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Originally Posted by MDM  I have to chuckle when everyone always throws the "choose which ever one is more comfortable". It's a tractor, not a car. I guess I'm old school. I don't think dad or grandad ever decided on one machine over another because it was more pleasing to their backside. Proven reliability and dealer support always came first. Comfort was probably the last thing on my list. I guess anything with a padded seat suits me just fine. |
A few things about comfort. In the "old days" you were happy to just have a tractor.
In the "old days" if you wanted a certain size tractor, then you looked at x y or z tractor. Now days you can look at x y and z tractor of just one brand. Now go and look at all the brands and you are looking at a lot of tractors. Why in the world would you buy a tractor today that was uncomfortable to you when you could find one that was comfy and ergonomics were great.
I guess that your right, you can adapt to anything and survive. My question to you is why adapt, when you can have a machine that is comfortable to operate from day one. You just have to look to find it. And I suppose that if you are one of those people that rely heavily on a dealer, then the dealer is what you should shop for and then choose from what ever it is that he sells and hope that you like it. Wait you don't care if you like it, just as long as it does the job. I guess that you are lucky that way, me, I'm sort of particular about what I have, then I'm that way about who sells to me. That is why my dealer is 650 miles away, oops guess that I'm in trouble if I need a dealer to do something for me, wait, I don't need a dealer to do anything for me except get parts, and freight "now days" is just a wee bit faster than in the "old days"
Oh, you mentioned as long as it had a padded seat you were happy. We have a machine that has one of those old steel seats and no padding, I can sit on that tractor all day and my butt does not get sore, in fact that seat is quite comfortable. I know for a fact that all seats are not created equal, padded or not.
