Deanster

Moving a big burn pile around, a tree that was in the pile (the one I dug out in the video I posted) snapped back under the loader bucket & did some damage. It hit the grill guard HARD, and at the time, I thought the grill guard saved me. But the next morning, I noticed that branches had gone through the guard & did some minor damage. The center reflective moulding between the headlights also broke off its mounts.

Originally, the grill guard had bent back so that I could not fully open the hood. Then I put a chain on it, and wound up bending it too far forward by not paying attention. I imagine without that guard, which was a last minute $169 decision, things would be really bad.

I wonder what that panel will cost me to replace?

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Cub Cadet Yanmar EX3200, CL300 Loader w/ Rankin toothbar, Land Pride bucket forks, CB75 Backhoe w/ mechanical thumb, Woods LR72 Landscape Rake, Rankin RC20-72 rotary cutter.

Dougster

I heard the "hood and grill assembly" is one part number and must be replaced as a unit.
Dougster™

>>>Opps, sorry Mister S! I confused it with a Yanmar excavator part. My bad! Sorry!!!

PaulChristenson

Don't know what it will cost...but now you have a working tractor...

Or as I my Dad would say..."Well, the bloom is definitely OFF the rose"...

Paul in VT

I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it.
-- Steven Wright

Dougster

But that first "ding" sure can be a killer.

It's another reason why I prefer to buy "slightly used"!

Dougster™