Front Grill Brush Guard

[Hunter8282]

Hi all,
Finally ordered an NS4710H Cab. Should be here in a couple weeks. I know I want to get a brush grill guard as I cut firewood and want to use the tractor to clean up brush.

Thinking Broken Anvil but I am completely new to tractor accessories. I was thinking the diamond pattern would provide the best protection, but also like the small coyote face with slots but a little concerned with sticking poking through the slots. Thoughts?

Any recommendations are greatly welcomed.

 

[Robin Veerman]

Heck yah….get the Coyote face

 

[Torvy]

I had a local welder do mine. It cost me $50 vs $250+ to order one. He happens to be my neighbor, so it may cost more, but still much less than online.

Different make, but the same concept..

 

[yanmars]

I wish I had the protector this week. Had my hydraulic steel line and "rubber" hose tangled with a fallen tree I was pushing out of the way with my front end loader. Line so out of joint it was leaking. Straightened everything the best I could in place and tightened the steel line connector and fortunately the leak was eliminated. The brush guard may well have helped but this came in from the side so perhaps not.
Good insurance though. A nice post

 

[J&K]

Have a 5Eleven Designz on My Rx and Love it. Great quality and very stout. He has several for the Kioti tractors. Web site 5elevendesignz.com

 

[tacticalturnip]

You can't go wrong with BrokenAnvil or 5Eleven Designz, they're both of excellent quality.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Last fall my buddy, Mark, was eager to pull an oak log from a slash pile to help heat his home over winter. He and I have done piles of work together working on hand signals (installing hi-lift conveyor systems, building red steel sheds, moving containers, et cetra). Anyway, Mark directed me to crush in and wreck the front grill of my tractor.

Whoops. Bad buddy, no dinner! Smile.

So this spring I removed all the broken grill bits and ordered in $400 of new, not-broken grill bits, and pulled out the hood's grill bits cross member support. To avoid future not-paying-attention-episodes, I welded in some heavy expanded steel into my grill guard in the hopes to avoid another $400 in parts repair.

Now I'm waiting on warmer weather to finish rattle-canning my brush guard Chevy engine block orange before putting it back on my tractor.

If you do this tips:

1) Do what I did and get a larger-than-what-you-need-chunk of expanded metal so you can trim it and make it symmetrical.
2) I used 1/2" angle iron around the edges, but if I was to do it again I'd go with 3/4" angle iron as the heavier the expanded steel, the harder it is to work with getting it even so it looks symmetrical.

 

[Kiowner]

Nice job, and I'm sure Mark is glad you have a solution for the next incident