Grill guards

[check 6]

Just ordered one from homestead. I was moving brush for a neighbor with the grapple on my BX and quickly realized the openings in the grapple could easily allow a branch to get my radiator thus the order as I don’t weld a skill I never learned

 

[old and tired]

Do you guys have protection from underneath? I put two layers on the front, bottom section and I did not cover my head lights (if I can't see brush that high, I don't need to be where I'm at).

 

[2515R Dude]

Looky here, been discussed before
Brush Guards

 

[oosik]

Thanks 2515R Dude. The more info - the better.

 

[oosik]

I just finished a project where the grill guard came into play. I disassembled - gathered - moved the last old homestead building.

I can certainly see why HD industrial equipment would have been better. But you use what you have.

The grill guard got thumped/bumped several times with the old lumber.

Now I have to clear this area of all the remaining nails/spikes. There was not a nail/spike that the old homesteader didn't like. With my metal detector I've gathered up two gallon buckets full.

I can guarantee - I've not found them all yet.

 

[oosik]

My expanded metal wraps up underneath - old and tired. But then - I don't go crashing thru the undergrowth like Gordon Gould - #6.

My property is open fields of grass and stands of ancient Ponderosa pines.

What "under growth" I have - Buck brush. Diameter of a pencil and two feet high. Driving thru this brush just tickles the underside of the tractor.

 

[WranglerX]

Here is going to seem like the dumb question of the day.... Are a piece like this available commercially and if so where...

 

[Smokeydog]

Reinforced grill quard with quarry screen, , 1/2” plate and added 3”x6” tube bumper. Bonnet guard was factory option.

 

[oosik]

WranglerX - that particular guard is at - 5elevendesignz.com.

 

[dadohead]

JD 2520 grill guard upgrade. A little 3/8" rod and 1/8×1" strip stock. A few close calls on the grill drove the change.

 

[oosik]

dadohead - that is a great guard. Some of us, me included, just don't have the imagination nor skill set. Fortunately - I have a welding shop local.

 

[dadohead]

dadohead - that is a great guard. Some of us, me included, just don't have the imagination nor skill set. Fortunately - I have a welding shop local.

That's very kind of you... but I do what every other designer does: steal good design and use it in my application! If you see something you like... heist it!

 

[masscity]

My brush guard and chain holder. Two 5/16" gr70 10' long.

 

[WranglerX]

My brush guard and chain holder. Two 5/16" gr70 10' long.

Bet that chain rattle like a banshee when moving tractor around....

 

[masscity]

Bet that chain rattle like a banshee when moving tractor around....

No chain rattle at all, whether I'm on the road or woods trail.

 

[John_Mc]

I had a local fabricator friend make this for me. It was from stock he had lying around left over form another project. I'm thinking he must have been watching some of the Mad Max movies before he made it.

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[oosik]

WoW - John. Your friend went all the way for you. Mad Max - yes. Those two upper tubes go all the way back to the roll bar - ??

 

[John_Mc]

WoW - John. Your friend went all the way for you. Mad Max - yes. Those two upper tubes go all the way back to the roll bar - ??

Yes, the two upper tubes are "limb risers" - they push the limbs up and over, rather than slapping me in the face. Once I got them, I know I'll never have a tractor used in the woods without them.

 

[oosik]

I get "limb slap" plus a lap full of snow when I plow my driveway. The young pines bend in onto the driveway from the weight of the snow.

Once or twice can be refreshing. But a mile of it going in and again going out. Gets to be a little much. I can eliminate most by raising and opening the grapple.