Brush guard that works

[sandman2234]

The bad thing about lead poisoning is the amount of time the lead stays in your blood. Do be careful around it.
We cut a piece of a boat hull weight off, about a foot long, and couldn't pick it up by hand. Boss finally took it to the scrapyard, for ten cents a pound. I told him I would have given him that just to keep it. I really didn't need it, because I have a 100 pound ingot in the garage, but it would have been cheap.
David from jax

 

[flINTLOCK]

Nice work. Now you need skid plate under front end to keep upward directed missiles at bay.

 

[hill]

Did you say you leave the weight bar on while using the FEL? Seems like a good way to increase wear, decrease working capacity, etc while the loader is on.
David from jax

Might give the front tires an extra squirt of air but as the weights aren't attached to the loader it shouldn't effect work capacity or loader wear.

I LIKE it as I holed the OEM screen door filling in the grill yesterday. Out to find some expanded metal.

 

[sandman2234]

I was thinking wear on parts such as the kingpins, spindles, and other front end parts more so that the loader parts, when I wondered if he kept the weights on the front of the tractor when his loader was on it. Any load on the tractor front end will decrease how much you can pick up with the loader before something breaks, or wears faster than without the weightbar. Most people with loaders are looking to load the rear of the tractor, not the front.
David from jax

 

[CJ4]

By all means I don't mean to be critical because this is a beautiful brush guard but I agree with Sandman.....IMO I think the weighting it with lead would be more of a detriment than an advantage.....When I have my loader maxed out I feel i'm probably pushing it on the weight issue on my front end of the tractor anyway. Enlighten me on the reason for needing the weight??