Increase fore/aft seat adj on subcompact

oakhilltop · Mar 17, 2025

I have a JD 2305 that has always been an issue for my wife to operate. She is 5'4" and the tractor does not have enough fore/aft range in the seat adjustment for her. I am, finally, looking into fixing this. I have done some searching, and see that some people replaced the seat with something like the Grammer MSG65 seat. It appears that the Grammer has additional fore/aft adjustment on it, but I am not positive if that would solve the problem. Plus, it is more costly than what I am looking for. I'd like to hear how others have dealt with this issue on tractors. I don't see why manufacturers don't understand that their equipment may be operated by a variety of people. Especially the subcompacts.

bigtiller · Mar 17, 2025

Try putting a stadium cushion between her and the back of the seat. That 2" might be enough.

murphy1244 · Mar 17, 2025

Take the seat rack off and redrill it closer to the back, This will move the seat forward a bit.

oakhilltop · Mar 17, 2025

Both replies are good ideas. Thanks. I am pretty sure that I have to adjust the linkage of my joystick. See fel not curling down thread. I started to try and do the adjustment. The linkage is covered up by a plate and the plate has a screw that is under the seat rack. I may have to take the seat rack off to get at the linkage. I didn't do it back then because winter was coming and I REALLY need the snowblower in the winter, and the joystick was good enough for the chute control. Anyway, I am planning at trying to do that linkage adjustment in a few weeks, so I can look at modifying the seat rack at the same time. But, I'm going to try the stadium cushion in the meantime.

RayIN · Mar 17, 2025

Sometimes the ergonomics of a tractor driver area is just not right.
My present MF 451 has an open station platform driver area.
If I adjust the seat so I can fully-depress the clutch pedal, I can't get my right foot between gearshift lever and seat. If I adjust the seat so I can get my foot through there, I can't fully depress the clutch pedal to disengage the PTO clutch.

I hope the stadium seat idea works for your DW.