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Originally Posted by mjncad  I'm surprised the rental yard spent the extra bucks to buy the hood armor kit. |
The hood armor is made by JD, but I can not find it in the parts book. There
are several "rental upgrade kits" that are not described, however. This
hood armor is awesome.....it must weigh at least 100 lb!
The new plastic is green all the way thru (ABS?) and not easily fixed when
broken. It replaced the earlier fiberglass hoods, which were aften smashed
but were easier to fix. I did a few on the 955s. The new plastics are
sourced from a plant in the US somewhere, according to the box the new
hood came it. I prefer sheet metal body parts, and I doubt the rental yard
will ever buy any tractor with plastic body panels again. (BTW, I have been
encouraging them to consider the Bobcat version of the Kioti DK35SEHST
because it has metal panels, no clutch, local service support, and very
aggressive pricing.)