After getting my EA Wicked grapple better than a month ago, I knew I would need a guard to protect the plastic front grill of the tractor from getting destroyed. I have seen several other members solutions to the same problem, and I have used their ideas to come up with my own design. I liked the idea of using expanded sheet metal to stop the branches and sticks from getting to the plastic. A lot of the other members just weld the expanded to the original brush guard. Which does solve the problem of damaging the plastic, but if something big enough punches through the expanded, one must grind all the welds and replace the expanded and repaint the entire brush guard. I've seen others that made a frame to weld the expanded to and then weld the frame to the brush guard, still the same outcome if the expanded is compromised. Grinding out the expanded, replacing, and repainting the brush guard.
I wanted to have something that if damaged, could be removed and replaced without having to repaint the entire brush guard. I also didn't want to repaint the original brush guard after the original installation of the grill guard. So bolting in place seemed to satisfying all my requirements. By making it in two pieces I would only have to repair half of it if damaged. So after some head scratching this is what I came up with.
It has been a very time consuming process, cutting and fitting each piece. Grinding and welding, and refitting some more. And I still have the lower section to complete as well. But so far I am pleased with the results.
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I wanted to have something that if damaged, could be removed and replaced without having to repaint the entire brush guard. I also didn't want to repaint the original brush guard after the original installation of the grill guard. So bolting in place seemed to satisfying all my requirements. By making it in two pieces I would only have to repair half of it if damaged. So after some head scratching this is what I came up with.
It has been a very time consuming process, cutting and fitting each piece. Grinding and welding, and refitting some more. And I still have the lower section to complete as well. But so far I am pleased with the results.
More to follow
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