Front Bumpers/Grill Guards- Lets See Em

WranglerX · Jan 2, 2022

I mounted my grill/guard on my brush forks since that is about the only time I need a guard...

ElSueno Farms · Jan 2, 2022

I read somewhere Kubota was offering factory Brush guards, bolt on similar to some shown on this post, bolts onto current grill guard frame I believe. Anyone know if these May be available, guess indeed to call Messicks, my local dealer seems to turn over their parts department on a regular basis and tough to get any info on anything but regular fluids and filter type items.

repete · Jan 2, 2022

These are a wise investment...

BravoXray · Jan 2, 2022

This is what I built for my BX2230.

oosik · Jan 3, 2022

John_Mc - it does have that wild look.

Smokeydog · Jan 3, 2022

On Orange-Tractor-Talks have a couple of shops making some nice custom bolt-on grill inserts available. Affordable CNC plasma cutters now a staple in many fab shops. Since the grill guards vary by model need to be custom for your model some are maybe hard to source particularly for older models.

With a side grinder with cutting wheel and drill it is not too hard to make a no-weld protection from materials sourced from Home Depot or TSC.

Looks like Kubota is improving guard protection on small tractors. My 80’s era Kubota B20 had heavy steel front nose cone and grill. New model doesn’t.

I think bumper protection for the front axle is as important as grill protection for tree work or rough bush hogging especially on larger tractors.

CDBUG · Jan 19, 2023

Maine Made & Recycled

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Thomas · Jan 19, 2023

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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Bumper n i c e.

jjeff · Jan 19, 2023

Bought my old l4150 a few years back front was pretty mangled heck entire tractors in pretty bad shape non mechanically lol. Built out of old pipes and scrap steel lying around helps hide the mangled plastic grill protects the rad, may weld mesh in between bars when motivation and time allows. No where near as nice as some but built mine in a few hrs with what I had. Used orange Rust-Oleum for color.

WranglerX · Jan 19, 2023

You guys are beginning to make me think a full time front guard may be prudent, not just the one on my brush forks in previous post...