Seat replacement/cover recommendation, B80

[dmhill 43]

I have looking at my cracked, now severely cracked, seat on my B80 and have decided to look into replacing or recovering. I prefer to keep the seat pan as it is in good shape and came on the tractor. The seat has an embossed Wheel Horse logo on it. Has anyone had great success with an upholsterer or replacement? any info would be appreciated.

[Lee1977 6,656]

That seat plastic gets old and hard. I don't think it would be worth trying to reuse that section in a new cover. Finding someone to recover a  garden tractor seat at a reasonably price will not be easy. The price will be double or triple the cost of a new seat.

[dmhill 43]

I see. Any good idea about where to obtain a seat which will work without modification?

Edited April 9, 2017 by dmhill

[BOB ELLISON 2,981]

Northern tool has the biggest selection  and that's where I got mine. Tractor supply has some also. This is a weird post,  not anything about you. I also have a B80 and I'm in the process of rebuilding and reapostering my seat. The guy I got it from must have scraped the plastic cover from the seat. All I have is the metal pan.

Edited April 9, 2017 by BOB ELLISON
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[953 nut 55,190]

Check these out!

http://www.surpluscenter.com/Seats/

[dmhill 43]

Wow! Some of those belong on a Cadillac :). Lots to choose from and good prices, thank you. I appreciate everyone's input and good luck with your reupholster job on your seat Bob.

Darren

[rmaynard 15,434]

I always use the Northern Tool seat which is the exact seat that Wheel Horse used on the B-80, with the exception of the horsehead logo. The seats in that era were made for Wheel Horse by Michigan Seat Co. Here is the Michigan V-350 (formerly V-3500) from Northern.  Direct fit with no modifications.

 

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_7687_7687

 

 

 

 

[BOB ELLISON 2,981]

Started on seat and there's not a lot to it

Just need padding , cover material, and a industrial sewing machine of which I have all 3. I started with padding from a carpet shop and cutting the material is probably the hardest and sewing it with heavy uv thread. This is as far as long got today. Tomorrow is glue and pull material tight . More Pictures to follow tomorrow .

[BOB ELLISON 2,981]

I finally got it done I couldn't get the glue to hold like I wanted. Guess I'll find a better glue if I decide to do it again. But it is better than a cold metal pan with a rug on it. After some set time it should lay flat . I did learn a lot from this and I will try it on my 66 lawn ranger seat . Maybe more to come someday .