Just purchased a low hour, JD550J for property work. It is our first dozer. Mostly woods work, maintaining & building logging/woods roads, leveling clear cuts for fields & food plots, some logging, other work around the place. We are up in the mountains in central Vermont. We have a lot of large rocks & stones, but not very ledgy, or nor is there a lot of shale. Slopes & grades range from gentle to very steep.
Dozer is at the shop now getting "up armored" with full forestry package, grille guards, brush/root rake, belly pan reinforcements, etc.
Dozer came with the guards at front & rear of track, but not complete rock guarding along the whole track.
Have received mixed opinions on full rock guards. Some guys have said that they are a must, others have said that they trap
sand, soil & smaller rocks so don't do it.
Would be interested in perspectives & reasons to add the full on rock guards or just go with the small plates front & rear.
Thanks,
Dozer is at the shop now getting "up armored" with full forestry package, grille guards, brush/root rake, belly pan reinforcements, etc.
Dozer came with the guards at front & rear of track, but not complete rock guarding along the whole track.
Have received mixed opinions on full rock guards. Some guys have said that they are a must, others have said that they trap
sand, soil & smaller rocks so don't do it.
Would be interested in perspectives & reasons to add the full on rock guards or just go with the small plates front & rear.
Thanks,
JD 550J, Rock Guards, yes or no?
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