4310 Grill Guard

Gary_in_Indiana · Aug 17, 2003

<font color="blue"> great for loading a truck as a front bumper/protection from your unit </font>

That's exactly what I do with mine. I've now got some green paint on my dump bed and a bit of orange on my grille guard. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Better that than a mashed grille and crushed radiator, though. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

rpatton · Aug 17, 2003

Jimmy D ,nice grill guard , did you say they have a anti fog kit?? mine fogged up after about 5 hrs. and its a bit hard to see around the fog. Thanks ,Rich

JimmyD · Aug 17, 2003

Thanks for the info on the fuel gauge. If it just bounces and remains fairly accurate I will leave it alone.

Shari, I don't know the gauge of the expanded metal but it is the heavy stuff. It was a scrap I bought from a local wrecking yard for $8.00. It's welded to 1/2" square stock that was heated, bent to curve around the radiused top and welded to the inside of the factory guard. The finished unit is turned in the opposite direction from the factory mounting orientation. Grainger or McMaster-Carr, I can't remember which, sell several varieties of expanded metal sheet in 2X2. I think it runs about $15.00 plus shipping. They both have pretty good web sites. Now if it will just dry up so I can get back to mowing. Rained off and on all night.

JimmyD · Aug 17, 2003

If you do a search in JD owning/operating under " instrument panel fogging" you will find some threads on the subject. A couple of guys have good references to JD documentation on the subject. The anti-fog kit is part # RE72944. I have really become dependent on the people who contribute to this forum with good info. This is a prime example of why we should build a monument to Mohammed. Of course we would debate endlessly on which tractor he would be riding but I know we would all agree it would have a gear tranny.,,,/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Gary_in_Indiana · Aug 17, 2003

<font color="blue"> scrap I bought from a local wrecking yard for $8.00 </font>

WOW! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Around here scrap/salvage is ten to twenty cents per pound. Even at the higher price that'd be a forty pound piece you got there. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I guess it could kind of double as a suitcase weight, too. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JimmyD · Aug 17, 2003

I used the factory grill guard that comes with the loader and modified it. I bought the peice of expanded metal from the wrecking yard. It only weighs a few pounds. The 1/2" square bar stock was scrounged from a good neighbor who was kind enough to help me with the fabrication. Sorry if I was unclear.
Fabricating the whole thing would certainly have been a bigger project.