Abstract: A brush guard attached to the side of a tractor between the front and rear wheels. Deflector bars attached to the outer extension of a cross-piece prevent branches from springing up and striking the tractor driver after the front axle of the tractor has passed over the vegetation and before the rear axle begins to deflect the same vegetation downward. The deflector bars and cross-piece also prevent large obstructions from slipping between the wheels and coming to rest against an axle, thereby immobilizing the tractor when, due to the slope of the terrain the tractor cannot drive itself away from the obstruction.