Replacement seats

[WinterDeere]

The Deere OEM seats of this type (vinyl over open cell foam) are actually really nice, and really comfortable. If there's any complaint about them at all, it'd be that your ass sweats a bit in summer, as vinyl doesn't breathe. But being yellow, they never get hot in the sun, which is nice.

I might follow @KennyG's advice, and pick up a cover for the new seat. It certainly would help the breathability / sweaty ass problem in summer, but I just anticipate it being a "drag" sliding on and off the seat, as the seat and steering wheel sit uncomfortably close when you take your weight off of the seat suspension. I've never owned any other tractor where the seat suspension has even half the travel of this machine, the damn thing must come up more than 9 inches when you try to stand up.

New seat has already shipped, so I guess they had stock, after all.

 

[yozza]

Dealer put a big scratch in my 3033r's seat, back when the tractor was new and in for a warranty issue. Not thinking it was too terrible, I never did anything about it.

Fast forward a year or two, and the seat split along that scratch, and now the foam is spilling out. I've played the game of taping it back shut with yellow poly tape, but the tape always re-splits in cold weather, or the adhesive goes gooey and peels off in hot weather. It's not working for me.

I think a replacement seat thru Deere is something like $430, and that wouldn't kill me, but I'm not sure it's really the "best" seat for the "best" price. I'm wondering if anyone tried this little number from Amazon, and how the quality was, compared to OEM:

Amazon.com

And yeah, I know I should be pissed at the dealer. But save your breath if you're just going to post something stupid about me going after them for this. I let it go five years now, too late to even mention it, now. It wasn't a big deal to me, when I thought it was just a scratch.

Why not get a auto upholsterer or even a saddle maker to have a look at recovering the seat for you

 

[3Ts]

I had a tear in my seat as well. My solution was different though. I took a can of yellow Plasti-dip (It's very close to JD yellow) painted each side of the tear and put a piece of canvas over the tear and another coat of plasti-dip over that. It's holding quite well and spends it's life out in the weather. After 2 years, an edge of the canvas is showing and I need to put another coat of dip on it, but it's holding quite well.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I had a tear in my seat as well. My solution was different though. I took a can of yellow Plasti-dip (It's very close to JD yellow) painted each side of the tear and put a piece of canvas over the tear and another coat of plasti-dip over that. It's holding quite well and spends it's life out in the weather. After 2 years, an edge of the canvas is showing and I need to put another coat of dip on it, but it's holding quite well.

This is what I need to do with my seat.

 

[bkdaz]

Dealer put a big scratch in my 3033r's seat, back when the tractor was new and in for a warranty issue. Not thinking it was too terrible, I never did anything about it.

Fast forward a year or two, and the seat split along that scratch, and now the foam is spilling out. I've played the game of taping it back shut with yellow poly tape, but the tape always re-splits in cold weather, or the adhesive goes gooey and peels off in hot weather. It's not working for me.

I think a replacement seat thru Deere is something like $430, and that wouldn't kill me, but I'm not sure it's really the "best" seat for the "best" price. I'm wondering if anyone tried this little number from Amazon, and how the quality was, compared to OEM:

Amazon.com

And yeah, I know I should be pissed at the dealer. But save your breath if you're just going to post something stupid about me going after them for this. I let it go five years now, too late to even mention it, now. It wasn't a big deal to me, when I thought it was just a scratch.

2 things, 1st I know I know don't say anything about the damage, but when anything and I mean anything happens at the dealer, call them out right away, they charge substantially for their services one should get their money's worth in service with no screw ups. Make them pay immediately.........2nd this is the other reason for my first point, any replacement parts for Deere have now gone to the stratosphere, My replacement hood for a 3720 is $2400.00 absolutely ridiculous. Deere has lost the fight to keep repair software from farmers now the CEO is raising prices on ALL DEERE parts to tighten the screws on consumers. The aftermarket seats are NOT as comfortable as Deere, I have purchased from Farm and Family, Temu, Amazon, and local farm supply houses. Deere seats are like everything else Deere...... expensive but perform better than most even in this simplistic category of seats. If it has the suspension seat, hardness doesn't matter as much but if it is just the seat pan oh boy does it matter, if you care about your back and A##!!

 

[bkdaz]

2 things, 1st I know I know don't say anything about the damage, but when anything and I mean anything happens at the dealer, call them out right away, they charge substantially for their services one should get their money's worth in service with no screw ups. Make them pay immediately.........2nd this is the other reason for my first point, any replacement parts for Deere have now gone to the stratosphere, My replacement hood for a 3720 is $2400.00 absolutely ridiculous. Deere has lost the fight to keep repair software from farmers now the CEO is raising prices on ALL DEERE parts to tighten the screws on consumers. The aftermarket seats are NOT as comfortable as Deere, I have purchased from Farm and Family, Temu, Amazon, and local farm supply houses. Deere seats are like everything else Deere...... expensive but perform better than most even in this simplistic category of seats. If it has the suspension seat, hardness doesn't matter as much but if it is just the seat pan oh boy does it matter, if you care about your back and A##!!

By the way, I am in no way saying longevity of Deere seats is unmatched, again for what we pay the seats should last longer, this is a regular issue with most tractors but Deere specifically. I have owned at least 25 Deere compact tractors over the years most all of them have had or gotten cracks in the seats. Disappointing but it is what it is. Even if garaged in the Northern winters the cold plays havoc on them, sun in lower states......

 

[WinterDeere]

Thanks, bkdaz! All good points.

My new seat arrived two days ago, I'll find time to install it this week. Looks great, and has the Deere logo embossed into it, which my old one lacked. I don't really care much about stuff like that, not really important, but it does make me smile.

I've been debating the advice earlier in this thread to install a cover. I've managed to go thru a lifetime of tractor seats without damaging one, other than once having some embers from a debris fire land on one, but have admittedly had many close calls with tools in my back pocket, etc. Thinking maybe a cover isn't a terrible idea, to keep this one from getting damaged.

 

[gekfw69698]

Dealer put a big scratch in my 3033r's seat, back when the tractor was new and in for a warranty issue. Not thinking it was too terrible, I never did anything about it.

Fast forward a year or two, and the seat split along that scratch, and now the foam is spilling out. I've played the game of taping it back shut with yellow poly tape, but the tape always re-splits in cold weather, or the adhesive goes gooey and peels off in hot weather. It's not working for me.

I think a replacement seat thru Deere is something like $430, and that wouldn't kill me, but I'm not sure it's really the "best" seat for the "best" price. I'm wondering if anyone tried this little number from Amazon, and how the quality was, compared to OEM:

Amazon.com

And yeah, I know I should be pissed at the dealer. But save your breath if you're just going to post something stupid about me going after them for this. I let it go five years now, too late to even mention it, now. It wasn't a big deal to me, when I thought it was just a scratch.

Just replaced my old Kubota B2400 seat. Went to K&M Manufacturing | Tractor Seats, Parts, LED Lights & Accessories. They had two recommendations, and I picked the one with a higher back than my old OEM. It bolted right in and has exceeded my expectations. They have John Deere seats too along with all the technical info if you are worried about fit. Pretty sure they cover your model since they have everything from old horses like mine up to large tractors with suspension type seats. Hope this helps.

 

[Runner]

I put a seat cover on mine as soon as I got the tractor. Wore the first cover out (after 17 years) and installed another JD branded cover last summer. As far as I can tell, the seat is still clean and in good shape.

I am hard on tractor/mower seats. Seems like I am always sweaty, muddy, greasy, etc. and the cover looks like he!!, seat still good.

 

[moosetooth]

I tried an amazon seat on my JD riding mower. The mechanism for seat adjustment wouldn't fit so I ended up repairing the old seat. There are tons of repair videos online for this issue if you are so inclined.