Tractor radiator screen diy

[Farmer mk1]

Evening folks,
Has anyone made a screen for the radiator? Our buckrake tractor is getting grass in the rads a lot and it’s a real pig to blow out. You can’t get behind the radiator as the cowling covers a lot and the fan blades are near overlapping so it’s hard to blow out.
I wondered if there was a firm who made pull out screens for radiators to fit on our own and that would hopefully take a lot of the muck away from the rad. We can wash the rads on the front easy but the engine water rad is a real pain to do.
Anyone come up with a simple fix or had anything made for it.
thanks
Mark

 

[Lofty1984]

What tractor? I know the feeling all to well out every load blowing the rad out gets old quickly wish mf did reversible fans

 

[Farmer mk1]

It’s a fendt 720. The front rads can blow out ok but the main one is a nightmare to blow out.

 

[Stock]

It’s a fendt 720. The front rads can blow out ok but the main one is a nightmare to blow out.

Naah can be everyone knows that Fendts never give bother............................................................................... of any kind......................................................

 

[solo]

John Deere r series have a plastic framed screen in front of the radiator that keep out the worst. Part Number L204332 about £90

 

[Lofty1984]

I’m sure it would be easy to make your own, I’ve often wondered if you could set up a pipe with holes in it that you could blast air across the rad from the cab

 

[balerman]

CNH have been fitting these screens for years and they do help,but they block up fairly easy.Must be one a similar size to a Fendt rad.

 

[Farmer mk1]

yeah I just want something which we can pull out and wipe off and put back and then it keeps the worse out and then it’s easy to blow out. It’s the grass which blocks the rads and won’t let the dust pass through. I’d like a kit what I can pop rivet onto the rad frame and slide a screen in and tap out a few times a day if needed.

 

[davidroberts30]

See if you can find the hole the grass is getting in though

 

[Flatlander]

I’ve used mosquito screen and a few bungee cords. Cut to size plus a few inches extra and wrap it a small rubber hose so not to scratch the paint. Silicone it so it won’t un ravel. Bungee it in place over the outside and it’s seconds to pull off and let the debris fall off. Cheap and cheerful.

 

[JeepJeep]

Fine Mesh Sheild on Quick-release Pins... A couple of meters shaped to fit,

Unclip bang and good to go

 

[yellow belly]

check the seal between the bonnet and the frame and the radiater
i have replaced them in the past on new hollands and reduced the stuff getting in

 

[james ds]

The cheapest solution is net Curtin the same as used inside windows . We used it years ago on a Mf 50 hx putting up silage . The grass couldn’t stick to it, it worked a treat. Every time you stopped the machine the grass just all fell off .

 

[egbert]

Weird that any of us find ourselves having to ask in this day and age.
JDs come with them, easily slid out...but they're often very fragile where mesh joins plastic frame.
Older models far less prone to drawing carp in.....newer one piece bonnets seem to be the issue.

CAT TH.....can't get in to blow it back out

 

[rob h]

The cheapest solution is net Curtin the same as used inside windows . We used it years ago on a Mf 50 hx putting up silage . The grass couldn’t stick to it, it worked a treat. Every time you stopped the machine the grass just all fell off .

I used net curtin wrapped around the front of our Ford 7610 years ago when we were working on burnt stubble.

 

[flywheel]

Old hessian type sack. Just tie it around the plastic grill. Won't totally stop tractor from getting a tad hot but will make cleaning a doddle..

 

[davidroberts30]

if the grass is getting in past the bonnet screen then there are holes somewhere or seals missing

 

[Green&Steam]

Do they not make a aftermarket reversible fan for your model of Tractor?

 

[Lofty1984]

Do they not make a aftermarket reversible fan for your model of Tractor?

Not cheap though

 

[mf7480]

They could do with designing a small version of what’s on a self propelled, essentially a rotary hoover that constantly sucks stuff off the rads. Can be flat out in the dryest, dustiest conditions and the rads never, ever need blowing out