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Scott Rukke

01-04-2008 14:50:47

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Trying to keep my F-20 pretty much original during the resto. I would like to know what style of seats were available from the factory. See a couple for sale that say Deering and of course the Walter Wood seats are nice but I was told they're aftermarket.

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LenNH

01-05-2008 08:14:45

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Re: F-20 factory seats in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-04-2008 14:50:47

My understanding is that cast seats go back to the 20s. My father's '29 10-20 had a pressed-steel seat (but smaller than those used on the later F-20s, F-12s, etc.). The late-model Farmall and the '36 F-20 that I spent many happy hours on in my silly youth both had pressed-steel seats.
I have an original IHC brochure from about 1938 that shows a "rubber upholstered seat" that can be "supplied at slight additional cost."
The seats with the shock absorbers are aftermarket, post WW II, as far as I know. I think they were probably modeled on the seats that came on SH and SM (these may have been available for retrofit to H amd M; I have seen them on some of these tractors, but don't know if IHC actually offered them or if people just bought them and put them on the older machines).
I had an F-20 like this a few years ago. The seat is comfortable, but the mount is clumsy looking because it doesn't go right on the original seat mount. This tractor needs the hydraulic shock--every time the front wheels go up or down, the seat goes the other way, all day long. It's like a see-saw back there. Engineers in the 20s didn't always give much thought to the driver. Sometimes they didn't pay much attention in the 30s either. F-12s had the steering wheel much too low in relation to the seat. The F-14's higher steering wheel made this a much more comfortable machine to drive.
Well, back then, we just got used to the discomforts. I remember vividly that there was no good place to put your feet on the F-20. If you put your feet on the axle, next to those little raised things, your knees were in your face. If you put your feet over the axle, then your ankles got a constant bashing from the hard axle casing. place to drive

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NDS

01-04-2008 16:16:07

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Re: F-20 factory seats in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-04-2008 14:50:47

Do not know what was orginal but I rode one about 60 hours a week for 2 or 3 summers and about all I remember is that they were sure not the most comforable seat around for sure. The F20 steered a lot easier when cultivating than our H though.

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rls_ia

01-04-2008 15:16:40

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Re: F-20 factory seats in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-04-2008 14:50:47

As far as I know they were all pressed steel

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rls_ia

01-04-2008 15:06:13

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Re: F-20 factory seats in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-04-2008 14:50:47

Hi Scott,
The F-20 had a "19 hole" metal seat from the factory with a padded seat being optional, I finally have one of these. They had black canvas covering with a horse hair pad between the canvas and the metal pan.
Hope this helps, Bob

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gene bender

01-04-2008 17:01:00

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Re: F-20 factory seats in reply to rls_ia, 01-04-2008 15:06:13

Was the black padded seat factory an option and My DADS new one in 39 was the steel and he got the MONROE seat later which is realy better than factory. Add the o-drive and a great improvment also.

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Scott Rukke

01-04-2008 15:14:25

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Re: F-20 factory seats in reply to rls_ia, 01-04-2008 15:06:13

Were they cast or steel? Mine currently has a steel 27 hole seat with a single bolt in the center. Did the factory seats have any lettering? I see Deering seats for sale all the time.

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Michael Hale

01-04-2008 21:54:43

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Re: F-20 factory seats in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-04-2008 15:14:25

Never seen one with factory lettering. Most were pressed steel with holes in them. You see them on ebay and a few people on here may have one forsale.
My 1936 F-20 has a Monroe ez ride seat. It's aftermarket but was made for a F-20 H ect. I like it alot better than the original. Here is what it looks like:

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