I was working with a friend who was using a small excavator to remove some stumps. He was digging them up, then putting them in my bucket for me to haul to a burn pile. One of the heaviest stumps wasn’t balanced well and it fell over the back of the bucket as I drove up a steep hill. It crushed the hood but fortunately not me, and nothing mechanical was damaged.
The tractor still runs well, but it looks rough due to the smashed hood/bonnet. The tractor has less than two hundred hours on it and many years of use left. I’d like to replace it so I don’t have to be reminded of my mistake for the years to come.
Exactly what I did on my used M9 open station. The previous owner rolled something out of the bucket and wacked the hood. I had a local body shop bump the dents out, glaze it and repaint it for 200 bucks. Just the upper bonnet assembly fr an M9 is a grand from Kubota. The side wings are another grand and the grill is 200. I did replace the grill so overall it was 400 bucks, not bad considering new cost.