need a grill guard

h10doc · Jul 2, 2006

Is there a after market grill guard for a tc45d. I got a little to close to the trailer and killed my light assy. So were can I get a guard to stop this from happen again?

Redneck_Randy · Jul 2, 2006

Any New Holland Dealer should have them. I paid $190 for mine. Seen some on Ebay also.

New Holland Grill Guard

joes_427_vette · Jul 4, 2006

$25.00 in steel and a welder can produce some fantastic results. Two hundred dollars is alot of money for three pieces of pipe and a couple flat pieces of steel. There are alot of examples on this forum. Good luck.

h10doc · Jul 4, 2006

joes_427_vette said:
$25.00 in steel and a welder can produce some fantastic results. Two hundred dollars is alot of money for three pieces of pipe and a couple flat pieces of steel. There are alot of examples on this forum. Good luck.

do you have any plans for a guard?

Soundguy · Jul 8, 2006

h10doc said:
Is there a after market grill guard for a tc45d. I got a little to close to the trailer and killed my light assy. So were can I get a guard to stop this from happen again?

Not sure what the 45 front looks like.. byut my 1920 had a small bumper flange.. i buzzed a square bumper/guard made from angle iron and perfec metal.. hit it with some blue paint and bolted it to pre-existing holes in the small OEM bumper.. Worked great. Looked so good that when i traded it back to the dealer and offered to remove it as it was non-oem.. owner of the dealership said to leave it on.. it was a good addition.. etc.

Soundguy

Osconda · Jul 11, 2006

I looked at the New Holland Grille Guard and I figured all I would end up doing was to bend it into my grille with the 55DA. It just didn't look sturdy enough so I built my own. It does take some time, but the cost is minimal. Attached are pics of the one I built before and after paint.

PineRidge · Jul 11, 2006

Osconda that's a nicely built grill guard. Looks like it hinges forward to lift the hood, how does it lock in the up position?

Osconda · Jul 11, 2006

Pineridge,

In the picture shown with the guard painted you can see two bolts closest to the grille. I have since replaced these with hitch pins. I pull the pins and hinge it forward to open the hood. When I raise it back up I reinstall the 1/2" pins.

I laid out the guard so it would more or less follow the sweep of the front end. I used some foam board (left over wall insulation) to make the pattern for the uprights (1/2" plate). I figured out how tall I wanted the guard to be then started trimming the foam to follow the sweep of the hood. I tried using cardboard but it was too hard to work with.

It would have been nice to have a plasma cutter to cut out the uprights from the plate steel but I resorted to the grinder to clean up the cuts instead.

The brackets the guard is attached are welded directly to the tractor. I was going to drill holes through the brackets to bolt it on instead but drilling the four holes in 1/2" plate meant I was going to have to buy a big drill bit and I was going the cheap route.

jinman · Jul 11, 2006

PineRidge said:
Osconda that's a nicely built grill guard. Looks like it hinges forward to lift the hood, how does it lock in the up position?

Mike, I figure we paid $50 for the grill-guard and $150 for the snazzy latch mechanism.

Heck! The grease zerk on it was worth at least $25 just by itself.

Seriously, even if the materials only cost me $50, I would not go through the trouble of design, layout, cutting, welding and painting a grill guard for the $200 I paid for it. It has saved my high-$$$ hood many times.

Doc_Bob · Jul 11, 2006

Osconda said:
I looked at the New Holland Grille Guard and I figured all I would end up doing was to bend it into my grille with the 55DA. It just didn't look sturdy enough so I built my own. It does take some time, but the cost is minimal. Attached are pics of the one I built before and after paint.

Nice work, I am jealous.
Bob