DES MOINES, Iowa (July 8, 2025) — The Ex-Guard tradition of extreme-duty front-end protection continues with new XG-Series grille guards for 2019 and newer Chevrolet® Silverado® 4500 HD, 5500 HD, 6500 HD, and International® CV™ Series Trucks.

“Our new XG guards for these heavy-duty pickups are unparalleled in class,” says Jeremy Drever, director of engineering for Ex-Guard.

“Because of the forward-folding hood of these trucks, we’ve leveraged the exact same protection, designs, and features that OTR truck drivers leverage for billions of miles per year. There is no grille guard for pickups with as much engineering, experience, and customer feedback in the market today.”

The Ex-Guard XG-150BG-GM4519 Model features an unmatched level of quality and durability, utilizing 8-gauge high-tensile steel, an intelligent design, and EVRCoat™ PVC coating that prevents rust due to road wear and the toughest weather conditions.

The Ex-Guard XG-150BG-GM4519 Model features an unmatched level of quality and durability, utilizing 8-gauge high-tensile steel, an intelligent design, and EVRCoat™ PVC coating that prevents rust due to road wear and the toughest weather conditions.

For more information, visit Pickup Grille Guards or call (888) 902-2777.  To learn more about becoming an Ex-Guard dealer, click here.

###

About Ex-Guard Industries:
Since 2009, Ex-Guard Industries has been proud to provide fleets and owner-operators with high-quality products made in the USA. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Ex-Guard is committed to providing customers with exceptional products and ensuring customer satisfaction. As an industry-leader, Ex-Guard semi-truck, van and heavy-duty pickup truck grille guards are built on a reputation of excellence and known for their durability, versatility and overall value. Visit ex-guard.com.

Follow Us:  Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn

New Grille Guards Provide Front-End Protection for Ford® F-150®

DES MOINES, Iowa (July 8, 2025) — Ex-Guard continues to grow its line of extreme-duty front-end protection with a new grille guard for 2021 and newer Ford® F-150® models. 

“It’s another great example of our Class 8 protection for hard-working trucks.”

The Ex-Guard HX-150BG3 Model features an unmatched level of quality and durability, utilizing 11-gauge high-tensile steel, an intelligent design, and EVRCoat™ PVC coating that prevents rust due to road wear and the toughest weather conditions.

The HX series is ClearZone® collision mitigation system (CMS) compatible, ensuring the CMS can function properly without guard interference. The ClearZone design works with adaptive cruise control and can be set up to avoid parking sensor interference.

Ex-Guard Grille Guards are designed to absorb the impact of a collision and distribute the force evenly, ensuring the safety of drivers and reducing the risk of damage to the vehicle. With Ex-Guard Grille Guards, business owners and fleet managers have reduced front-end replacement part costs by 97% and towable accidents by 80%. Now, heavy-duty pickup truck owners can experience the same safety and savings.

For more information, visit Pickup Grille Guards or call (888) 902-2777.  To learn more about becoming an Ex-Guard dealer, click here.

###

About Ex-Guard Industries:
Since 2009, Ex-Guard Industries has been proud to provide fleets and owner-operators with high-quality products made in the USA. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Ex-Guard is committed to providing customers with exceptional products and ensuring customer satisfaction. As an industry-leader, Ex-Guard semi-truck, van and heavy-duty pickup truck grille guards are built on a reputation of excellence and known for their durability, versatility and overall value. Visit ex-guard.com.

Follow Us:  Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn

New Grille Guards Provide Front-End Protection for Class 2-5 Vehicles

DES MOINES, Iowa (March 4, 2025) — Ex-Guard®, the leading full-service manufacturer of semi-truck and van guards in the U.S., is thrilled to introduce the all-new FX and HX Series Heavy Duty Grille Guards for Class 2-5 vehicles.

“Ex-guard has redefined durability and design for class 8 semi-truck protection in North America for nearly 20 years. now we’re bringing that same level of protection to heavy-duty pickup trucks and chassis,” says Jeremy Drever, director of engineering for ex-guard. “it’s class 8 protection for class 2-5 vehicles.”

Proudly made in America, the new guards deliver Ex-Guard’s legendary defense to some of the most popular full-size and heavy-duty pickup trucks and chassis, including:

• Ford Pickup Grille Guards: F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550
• Chevy Pickup Grille Guards: Silverado & GMC Sierra 1500, 2500HD, 3500HD
• RAM Pickup Grille Guards: 1500-3500

In addition, Ex-Guard has plans to expand into other popular work vehicles, including Toyota trucks, Rivian vehicles, cargo vans and full-size SUV models.

With nearly two decades of experience protecting Class 8 trucks and fleets across more than 200 billion miles, Ex-Guard has proven to be the ultimate safeguard in protecting fleets and drivers from front-end collisions, animal strikes and other road hazards. Now, that experience extends to a whole new class of vehicles.

The new FX and HX Series Grille Guards are built with Ex-Guard’s unmatched level of quality and durability, featuring 11-gauge high-tensile steel, intelligent design and EVRCoatTM PVC coating that prevents rust due to road wear and the toughest weather conditions.

The FX and HX Series are ClearZone® collision mitigation system (CMS) compatible, ensuring the CMS can function properly without guard interference. The ClearZone designs will work with adaptive cruise control and parking sensors.

Ex-Guard Grille Guards are designed to absorb the impact of a collision and distribute the force evenly, ensuring the safety of drivers and reducing the risk of damage to the vehicle. With Ex-Guard Grille Guards, business owners and fleet managers have reduced front-end replacement part costs by 97% and towable accidents by 80%. Now heavy-duty pickup truck owners can experience the same safety and savings.

Be among the first to see the FX and HX Series Heavy Duty Grille Guards at Work Truck Week, where Ex-Guard will debut its new series in Booth 110, held March 4-7, 2025, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

For more information visit Pickup Grille Guards, or call (888) 902-2777.  To learn more about becoming an Ex-Guard dealer, click here.

###

About Ex-Guard Industries:
Since 2009, Ex-Guard Industries has been proud to provide fleets and owner-operators with high-quality products made in the USA. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Ex-Guard is committed to providing customers with exceptional products and ensuring customer satisfaction. As an industry-leader, Ex-Guard semi-truck, van and heavy-duty pickup truck grille guards are built on a reputation of excellence and known for their durability, versatility and overall value. Visit ex-guard.com.

Follow Us:  Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn

New Grille Guards Provide Front-End Protection for Class 2-5 Vehicles

(April 1, 2025) — Ex-Guard®, the leading full-service manufacturer of semi-trucks and van guards in the U.S., began production today on its new line of grille guards and front-end protection for three major heavy-duty pickup truck brands.

“This has been a long time coming,” says Jeremy Drever, director of engineering for Ex-Guard. “After tens of thousands of requests, today is the day we begin production on Ex-Guard for the most popular heavy-duty truck models in America’s fleets.”

Proudly made in America, the new guards deliver Ex-Guard’s legendary defense to some of the most popular full-size and heavy-duty pickup trucks and chassis, including:

• Ford Pickup Grille Guards: F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550
• Chevy Pickup Grille Guards: Silverado & GMC Sierra 1500, 2500HD, 3500HD

Ex-Guard will also begin production on brush guards for Ram® Heavy Duty trucks as well as medium-duty F-150®, Silverado®, Sierra® and Ram in the next 90 days.

Since the announcement of the new Ex-Guard models, hundreds of customers have requested mounts for the most popular electric winches currently available. “Interest in a winch mount was almost instant,” noted Drever. “Our team set right out and made a winch box that will fit popular models from Warn Industries, Ramsey Winch®, Superwinch®, Bulldog Winch, Warrior Winches, Smittybilt® and more.

The WM-9512 Winch Mount will accept most winches that fit in an 8” x 8” x 26” space, making them a very flexible option for users in very rugged environments. This winch mount also includes heavy-duty towing clevises to make extrication easier.
Finally, the new guards are ClearZone compatible, ensuring that they will work with adaptive cruise control and parking sensors available on top-end trim packages of these truck models.

With nearly two decades of experience protecting Class 8 trucks and fleets across more than 200 billion miles, Ex-Guard has proven to be the ultimate safeguard in protecting fleets and drivers from front-end collisions, animal strikes, and other road hazards. Ex-Guard owners and fleet managers have reduced front-end replacement part costs by 97% and towable accidents by 80%. Now, heavy-duty pickup truck owners can experience the same safety and savings.

For more information visit Pickup Grille Guards, or call (888) 902-2777.  To learn more about becoming an Ex-Guard dealer, click here.

###

About Ex-Guard Industries:
Since 2009, Ex-Guard Industries has been proud to provide fleets and owner-operators with high-quality products made in the USA. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Ex-Guard is committed to providing customers with exceptional products and ensuring customer satisfaction. As an industry-leader, Ex-Guard semi-truck, van and heavy-duty pickup truck grille guards are built on a reputation of excellence and known for their durability, versatility and overall value. Visit ex-guard.com.

Follow Us:  Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn

MVTS test reveals Ex-Guard XG-125G3 and Ex-Guard XG-150G3 have little impact on fuel economy.

October 28, 2024 (Las Cruces, NM) – MVT Solutions (MVTS), a provider of breakthrough fuel economy testing and design and development services for the trucking industry, today announced that the Ex-Guard XG-125G3 and the Ex-Guard XG-150G3 grille guards had only a minimal impact on fuel economy, of only -0.31 gal/1000 miles (-0.32%) and -0.40% gal/1000 miles (-0.41%).

“Ex-Guard has proven again that our guards are undeniably a net positive for fleets when considering how to reduce front end damage with a smaller fuel economy footprint,” said Jeremy Drever, Director of Engineering at Ex-Guard.

“The improvements in fuel efficiency compared to previous models of our largest and best protecting Ex-Guard model, the XG-150, really underline how serious we are in making Ex-Guard a staple for every fleet and every truck,” he noted. “Combining the 80% decrease in towable accidents many of our customers have seen, along with this lower impact on fuel economy, the financial benefits are easily recognized and the overall environmental impact can be better than not running guards at all.”

The MVTS tests were conducted on a 2024 Freightliner Cascadia powered by a DD 15 engine and a DT12-1750-DHE Efficiency On-Highway 12-speed transmission, with a 53-foot refrigerated trailer. The gross vehicle weight was 46,000 lbs. Testing was conducted at 65 MPH steady-state speed on a private track in Texas.

“These two grille guards had very little impact on fuel economy,” says Daryl Bear, lead engineer and chief operating officer of MVT Solutions. Using the XG-125G3 test results of -0.31 gal/1000 miles will result in an additional fuel expense of only about $164 a year, while the XG-150G3 with test results of -0.40 gal/1000 miles will result in an additional fuel expense of only about $211 a year. Fleets need to evaluate this cost against the cost of repairing a vehicle with front end damage.” Financial values are based on 125,000 miles traveled annually and a fuel price of $4.214, which was the average retail price of diesel fuel in the USA in 2023.

The full report will be available soon at m-v-t-s.com.

About MVT Solutions
MVT Solutions, a subsidiary of Mesilla Valley Transportation, provides fuel economy testing based on race car engineering.  This high-tech testing methodology can obtain accuracy up to 0.25% and accounts for such variables as wind, driver behavior and duty cycle. With over 1,000 fuel economy tests conducted to date, the company’s proven approach provides highly reliable and consistent data that enables trucking companies to make more informed choices and manufacturers to design and develop products backed by accurate fuel efficiency information that customers trust. MVT Solutions also provides consulting services to fleets looking to implement the right fuel-savings technologies for their operations.  MVT Solutions was founded in 2016 and is based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. To learn more about MVT Solutions and for the latest in fuel efficiency news, visit www.m-v-t-s.com.