Rought Ride

[Chewwy]

Seems to me I had read that someone came up with an air "bladder" that helped beef up the seat suspension. Anyone hear of such a thing? I gotta find some solution to this. I like the tractor in so many ways.....but the ride sucks. I do not intend to spend on a seat upgrade.....I simply dont put in that kind of hours.

Not sure about an air bladder, but a couple of tennis balls between the seat and the suspension on my L3240 prevented a lot of the jolt of bottoming out. Not sure this will work with your seat configuration though. The L3240 seat is hinged on the front and can be tilted forward.

 

[old and tired]

I would look into the seat more. My "suspension" seat had to be freed up long time ago. Then one of the tabs that hold the spring on, broke off. I repaired that and then the other side broke too so I ended up replace both tabs with a bolt. Granted this is on a standard L and not your model.

 

[kthompson]

I recently bought a L6060 cab and the factory seat is suppose to handle 265 pounds. Many have posted it bottomed out on them weighing less than that. I weigh right at 240. Dealer ended up replacing with Kubota air ride seat with my paying $400 for the air ride seat installed. Have not run across a field yet but it does not bottom out.

 

[foggy1111]

Today I had a buncha doctor stuff to do......so I was running late when I got to my property.......and I wanted to get some mowing done in a couple of clover food plots. Anyway.......didnt take time to check the air pressure in those rears and persevered some pumishment on a few fields. Got done sooner than I thought.....but was wearing clothes that would get me in trouble if I got them to dirty. (grin).

AFTER I was done......I saw that both rears were at 15 PSI. I bled them down to ten lbs.......but was unsure how low I can go on these (industrial) tires. I'm looking for a little advice here. I did not take time to read the sidewall recommendations. I assume I can go to 6 or 8 PSI before getting into trouble. What say you guys?

 

[jmc]

AFTER I was done......I saw that both rears were at 15 PSI. I bled them down to ten lbs.......but was unsure how low I can go on these (industrial) tires. I'm looking for a little advice here. I did not take time to read the sidewall recommendations. I assume I can go to 6 or 8 PSI before getting into trouble. What say you guys?

What size are they?
Rear industrial tires (R4's) on my L4330 are 17.4L-24, 6 ply rating. Manual calls for 20 PSI. 10-16.5 6 ply fronts are 20 PSI too.

 

[radios1]

Today I had a buncha doctor stuff to do......so I was running late when I got to my property.......and I wanted to get some mowing done in a couple of clover food plots. Anyway.......didnt take time to check the air pressure in those rears and persevered some pumishment on a few fields. Got done sooner than I thought.....but was wearing clothes that would get me in trouble if I got them to dirty. (grin).

AFTER I was done......I saw that both rears were at 15 PSI. I bled them down to ten lbs.......but was unsure how low I can go on these (industrial) tires. I'm looking for a little advice here. I did not take time to read the sidewall recommendations. I assume I can go to 6 or 8 PSI before getting into trouble. What say you guys?

too low and you can break the bead, and they'll deflate, if they have tubes, pop the tubes. also, they can spin on the rim, and get damaged..

 

[big bubba]

I have now owned my Grand L 3560 HSTC for about 3 years. From day one.....I was dissatisfied with the way this tractor bounced me around and otherwise extremely rough riding characteristics.

Today I had allot to get done ahead of a rain coming in. ****.....but it felt like crap driving this tractor.....over even relatively smooth ground. My JD products never seemed to provide this kinda treatment. Anyone else? What gives with these tractors? I'm getting too **** old to get bounced around like this. To top it off....the suspension seat is always bottomed out with my 225 lb frame. What can be done?

is this your first tractor?

 

[foggy1111]

is this your first tractor?

I've owned a few JD CUT's prior to this.....and been around tractors all my life. Grew up behind the parts counter at my dad's Ford tractor biz. Nope.....not my first rodeo. I'm 73 years old.....and this ride is hard on this body. This sucka rides ROUGH compared to any other I have driven.....from N Fords to 9000 fords and lots of green tractors too.

Only Major complaint on this tractor......if you discount the low hanging hydraulic hoses.

 

[big bubba]

sounds like getting a quality air ride seat is your best bet, as mentioned. hope you find the right one, am sure other members can steer you in the direction
let us know what you find. have considered for my zero turn, but no need right now. best regards

they're high. i know nothing about them, heard good reports on this name
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200575837_200575837

 

[foggy1111]

sounds like getting a quality air ride seat is your best bet, as mentioned. hope you find the right one, am sure other members can steer you in the direction
let us know what you find. have considered for my zero turn, but no need right now. best regards

they're high. i know nothing about them, heard good reports on this name
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200575837_200575837

^ You may be right. I stopped by my dealer today.....and he said something about $900 for the Kubota air ride. Seems like allot of money for the hours I spend in this seat. Gonna try other things first......but who knows. It really is hard on this old frame.