Want to install or build a wide seat - ideas?

[davem1111 2,030]

I've seen some tractors with wide seats, where 2 people can sit side-by-side, and I'm wondering what the best approach is for this. First, have you used a seat from a golf cart, something else, or custom built one? Second, I'm wondering if there needs to be reinforcement added rather than just bolting one on the standard seat bracket so it doesn't rock from side-to-side or tilt if one person is (ahem...) heavier than the other.

 

My wife has had a lot of health issues, and has not been able to see much of the property for quite a while, aside from the close parts of the front and back yards. I'd like to be able to take her for rides around the farm on it, and I don't think she wants to ride in the trailer. 

[Achto 27,609]

I ended up wining a D160 at an auction that had side by side seating already set up. The PO built custom fenders & some kind of bucket holders for it. Didn't know what I was going to do with it at first, now Big Betty Baloo is the first one on the trailer when I go to shows.

 

 

@WHX?? & @Pullstart used a bus seat to make a side by side out of their tractors.

 

Edited October 4, 2023 by Achto

[Pullstart 62,913]

 

Not throwing stones (too hard) but I supported mine a tad better than Uncle Jim did his.  I had no rear fender on the tractor, so it was basically a blank slate.  I’m sure I could have used 1x1 instead of 2x2 and had just fine results.  
 

If only someone had some extra bus seats laying around…

 

[Ed Kennell 38,227]

Here's mine.

 

Started as a Commando  800   with the early Eaton 5 hydro.

[ebinmaine 67,633]

Some awesome ideas here.  

 

A side by side isn't likely a build I'd do but they're very interesting to see!

 

 

[CCW 1,297]

35 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Some awesome ideas here.  

 

A side by side isn't likely a build I'd do but they're very interesting to see!

 

 

 

Yup, my wife has no interest in Clyde.

 

[davem1111 2,030]

4 hours ago, Pullstart said:

 

Not throwing stones (too hard) but I supported mine a tad better than Uncle Jim did his.  I had no rear fender on the tractor, so it was basically a blank slate.  I’m sure I could have used 1x1 instead of 2x2 and had just fine results.  
 

If only someone had some extra bus seats laying around…

 

 

Dang, Kevin, I wish you were closer. It looks like you could spare one of those bus seats for a reasonable cost. 

[JoeM 7,874]

if I told my wife i was building a tractor for her with a wide seat, this is how i think things would end up. 

[ebinmaine 67,633]

11 minutes ago, CCW said:

 

Yup, my wife has no interest in Clyde.

 

Opposite issue here. 

 

You just AIN'T takin' away a BBT from her own tractah.  

 

 

[CCW 1,297]

9 minutes ago, davem1111 said:

 

Dang, Kevin, I wish you were closer. It looks like you could spare one of those bus seats for a reasonable cost. 

 

Contact the operator of school busses in your town.  Never know, you might get lucky.

[wallfish 17,014]

Built 2 of these little cars. Rear engine with a centrifugal clutch.

 

[WHX?? 48,830]

8 hours ago, Pullstart said:

supported mine a tad better than Uncle Jim did his.  

Hey a show was coming up and she needed a love ride so it was a 5 minute job! Dan's brother has got a two up seat with arm rests I may score. 

Another simple idea is two solo seats mounted on some sort of bracket.  

Keep in mind depending on the type of tractor is may be necessary to split the operating duties. A gear jammer the driver can pretty much run the whole show. A hydro since the speed control is on the right the passenger may run that. 

Edited October 5, 2023 by WHX??

[davem1111 2,030]

2 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Hey a show was coming up and she needed a love ride so it was a 5 minute job! Dan's brother has got a two up seat with arm rests I may score. 

Another simple idea is two solo seats mounted on some sort of bracket.  

Keep in mind depending on the type of tractor is may be necessary to split the operating duties. A gear jammer the driver can pretty much run the whole show. A hydro since the speed control is on the left the passenger may run that. 

 

 

 

Well, I'm a big hydro fan here. The only gear jammers will not be staying for long. This may be the tractor I also add a foot pedal motion control to, so that would make it even easier.

 

[Pullstart 62,913]

19 hours ago, davem1111 said:

I don't think she wants to ride in the trailer. 

What about a sulky to ride on, rather than in a trailer?

 

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by Pullstart
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[davem1111 2,030]

1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

What about a sulky to ride on, rather than in a trailer?

 

 

 

Well, I think the point is that she may want to sit next to me ("why" might be a valid question...  ) so this idea might not be that attractive to her. 

[WHX?? 48,830]

Sulkies can be easy to fall off of...just sayin... ask her how she knows...

C. Hill has a dandy tho. A tandem for those heavy dates...