csharpe5097
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I own a kubota L4240 and I have broke many hydro lines. Does anyone make side and rear brush guards to keep trees from catching on my tractor.
Deere makes a brush guard kit for the lights on the ROPS. I installed mine in a few minutes. I think the cost for a pair is about $35. Maybe Kubota has some to offer for you too?
I try to guard everything I can....brush is hard on stuff and can ruin your day.
One tip I learned on TBN (thanks Roy!) was to use my loader bucket as a brush guard. What I do is curl my bucket up a little so I don't too easily catch it on the ground....then lower it to a few inches off the ground (depending on brush type, etc). It will help me find logs and rocks and other hazards. AND....if the front end of the tractor starts to crawl up the brush.....then I know I am "in too deep" for my tractor brush-hog , and I back off. (at least that worked for my older 790 tractor)
Brush hogging new ground can be problems, you gotta go slow. I got hit in the face/eye with a stick one time and got one heck of a blackened eye outta the deal. Good thing I was wearing safety glasses.....or may have poked my eye out. BE CAREULL!
Both of my fender lights are broke, i bent the metal hyrdo hose on the bucket arm and bent my step. Is there anything made to protect the tractor more then the front brush guard.
It always happens when im brushogging the sides of my trails. The hanging branches kill me.