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The Bachelor

04-16-2008 11:14:04

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My ol '50 B is still working pretty hard mowing and spreadin and all. Problem is as I approach 50 , the ol hardmount seat about does me in. My backs so sore the next day I can hardly move.

Any answer to the old plywood and foam cushion above the battery box. I thought about trying to mount a float ride seat on the thing. I've also heard about some spring cushions, but can't find them anywhere.

Any help would be great. Especially since I start mowing in a month.

Thanks,

Brad

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Kris A NC

04-17-2008 17:17:41

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

My Grandpa has a '46 A with a float ride on it. If they can fit one on the '46 A then it will definitely fit yours. Might lose some foot room but it might be worth it. Good luck

Kris A NC

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The Bachelor

04-17-2008 04:46:25

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

Thanks again. As much as I like that ol redneck seat, if my wife saw her daddy's tractor with that seatback on it, I'd be sleeping in doghouse along ways away from the doghouse I'm sleeping in now. :)

I was wondering about customing in the float ride, but that sounds way beyond what I can do unless lightning hits and I can get some coordination sometime soon.

Guess I'll have to look at them spring seat cushions. I don't thnk the problem is back support as much as not having any suspension and all my (sigh...) weight coming down and jamming my spine into my tailbone.

Thanks again,

Brad

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BushogPapa

04-16-2008 19:17:15

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

The "Float-Ride seat" is a wonderful seat, and it will fir the 50....problem is, getting one that has been rebuilt...!!

I have done 2 of my own, and I can tell you, it is NOT for the fient of heart....!!

That seat will float and give and sway..I do love them...but getting that final TWIST on the rubber springs and inserting that adjuster at the same timestill seems impossible...at first glance..! If you can have someone help, who has done one before, it will really help.. Ron.

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Mike M

04-17-2008 04:49:39

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to BushogPapa, 04-16-2008 19:17:15

I have a really BIG pair of channel lock type pliers maybe not quite 20" long ? and those work really well on those rubber springs to grab the metal flange and twist it into place. Another trick is to install bushings in the evener bar on the early models that didn't have them or otherwise rework the holes to make them fit tight again so the seat doesn't droop to one side.

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BushogPapa

04-16-2008 19:18:42

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to BushogPapa, 04-16-2008 19:17:15

Might need to change the battery box, I am not sure... Ron.

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Maark

04-16-2008 15:16:28

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

Leland sold his business to Cory Anderson. You can contact him at 320-225-0124 or TheSeatMan@tractorseatman.com. Spring seat is $99.00 plus shipping

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Sam from WA

04-16-2008 15:06:16

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

I"m not sure if this would work as well on a deere, but I made some brackets to mount an old IH swather seat on my Massey-Harris Pony. The seat has its own spring suspension built into the seat frame and is a heck of a lot more comfortable than the old pan with the "nutcracker" as we call it. Like I said, I"m not sure it"ll work on a deere, but it worked for me on one of my other tractors.

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James Howell

04-16-2008 14:57:45

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

I know the feeling of the sore back after several hours mowing.

When I am out mowing in the field, I will stand on the platform just to "stretch" and break the monotony.

The seat back on "52" shown below was some "farmer tech" that was added by a previous owner.

Had it recovered with new padding.

Works really good and is quiet comfortable.

And yes I know - "You may be a RedNeck if..."

Hope this helps.

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Handsome Jim

04-16-2008 14:15:19

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

The way I always looked at was a ten hour day was always the true yard stick of any seat. Be it a tractor seat or a truck seat. There was no comparison of the seats of the later styled and numbered series to the New Gens. I can't even imagine a full day disking on a pan seat without a backrest

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The Bachelor

04-16-2008 13:02:14

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

Pat,

I have a pan on my Farmall Super C. Never had a complaint with it until last year. I was mowing a neighbors field and the next thing I knew my hands were the lowest thing on the tractor. I think this was mother of all gopher holes or something. Anyway that ol spring sprung and I really thought I was a goner. Been doing this many a year and never fell off a tractor.... Last year I about had a first. Made me a little leary of the pan.

But your right. Even after the "Rogue Hole" incident my back wasn't sore. Pretty comfortable actually (I do cheat and use that nylon/foam cover). I just wish them pans had some sidewalls or something.

Thanks for the help,

Brad Bachelor

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Mike M

04-16-2008 11:43:31

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to The Bachelor, 04-16-2008 11:14:04

The original seats that came on those had springs in them. Leyland Swandt sp? should still be making reproductions of them. He did have ads in green magazine. The one I bought several years ago is nice , but still not as nice as an old original I have. Repro isn't quite as springy ? maybe he makes them with a little more support now ? Far better than some old foam ! While your at it get a set of clip on armrests too these really help keep your hips from digging into the metal hand rails on hills.

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PBrowning

04-16-2008 11:59:10

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to Mike M, 04-16-2008 11:43:31

Mike -- The notion of going to a pan seat even crossed my mind here. I have always felt that a pan seat was more friendly to me than the cushion seat of the late styled era. You don't have any padding, but the "pan" was pretty well designed for the bootie!

Bathelor -- visit someone with an earlier A or B tractor with the pan type seat and give it a test ride -- it may be just the ticket for you aging, aching back! It may not be what you want at all -- just a simple thought. I am a back-surgery survivor in my 70's and the pan seat suits me just fine. (PatB)

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Mike M

04-16-2008 12:36:30

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Re: Tales From the Backside in reply to PBrowning, 04-16-2008 11:59:10

I have kinda thought a pan seat was ok too ? but then I never spent all day on one either ? I did see one with a slight modification to the pan once. That hump in the center between your legs was removed as to save the "family jewels" more noticable problem when you are turned looking back.

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