He Makes John Deere Hoods

He Makes John Deere Hoods TRACTORS Accessories 33-4-38 Darrell Boren bends 18-gauge metal sheets into Deere tractor hoods, specializing in the styles that are the most difficult to make without using expensive dies and presses. "Years ago, my friend who does lots of tractor restoration couldn't find 320 and 420 Deere hoods," Boren explains. "So in 2004, I went to sheet metal school and learned how to bend metal." The rolled edges and the outside and inside radius in these models are difficult to bend, so most people who make hoods don't like to make them. Boren designed his own tooling and system to make the proper bends. Besides Deere 320 and 420's, he makes hoods to fit Deere M's, 40 Series, and 330 and 430 Deeres. Boren has the metal laser cut, including the holes for the exhaust and other tractor parts. He uses a sheet metal brake and tooling to bend the hoods to match precise measurements taken off a tractor. "Everything that gets sent out is tried out on tractors in the shed," Boren says. "Then the hoods are ready to be primed and painted." All style hoods are $465 plus S&H. They're wrapped in newspaper and packed in special boxes to be shipped by UPS; packages are 52 in. long and weigh about 42 lbs. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Darrell Boren, Rocky Mountain Tractor Accessories LLC, 20375 Rd. 17, Ft. Morgan, Colo. 80701 (ph 970 867-8345; d_vboren@q.com).

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