My D2 Cat seat.What to do? need advice

I'm in the same spot. My seat is ripped up, but it seems like every option to replace it is expensive. I'm literally sitting on a piece of cardboard.

There seems to be a huge gap (~$350) between the seat you get from Hahn and the seat you get from Tractor Supply.

My local forestry store has some decent stuff,,, but I'm thinking it may be worth it to just buyt the material myself and fix it.

At least that way I'll know what I've got....

well it depends on what you want to do with the tractor, if it is a user them put a chep seat on it, if it is a first class restore then put a hahn seat on it.

Most of the cheap seats are made in China-----enough said!😮
Frank

I've had several seat and seat backs reupholstered locally. That way I can specify what sort of foam to use, not being a big guy I go for a fairly soft foam. The last set I had done cost $130 for both seat and seat back for a D4 7U seat tank model. As long as the original wood is either good enough to use or to use for a pattern, there shouldn't be a problem. For covering mat'l, either school bus or snowmobile seat mat'l holds up nicely.

don't do what i did in making the bottom wider than distance between the arm rest. it makes it real difficult getting the bottom out and tilting up as per cat instructions back in the day. i didn't have any arm rest in place when making new seat bottom board. out'a site out'a mind. good luck.

if you are like me, on a user cat i forget to take the wrench out of my pocket and end up with a nice rip in the seat. If it is for show do it up right, it only cost a litte more to go first class.

If its a cat you use for work, then just go buy some good seat foam and some heavy black vinyl. Cut the foam the shape of the wood backing, wrap the covering over it just like wrapp9ing a xmas present, and use a power staple on the back side to attach the covering. Then i make a round around the back side with some fabric webbing about 1" wide and staple it real good for reinforcement. Wont take ya a half hour to do it up and it will last a long time. When it gets torn up, just recover it again. Cost very little and mine have been on for almost 2 years and still look fine, and i use then for work regularly. If its a resto...then hard to beat Mr Hahns work.

Kansas cat has it almost right for a working machine.In my part of the country try sitting on black seat that has had sun shinning on it on 110 degree day.I used a pale green for years because I got it free because it was it was an awful color. The one other thing is to use shims or more foam to adjust the height of the seat as a inch or less can make a big difference in how comfortable you are at end of the day,as well as change visibility you have off what your doing. This customizing height has to be balanced with who or how many other people are going to be diving it,as a friend who is much shorter has one I cannot drive as I am to tall to fit.
Ray

I am rebuilding the seat of my Cat 22.
I only had the old wood and the spring section for the back rest.
I made up two wooden bases and am about to take them to my tame upholsterer.
On the seat squab, there was a steel ring that obviously is screwed into the sides of the wood.
I have seen a few pics of the seat area where there are two side pieces on[attachment=42298]Cat 22 - seat - old wood and spring for backrest.jpg[/attachment] the inside of the seat.
I wondered why there was no actual arm rest on the top of these sections, to rest an arm.