Liquidsilver
Gold Member
I've gained tons of experience in my first year of large (to me) tractor ownership... and thanks in part to people on this forum for the friendly counsel, I've really enjoyed maintaining my own gravel road, clearing off broken trees, re-grading a mess left by a sloppy highlift operator and mowing my 60 - 80 acres of rough Ozark fields.
I love my old (but new to me) girl as much as my motorbikes and guns. :laughing:
It's a '99 M5400 DT
So the seat on this old girl doesn't look too bad, but it's only got one bolt left holding it together... and the seat tray tips forward as it hits bumps. I saw the OEM seat assembly on Messicks and, yikes, $1000... wow.
I've seen the seats at the farm supply stores for 100 bucks and they look a LOT better than what I have... and I'm not afraid to try it for 100 bucks, but it doesn't have a seat belt. I believe in seat belts, especially mowing over the rough holes in the fields... for fear that if I got thrown out of the saddle, it's not far into the path of the drive wheels and mowing deck behind... soooooo...
Question is: should I risk running without the seat belt, or should I try to gerry rig a seat belt in there? I'm not much of a fabricator.
Thanks.
I love my old (but new to me) girl as much as my motorbikes and guns. :laughing:
It's a '99 M5400 DT
So the seat on this old girl doesn't look too bad, but it's only got one bolt left holding it together... and the seat tray tips forward as it hits bumps. I saw the OEM seat assembly on Messicks and, yikes, $1000... wow.
I've seen the seats at the farm supply stores for 100 bucks and they look a LOT better than what I have... and I'm not afraid to try it for 100 bucks, but it doesn't have a seat belt. I believe in seat belts, especially mowing over the rough holes in the fields... for fear that if I got thrown out of the saddle, it's not far into the path of the drive wheels and mowing deck behind... soooooo...
Question is: should I risk running without the seat belt, or should I try to gerry rig a seat belt in there? I'm not much of a fabricator.
Thanks.