below. Your video was absolutely awesome. I watched it and immediately went and installed my new BXExpanded Piranha Bar. It installed exactly and as easily as you showed in your video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Awesome! Glad it worked out and thanks for the kind words.
Terry
Very good video, right to the point and not too much talking. Good job. If you like that Milwaukee drill, get yourself a Milwaukee 1/2 " impact driver and you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. They make great tools.
Thanks! Love the Milwaukee and want one of those 1/2" impacts. On the wish list!
Terry
Excellent video. You've done the best job of explaining the installation. I feel comfortable ordering one and doing it myself now. Thank you!
Thanks and you’re welcome!! Good luck. Still loving it. Great investment and we are confident the bucket edge will last much longer having added this cutting edge.
Terry
@@ForestToFarm Just as your reply came in, I was hitting "Submit" on the BXpanded site for the Tooth Bar, the Bucket Hooks and the under tractor Armor.
@@paulh3135 Cool
excellent video : you are a very good communicator and I see you also have great mechanical ability . Thanks for a great video
Thanks! And you’re welcome!!
Terry
"Be careful so you dont pinch your little digits". 👍👍👍
Greatest line ever on an installation vid.
You earned a permanent subscriber with that line.
Ha ha, yeah we get a little silly every now and then. Gotta enjoy life. Thanks for watching!
Terry
Stickers are more trouble than they are worth. Place it. Tap with center punch. Drill. Perfect.
Don't need holes that big either. I think mine came with 5/8 bolts so I stopped at that point. Bolt is exactly same size as the hole. Doesn't move.
Nice video, thanks.
Thanks! Yeah we were actually going by the instructions. I am with you but the manufacturer likely leaves a little play for those less than experienced DIY people. Heck a lot of experienced people would have trouble with this. :)
Terry
Got mine.in this week and putting it on today for some work this weekend. Thanks for the vid
Your welcome! Awesome! Its a great investment.
Terry
I just ordered one this evening. Looking forward to it.
Works great! You will love it.
Terry
Could you tell me where you got it at
Great description of how to. Right to the point! Thank you.
Thanks!
Terry
Left my bar on, drilled a 1/8" pilot from the inside as far back as I could allowing for the bolt diameter, driller the step bit from the outside - done. No stickers. C-clamps are essential.
I agree. We just did it the way the manufacturer specified to show how its recommended to be done. Pretty simple process but there are a lot of people who do not have extensive skills in mechanical things.
Terry
I was thinking the same thing, if you cant hit that big slot you are just dumb.
I've got a John Deere 1025R. As you know it kinda sucks at digging, even though you can generally get the job done, it's just frustrating, slow, and inefficient. We've been considering cutting bars but after stumbling onto this and a few other videos, I'm not able to make up my mind!
It seems like with the piranha bar I'll be able to...
...keep the outside (bottom) and inside bottom of the bucket smoother, thus allowing the bucket to fill and dumping easier. If I had a cutting teeth, they would potentially catch dirt and debris both on the way in and back out.
...back drag better with this tool installed, compared to having full blown ripping teeth. I might have to remove the ripping teeth to back drag smooth?
....cut cleanly though dirt, trees, and shrubs? Cutting teeth would only really help with breaking up soil, removing stumps and roots.
...get under sod (possibly reuse it???) , while still being able to rip the ground somewhat. Teeth would prevent this all together.
Our soil is rocky and hard, where it's not been worked...so very hard to dig, even with my tractor at 2,838 lbs (I added 768 lbs, 218 lbs liquid in the tires + 550 lbs ballast box full of bricks) ...up from 2,070 lbs stock with 120R FEL installed.
I'm toiling here - do I get this or the heavy hitch bolt on tooth bar (link below)?
heavyhitch.com/product/bucket-tooth-bar-clamp-on-sub-compact-tractor/?attribute_pa_color=john-deere-green&attribute_length=53%22
I have to be honest, I have no experience with bolt on's like the heavy hitch but from our experience with skid steer use of similar buckets and considering all you want to do I would guess the Piranha would be the way to go. Good luck!!
Terry
Thanks Terry! I appreciate your help. BTW, nice video!
Thank you!!
Terry
Great video sir, thank you for the tutorial.
Thanks! And you are welcome!!
Terry
Great installation video man. Appreciated.
Thank you. Always glad to help.
Terry
Clear, logical, smart - you've got a great style for "how to" videos. Thanks for the share!
Thank you so much for that compliment. It means a lot. I have always tried to help people better themselves. Teaching others has always given me great satisfaction. Brian is the same way. We really enjoy doing this stuff. Thanks for watching!!
Terry
Thanks for posting these detailed installation instructions! I'm not wild about bend to fit. It really seems like one ought to shim that attachment arm. Every time you remove and reinstall the bar, you're stressing that arm. Sure, it's malleable, but every time you bend it, you stress it.
You are welcome. So far our has had no problems. They stand behind these things from what I hear.
Terry
I have one on a skid loader , dug like a champ in rocky soil , still going , need a new machine - not a new tooth bar !!!
Good job Terry on the instruction.
Thanks!
Terry
Great video. Why not rest the bucket on a saw horse at waist height?
Thanks. I always try to have the bucket low when not in use out of habit I guess.
Terry
Amusingly satisfying, keep up these educational videos guys
Thanks! Will do.
Terry
I put a PTB on my Kubota L3901……I have used it to pop out small stumps and bushes and it works great!
Great! can't wait to put ours to work. Well I mostly get to watch. My son hogs the tractor and he is bigger than me, ha ha.
Terry
Terry, you did a good JOB !!!!
Thank you. We love the Piranha Tooth bar!!
Terry
I ordered what would be for a pretty common JD 60.75 ID bucket. Bar was here in TWO days! Fits perfectly! I was going to make a video but I don't have that Edgar Winter look plus you already covered everything ; )...thanks!
Ha ha! Thanks. You can feel free to share our video! We can use all the help we can get.
Terry
I love this video and am going to use it to install my own tooth bar that came today. Can you tell me what size those C clamps are? They look about 12" to me. But when I look up such clamps at my Home Depot site, the biggest they seem to list is 8". Thanks from a new subscriber.
Thanks! Good luck! I think they were 8". I will look and if not I will get back and tell you otherwise.
Terry
I have a full size jcb backhoe and will order a bar next summer before digging my ponds. I like the concept that it's removable. I wonder about its life span?
Love those JCB tractors/equipment. The Piranha Tooth Bar is awesome. I think it will hold up a good long time and it will save the buck edge adding life there as well.
Terry
@@ForestToFarm ty. I'm looking forward to this summertime on trying it out... before welding on any points. You're right, w/o points the task is difficult.
Our nc farm will be ~2 years of pt digging to reach our goals; switching from hay to flowers and vegetable production.
Now we're visiting our family farms and building our second home in Guangxi, China. Cheers, Daniel
I appreciate the video . . . received my PTB today . . . will be installing it tonight! Thanks a lot . . .
Awesome! We love ours. One of the best investments a person could make for a compact tractor.
Terry
Great video, thank you for sharing, now that bucket is "stylin and profilin" WooW!. :)
Thank you! Lol!
Terry
@@ForestToFarm Subbed , you're awesome.
@@ruatrainman2 Thanks!
Terry
Wow. Not going to lie, I was surprised how easily you drove that pilot hole. I was expecting 2 minutes of fast forward footage.
It went really great! The cutting edge on those buckets is hardened but the rest is a bit more of a soft metal.
Terry
Hey guys, Love your tube channel. I am trying to convince my husband we need one of these! So,when are you doing the video comparing the difference with vs without?
Hey Lisa! Thanks for watching! Not sure when but we hope in the next month or so. We have got a lot going on right now in our lives so we have been away from the homestead lately.
Terry
Hope to get that video out soon. Sorry for the delay. Life gets in the way sometimes! Did you guys ever get one?
Terry
You shouldn't EVER have to convince your husband to buy tractor parts!!!
Thank you
You are very welcome.
Terry
Nice video. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. The quality is far beyond what we expected and we expected a quality product if that makes any sense, ha ha. Well worth the investment.
Terry
@@ForestToFarm can't wait to see it in action. 👀
Love mine !!
Good stuff!!!
Terry
I just ordered mine for my BX 2380.
Great! Pretty sure you are going to love it! We do ours.
Terry
Watching you smoke that step bit without any lube kind of hurt lol. Whatever works though! I need to get one of these bars.
Ha ha, yeah we were al ready to start the video/install and no oil. The Piranha Tooth Bar is amazing!!
Terry
Good video
Thanks and thanks for watching!! We love our tooth bar.
Terry
very helpful. thankyou
Thank you and your welcome!
Terry
Dear Terry,
A mighty fine set of teeth Sir, maybe your tractor can go grazing at will now. Very well done. Kind regards.
Thanks! Hope to chomp down some dirt with that thing soon. Maybe take out some invasive species underbrush. Its blossoming right now and the pollen is killer.
Terry
@@ForestToFarm Dear Terry,
Thank you very much for your courteous reply; I just cannot wait to see you both tackling your new house build project. I am sure it will prove very interesting no doubt. Kind regards.
We hope to get started soon. Gotta get those kids (Brian and Emily)in their new house!
Terry
@@ForestToFarm Absolutely; what kind of a father would you be??? Kind regards.
Congrats on 5k!!! When are guy guys posting the giveaway winners?
Thanks so much! We are hoping to do it this weekend. We've been pretty busy here lately.
You guys are all winners so we decided just to keep the stuff, lol. Just kidding. Like Brian said hope to this weekend.
Terry
Forest To Farm yeah tell me about it im in Central VA. we have horses pigs chickens cats and dogs. as soon as winter broke it has been a mad dash to repair trails reseed fields work on various buildings throughout the property and try to find some time to hunt and fish. So I totally understand the being busy part. As for us all being winners just get with Milwaukee I'm sure they wouldn't mind sending all 5k plus subscribers some free tools ha ha ha. I'm really thinking about getting a tooth bar for my bucket because of your videos waiting to see how it performs. Y'all keep up the awesome work.
If Milwaukee would do that i would be glad for y'all to get some goodies. :) I am pretty confident the Piranha Tooth Bar is going to far exceed our expectations. Everybody I hear from all say its awesome.
Terry
Terry
Forest To Farm look forward to seeing you guys put it to work if you guys end up liking it I see one in my very near future
If you had whacked it in the center, wouldn’t it have gone on evenly ?
Nice bar.
Possibly. I feel best by hitting both ends and having the clams in place to hopefully hold it in as we tap on it. We love the bar. Have not had much chance to use it yet. Gonna be out there soon with it.
Terry
You earned the follow.
Maybe i can manage of a vid on Piranha on my 4in1 pin on bucket?
Thanks!! I would think you could. You can call BXPanded and they will tell you. They are great to work with. They build these things based on your individual bucket dimensions. If you look in our "Tractor Playlist" there is a video that tells how to measure for the Piranha Tooth Bar. Its really easy to measure for it and then you give them that dimension and they fabricate the Piranha based on your measurement. Hope that helps and thanks for following!
Terry
Yeah I've been digging. For 45 yrs as a heavy equipment & MenziMuck Prototype operator, to the A series.
Ive been hearing of 3+wks wait for PTbar.
Perhaps I'll start w/ a RatchetRake. It looks more bristley and would suit the jobs expectation better for six months or so.
I may even grab a vid of it working.
Thx guys. Work safe!
@@randthompson5716 Thanks! You Too!
Terry
COST?
It varies by size. Ours was under $300 www.bxpanded.com/piranha-toothbar
and....after all that.....what does it do?
Hey Otto, sorry we have had a lot going on in our lives since that video. We are just now starting to get back out on the land and will be building Brian's house soon. We should be doing some reviews on The Piranha Tooth Bar soon as well. I ca tell you we have used it some and it does an awesome job. It really does improve the ability of the B2650 to dig in hard red clay dirt. We love it!! Here is a video of us using it to start digging out for a foundation. Terry th-cam.com/video/_DekG1tubTU/w-d-xo.html
@@ForestToFarm Cool - would be interesting to see what a difference the bar actually made.
What's the web page
th-cam.com/users/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbxpanded.com%2Fpiranha-toothbar&v=9qgchEpHgbM&redir_token=V7m2_ErWyZWwsheTLrVdPhh3JGZ8MTU4MDY5MzYwMUAxNTgwNjA3MjAx&event=video_description
@@ForestToFarm got mine ordered
Great! Makes that bucket stronger and gives a better cutting edge plus it grabs into trees when pushing on them where the standard bucket edge would just slide causing a bunch of erratic action making things less controllable. Enjoy!!
Terry
On my B3200... bada$$!
Agreed!! Well worth the investment.
Terry
i like
Its a great tool!!!
Terry
The bolt holes he drilled was way to big
I think they just want to give it room for wear and error.
Terry
To much side chat
Thanks for the feedback. Its who we are. :)
@@ForestToFarm Don't worry, a lot of people forget the video itself does a lot of talking. When you combine both, it's like two people talking at the same time about the same thing, each with different words. If you take that into consideration, you may have more people subscribe and make some money. But, if your goal is just to post videos, well keep up the great work. A guy was once preparing me to take an oral/practical exam for qualifying in a C-130. I had really studied a lot for the exam and in the middle of his pre-test, Doug stopped me and said "tell me the time, don't build me a watch"