Seat on C120

[slk 34]

Is it just me or is the seat really close to the dash/steering wheel of the tractor. I feel so cramped in that small space. I have not looked all that close yet but I do not see where I could move it back about 6” or so. 

[ebinmaine 80,651]

Got pics?

 

I'm a "not small" person. My seats are all set back 2 inches from the OE stock furthest rear point. 

[slk 34]

I will get some pics tomorrow

[Handy Don 17,464]

2 hours ago, slk said:

Is it just me or is the seat really close to the dash/steering wheel of the tractor. I feel so cramped in that small space. I have not looked all that close yet but I do not see where I could move it back about 6” or so. 

I have added seat slides to the two tractors I maintain that have users with both compact and elongated statures. The slides have 6” of travel that I positioned to 3 in each direction from stock. 
Do be careful not to position the operator’s weight too far to the rear--the stock position is pretty much directly over the rear axle.

[ri702bill 12,988]

26 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Do be careful not to position the operator’s weight too far to the rear-

Agreed - no need to do a backflip!

[slk 34]

This is what the previous owner rigged up 

[ebinmaine 80,651]

2 hours ago, slk said:

This is what the previous owner rigged up 

 

Appears to be a congflagablabruation of two different systems. Maybe. 

 

Does you tractor have the flip back seat pan/fender or the flip forward seat?

 

 

[squonk 48,078]

3 hours ago, slk said:

This is what the previous owner rigged up 

I had a similar set up on the B80 I had. You can elongate the slots where I circled to get the springs mounted farther back. They also make springs with slots built into them. I have seen them on E bay quite often.

 

 

[Handy Don 17,464]

17 minutes ago, squonk said:

They also make springs with slots built into them.

Gotta get ‘em pre-made, of course. Adding slots to spring steel is, well, a good way to dull tooling.