Air ride seat

[AKfish]

As far as the O/P was interested, if spending huge sums of money on an air ride seat is just beyond your finances (or just beyond your good sense, lol?), there are and have been air ride in tactor trailers for years and years. Find a used one and redo the upholstery and mount it in your tractor (great retrofit). The biggest problem might be where to find an air supply to replace the air it uses as it bounces up and down. 12v compressors are fine for this, but you might need to find one that uses pressure limit switches to turn it off and on, plus a small reserve tank to keep it from turning on and off on every bump.
David from jax

David from jax

My neighbor had back surgery this past Spring. Been struggling with the "working/getting hurt/laid up until better/working/getting hurt/laid up until better" cycle for over 10 years!

She sat in my air seat this past week... now she wants one installed on her JD 4320 CUT. She fell outta her seat when the JD dealer said $1,100!!

When I asked her how much longer she wants to keep working hay fields; and driving tractors; and continue using her back...

Well, $1,100 didn't seem like so much after all!

AKfish

 

[tomd999]

Hiya,

1K? My dealer gave me a price of $580, you must be looking at a different air ride setup.

This is what I'm looking at: Link

My intent on this post was to determine if the air ride base for the 3x and 4x CUTs positions the seat higher than the standard crank up base. I'm called "Legs" by my family for a reason, I find nothing has enough leg room for me.

The reason I asked about the price was to see if my dealer was competive on the price and to see if the people that have them consider them of good quality for the price.

Tom

 

[Oldgreybear]

Had an air ride seat installed in my JD 5083E a month ago. LOVE IT! i am short and heavy--No more bottoming out + about 3-4 inches higher than stock seat. Only regret is I did not do this earlier!

Bo

 

[Bigfoot62]

I did not get the air ride seat on my 5085M last year. The dealer informed me that the major difference between the air ride and the seat that came on the 5M was that the gas charged hydraulic strut was simply replaced with an air charged strut. (like a shock absorber)

I don't really know for sure. Never used one of these tractors with the air ride.