Watch out for large chunks of snow/ice!

[jdgreg]

This weekend I took the blade off the loader and put the bucket back on to move some of the snow piles further back from the drive. As luck would have it, a large chunk toppled over the back of the bucket when it was raised and landed on the hood of my 4210. I noticed later in the day that it had busted the hood up pretty good. I should have listened to my inner voice saying "get out and move that chunk before .....". Looks like I'll be buying a new hood this summer.

 

[DanD78]

I did the same thing with a chunk of fire wood falling back on the hood on my 3320. You have to look for the crack but it broke the under side of the hood as well. If it had been summer time it probably would have just bounced off but it was around 5 deg and the plastic was probably very brittle. I think the hood is one piec and around $800. I guess they don't put those stickers on the loader frames for nothing.

Dan

 

[JB4310]

Yup you gotta be careful when raising full buckets to max height, you have to roll bucket to keep level, even dirt can come over the back. never did it myself but came close.

With my canopy I can't see the bucket completely when raised all the way.

JB.

 

[Egon]

Haven't had any thing fall back on my tractor.

 

[JB4310]

Haven't had any thing fall back on my tractor.

I can see why

 

[jdgreg]

Haven't had any thing fall back on my tractor.

Nice. Unfortunately, after the fact I thought about doing something just like that. I have the mesh screen, just need to weld up the frame.

BTW, the loader was not at max height, maybe 2/3 the way up, but high enough for the chunk to do it's kamikaze dive.

 

[Egon]

At the JD dealer I saw several tractors with damaged hoods. Some were fixed using aluminum straps or plates underneath that were pop riveted to the hood. Seemed to make a decent fix.

The rocks on the hood are not so bad but if you lift a log that rolls back it could turn one into a Thin Man quite easily!

 

[beenthere]

Haven't had any thing fall back on my tractor.

FEL raised to full height, without curling the bucket down, the chunk of ice the OP experienced would just land further back on the hood with that ramp.

 

[jdgreg]

That's another reason why I really like my Curtis cab, dont have to worry about something rolling back onto me. Just the hood.

 

[joes_427_vette]

At the JD dealer I saw several tractors with damaged hoods. Some were fixed using aluminum straps or plates underneath that were pop riveted to the hood. Seemed to make a decent fix.

So long as its not MY hood your pop riviting together. The "cobble job " would just drive me the rest of the way crazy.

My theory..... Run she may, shine she must !

 

[Tig]

When I bought my tractor I noticed that my metal hood was conveniently customized to a shape that will catch those falling pieces.

 

[beenthere]

I'm with you there Joe.

Can't imagine pop riviting a hood back together and a dealer going along with the idea.

 

[dave1949]

At the JD dealer I saw several tractors with damaged hoods. Some were fixed using aluminum straps or plates underneath that were pop riveted to the hood. Seemed to make a decent fix.

So long as its not MY hood your pop riviting together. The "cobble job " would just drive me the rest of the way crazy.

My theory..... Run she may, shine she must !

So, what is a good way to repair a hood ding? I dinged mine when a rock rolled off the top of a pile of dirt I was moving - and yes, I thought I should have backed up sooner My NH hood is maybe ABS with a fiber mesh? Not really sure. It isn't metal.
Dave.

 

[Gator6x4]

This weekend I took the blade off the loader and put the bucket back on to move some of the snow piles further back from the drive. As luck would have it, a large chunk toppled over the back of the bucket when it was raised and landed on the hood of my 4210. I noticed later in the day that it had busted the hood up pretty good. I should have listened to my inner voice saying "get out and move that chunk before .....". Looks like I'll be buying a new hood this summer.

When I first saw "Watch out for large chunks of ice" I thought the writer was refering to it falling from the top of trailers on the Interstate. I have seen several large pieces of frozen ice/snow fall from the top of trailers and damage vehicles on the interstate. The driver of the tractor and trailer was long gone by the time the driver of the damaged vehicle could safely stop and other drivers took evasive action.

 

[Travelover]

When I first saw "Watch out for large chunks of ice" I thought the writer was refering to it falling from the top of trailers on the Interstate. I have seen several large pieces of frozen ice/snow fall from the top of trailers and damage vehicles on the interstate. The driver of the tractor and trailer was long gone by the time the driver of the damaged vehicle could safely stop and other drivers took evasive action.

Now that we've veered off topic - My windshield took a 3 foot diameter chunk of ice on edge off the top of a motor home at 70 mph on I75 heading to Florida. Thankfully it did not penetrate the glass, but did bulge the glass in and sprayed everyone inside with the shards from the inner glass layer. Watch out for that ice!

Back to the topic at hand.

 

[Egon]

So long as its not MY hood your pop riviting together. The "cobble job " would just drive me the rest of the way crazy.

After the damage anything that is done could be considered a "Cobble Job" other than a new replacement!

Some of us collect bottles for meal money!

 

[eepete]

New hood for my JD 4520 is $1254. But the decals are a bargain at $52.75 for the three of them.

Egon, you get the "Been there, done that" and never again award! I really like your hood protector!

Pete

 

[Egon]

If you almost have a log roll back onto your lap one gets inventive through necessity real quick. I'm assuming many other industrial buckets have similar protection.

 

[Travelover]

If you almost have a log roll back onto your lap one gets inventive through necessity real quick. I'm assuming many other industrial buckets similar protection.

That's what the steering wheel is for!

 

[scodemike]

I restore Classic Mustangs and I just used this product to repair the floor console in my current project;Rigid Plastic Repair Kit Black It comes in either black, clear or white and works great, very strong. You can then sand it down and repaint.