New Seat Needed

[ufengineer]

The pan on my seat is rotted out. Can anyone recommend a good quality seat for a ym2010. Reasonably priced

 

[winston1]

Yanmar Tractor Parts SEAT ASSEMBLY

New Seat w Brackets Made to Fit John Deere Case IH Massey Ferguson Yanmar | eBay

 

[Scotty Dive]

Anyone know if any of the seats with arm rests will fit?

 

[ufengineer]

I just want a good quality seat. Good padding and thick steel pan.

 

[California]

Those Hoye seats (also sold by everybody else) are in my opinion too small.

I'm not very tall, probably would be average alongside typical Japanese rice farmers, but I feel crowded toward the steering wheel of the two Yanmars in my sig photo below. A third Yanmar has the original Yanmar-USA seat which feels a lot more spacious.

The Hoye seat is good quality, it just makes the tractor feel cramped. I would keep looking. YMMV.

 

[ufengineer]

Any recommendations

 

[normde2001]

Those Hoye seats (also sold by everybody else) are in my opinion too small.

I'm not very tall, probably would be average alongside typical Japanese rice farmers, but I feel crowded toward the steering wheel of the two Yanmars in my sig photo below. A third Yanmar has the original Yanmar-USA seat which feels a lot more spacious.

The Hoye seat is good quality, it just makes the tractor feel cramped. I would keep looking. YMMV.

Isn't that an issue of how the seat is mounted?

 

[California]

On the YM240 I mounted the replacement seat as far back as its brackets allow. For the YM186D I drilled new holes in the brackets to get the seat as far back, and as low, as I could. (so I could lean forward and duck under branches in my orchard.) It still feels small.

The only way to sit farther back would be to modify the tractor's front seat mount (easy) and move the springs farther back (complicated).

I can live with the replacement seat on the YM240. Its just that the second YM186D still has its OEM seat and I immediately noticed it feels more spacious.

 

[careyo63]

This is a Fredricks seat I'm sure since It was New when I purchased the 2000 from Spalding in Ga.. It was setup and attached correct and here's what I did when I bought it to give myself "Alot" more room. I'm 6' and my Knees would almost hit the Dash!! Plenty of room and sits so far back I have to Lean forward to see the Tach.

 

[clemsonfor]

my seat is just like your Carey. I have a tear in the vynal starting at that grommet drain and going now almost 2"s into the seat.

 

[California]

Carey that seat (post #9, above) does look like it's back farther, but I can't see what you modified to accomplish that. More description?

 

[California]

Another D) diversion from a thread focus - but here's a repair (posted over on Welding Web) that I made to the OEM Yanmar seat on my second YM186D after I bought it. I liked that larger OEM seat so much that I welded up the stress cracks, added a removable cushion (from household furniture), and put the seat back in service. Going on two years, the repair has held up.

This deeper seat is more comfortable than the replacement seat on the first YM186D. In particular the greater front to back depth makes it a lot easier to get off the little tractor when I'm watering new trees, where I dismount at nearly every tree to repair gopher damage to that tree's watering basin.

 

[careyo63]

If you look at Hoyes pic. Winston posted. The Narrow setup of the two. And then I believe I just moved back a set of holes. Your only be able to use One set because the Seat Mounting Brackets will cover up 2 of the 4. I haven't had any problems in doing that. However it did move so far back it seemed to lower the Backrest and had to lift it up using the PVC. Freeze Plugs. They work really well and cushion the ride. Lasted 8yrs. trouble free!!! And after looking at my pics in #9 I decided to move it back forward a little using the shaft the seat lifts with to the closer holes of the two.

 

[R Barger]

I just bought a YM2010 with the seat replaced. It is very comfortable.

 

[deepNdirt]

do you Know how to weld? or someone who's willing to? Take a few measurements of the mount bracket of your tractor, (mainly the width) go to your local salvage yard and look through the ride mower seats, to find the best condition along with quality made, some are covered with heavy duty molded vinyl, some have high backs, I think I got mine from a Toro mower,
with a small amount of fabrication/welding I was able to mount the seat on my tractor, I actually like the way it sit a bit higher helping my legs to extend,
We have to admit our Yanmar's were designed for the short legged people of Asia,

 

[Neat 1500]

Yep mine's like that too!