street snow removal while extra thick guards may be employed when the loader is used for clearing brush or trees the guards may be constructed of a material that must be stretched to fit around the hydraulic cylinder and lines the entire guard may be constructed of a significantly stretchable material such as rubber or portions of the guard may be rigid while other portions are stretchable in one embodiment of the invention the guard is made from composite materials of varying elasticities so that certain portions of the guard are able to stretch more than others in addition to covering hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic lines the guards may be used to cover hydraulic lines adjacent to other features on the loader such as the cross beam 45 between loader arms the guards located on non cylinder portions may be colored textured or ornamented similar to the guards on the hydraulic cylinders to provide a loader of refined appearance fig7 and 8 illustrate a hydraulic cylinder 10 connected to a hydraulic line 15 by a hydraulic fitting 50 the hydraulic fitting cooperates with the hydraulic cylinder to form a substantially leak free connection between the hydraulic line and the hydraulic cylinder the guard 40 shown has a fitting pocket 55 adapted to cover the hydraulic fitting and a line channel 60 adapted to cover the hydraulic line the fitting pocket and the.