Front Bumpers/Grill Guards- Lets See Em

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Phil2004

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I have a Ford 1715. I don’t really need weights upfront because I usually have the loader attached. Anyway I’m looking at buying or fabbing my own front grill guard.

So I’m looking for some ideas, post what you bought, found, made, or modified for a front grill guard!
 
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I took my OEM grill guard off and took it to a local welding shop. A young fellow there worked this up. It's saved my tractor a couple times - that I know of. I pull the locking pins - tip it forward - then I can open the hood.

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I did like oosik and put an expanded metal screen on the OEM guard that was part of the FEL frame.

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Then last year I improved the lower protection and added a 2" receiver. This also gave me a mounting spot for some limb sweeps.

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Made a bumper out of a chunk of log

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Gordon Gould said:
I did like oosik and put an expanded metal screen on the OEM guard that was part of the FEL frame.

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Then last year I improved the lower protection and added a 2" receiver. This also gave me a mounting spot for some limb sweeps.

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Made a bumper out of a chunk of log

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That guard looks great! The bottom looks as if it will protect the bottom of the tractor (bush hogging a an overgrown pasture it would be helpful)
 
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M59 moves and stacks lots of trees and brush.
3x6” rectangle tubing and 7” x1/2” plate give lower grill and axle protection. Also a good time to add hooks or rings. Good tie-down points.
Got the 1” ring for $6.80 from Amazon because the bag was damaged and dirty.
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SS expanded metal drop ($4) from scrapyard required little cutting. 3x5” angle at bottom keeps stuff from coming up to grill. So far the receiver hitch wasn’t worth the effort.
 
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WoW!!! You guys do some SERIOUS brush thrashing. Would you believe - 80 acres and I only have Buck brush. MAX height - two feet and about as big around as your yellow pencil. My guard protects when I move "pine trash".
 
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oosik said:
WoW!!! You guys do some SERIOUS brush thrashing. Would you believe - 80 acres and I only have Buck brush. MAX height - two feet and about as big around as your yellow pencil. My guard protects when I move "pine trash".
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I made my "mistakes" when clearing a newly purchased pasture that had been abandoned for years. My worst incident was hitting my front wheel hydraulic rod against a rock protruding from the ground (I was in low gear at the time). I now know to always walk pastures before I clear them and I spray roundup around the rocks such as the one I hit.
 
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Local fac shop made this for me when I had my tractor in for some other repairs. I asked him to come up with a grill guard, and that's what he built. I think it has a sort of Mad Max vibe. I had it added after a branch on a log I was picking up with my forestry grapple pushed in the grill, stopping just short of punching into the battery or radiator.
 
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