GManBart
Elite Member
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2012
- Messages
- 4,967
- Location
- Detroit, Michigan
- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson 241, Kubota SVL90-2
The grill guard is very useless, the expanded metal will improve it as far as protecting from sticks and stuff poking in there but the thing is still too weak, if anything of heavy weight slams into it, such as a large stump rolling against it while your loader is up it will smash that guard right into your headlight assembly. Ask me how I know that. Coyote, that looks like a darn nice grapple, something like that would do me wonders, I like your idea for building a grate for between the bottom jaws for smaller stuff too, I will have to look into that brand.
I don't recall if my LS grill guard is built much heavier than the one on the DK series, but I think some people might have unrealistic expectations of them.
I found mine really handy when loading 20 and 30yd rolloff dumpsters....max lift, trying to get as close as possible, and I bumped the containers plenty of times. The grill guard did it's job, and I didn't bend/break anything.