Replacement Seat for TC40

[buckeye]

As I use our new TC40, I am finding that I wish I had a nice tractor seat with some sort of suspension, like the old seat I use in a MF165. Basically the property we own and the land I mow is not glass smooth yet and frankly, the boomer it beating me up. I couldn't remember if the TC40D seat had a suspension or not. Regardless, I have a TC40 and was wondering if anyone out here in the community has looked at or replaced a seat on any of the Class III Boomers. Would a seat from TSC work, or do I need to be careful of the shutoff switch incorporated into the tractor?

Other than this seat issue, I completely love this tractor. I think we are truly lucky in this country to have so many excellent choices to choose from when it comes to compact tractors. I looked at all colors, but basically, the Blue dealer around here was willing to deal, and the Green dealer was not.

I thank you all in advance for any information you may have about this seat issue.

Jim

 

[mswanson]

Yes the 'D' model comes with a great seat. It has adjustable suspension and can rotate to either side for better viewing of rear implements. You could look into ordering one from the dealer. Probably expensive.

 

[BKColeman]

Yes the 40D does have suspension seat. It is very nice, lots of adjustments too. But my guess would be it will be pretty expensive from the dealer. I added the armrests and I believe they were about $75 /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif.

I don't know about the seats at TSC, I imagine they would work, but it might take a little modification to get the bolts to line up right.

 

[BKColeman]

You might want to look at Northern for seats too. They have some suspension seats in their catalog.

 

[gmason]

I dissabled the shut off switch under the seat anyway. The "D" seat come with a adjustment for the springyness, but the rotating is really nice. I haven't needed armrests yet.
gary

 

[bnixon]

I asked my delaer about the price of the Deluxe seat and he said it was about $700-$750. That is a lot of seat!!!!!!!!

 

[kcbarnes]

Before my "40D" I had a TC29 gear with the unsuspended seat that also beat the tar out of me. I ordered a seat from northern for 130.00 that wasn't as nice as my deluxe seat but a big improvement anyway. I had to drill some new holes but got the job done.

 

[DVerbarg]

The seats on the "D" models are <font color=blue>very very </font color=blue>nice. Forget how nice it is until I drive my parent's MF275 which has a seat they bought at Farm-N-Fleet. One little drive on that makes me appreciate my TC40D all the more /w3tcompact/icons/love.gif!

 

[buckeye]

kcbarnes:

Thanks for the information on Northern. I assume the holes you drilled were on the new seat and not on the TC-29?

Jim

 

[spencer200]

The part number for the seat is 86402507 the dealer list price is 530.03 Why is your dealer asking so much?