raykos
Silver Member
Hi all,
I'm posting this here and in the JD forum, so I apologize if I'm not supposed to; but, this problem has been bothering me. Recently, I've been experincing dull shoulder pain, and since I didn't do any heavy work during the past months,(didn't even have to shovel any snow), I couldn't figure out what was causing it; so I attributed the pain to maybe arthritis and or growing old(65). So I've just been taking some aspirin, "toughing it through", thinking it will go away, and maybe schedule a DR.'s appointment if it gets worse. Well, it's worse and come Mon. morning I will be making that appointment; and I think I know what may be a probable cause.
I've been wanting to run a power line to my shed to get some lights in there, and I want to run the line through some buried conduit, which means digging a trench. Today the weather was beautiful and the ground wasn't muddy, so terrific, going to get some seat time! Well, I got the tractor in position and went to lift and rotate the seat for backhoe work, and almost fell on the ground because the pain in my shoulder was unbelievable!
I just bought this tractor last year and this seat has been nothing but trouble. I remembered at the end of last season when I was taking the backhoe off to store it, my shoulder hurt after fighting with the seat; but I forgot about it. Now, I'm wondering, was that the start of this shoulder problem?
When I mentioned how much I disliked this seat to my dealer, he said something to the effect that it will just take some getting used to.
OK, I'm new to tractoring, maybe it is me. Well, now I'm starting to think otherwise. Why should I spend thousands of dollars and have to "get used to" a poorly designed seat!? Has anyone else had similar problems with "lifting and rotating" this seat? I have tried to think of different ways to lift it up and rotate, even stand or kneel in a different position, but there is just no way, it has to be done with nothing but your shoulders and arms, and you really have to jerk the seat upwards before it will rotate.
If anybody has a "lift and rotate" type of seat, is it normal to have to fight with it and tear your shoulder up? This 2305 is a sweet machine, but I'm really beginning to dread having to lift & rotate this seat, worrying about the frustration and pain it causes me. I'm also worried about the pain and frustration causing me to do something dumb(I am human), like operate the backhoe while not proberly seated and straped in!
So, if anybody has any suggestions or ideas about what I can do, I'd appreciate them?
Thanks,
Ray
I'm posting this here and in the JD forum, so I apologize if I'm not supposed to; but, this problem has been bothering me. Recently, I've been experincing dull shoulder pain, and since I didn't do any heavy work during the past months,(didn't even have to shovel any snow), I couldn't figure out what was causing it; so I attributed the pain to maybe arthritis and or growing old(65). So I've just been taking some aspirin, "toughing it through", thinking it will go away, and maybe schedule a DR.'s appointment if it gets worse. Well, it's worse and come Mon. morning I will be making that appointment; and I think I know what may be a probable cause.
I've been wanting to run a power line to my shed to get some lights in there, and I want to run the line through some buried conduit, which means digging a trench. Today the weather was beautiful and the ground wasn't muddy, so terrific, going to get some seat time! Well, I got the tractor in position and went to lift and rotate the seat for backhoe work, and almost fell on the ground because the pain in my shoulder was unbelievable!
I just bought this tractor last year and this seat has been nothing but trouble. I remembered at the end of last season when I was taking the backhoe off to store it, my shoulder hurt after fighting with the seat; but I forgot about it. Now, I'm wondering, was that the start of this shoulder problem?
When I mentioned how much I disliked this seat to my dealer, he said something to the effect that it will just take some getting used to.
OK, I'm new to tractoring, maybe it is me. Well, now I'm starting to think otherwise. Why should I spend thousands of dollars and have to "get used to" a poorly designed seat!? Has anyone else had similar problems with "lifting and rotating" this seat? I have tried to think of different ways to lift it up and rotate, even stand or kneel in a different position, but there is just no way, it has to be done with nothing but your shoulders and arms, and you really have to jerk the seat upwards before it will rotate.
If anybody has a "lift and rotate" type of seat, is it normal to have to fight with it and tear your shoulder up? This 2305 is a sweet machine, but I'm really beginning to dread having to lift & rotate this seat, worrying about the frustration and pain it causes me. I'm also worried about the pain and frustration causing me to do something dumb(I am human), like operate the backhoe while not proberly seated and straped in!
So, if anybody has any suggestions or ideas about what I can do, I'd appreciate them?
Thanks,
Ray
