Farmall B Dual seats

Bullstove · Jan 12, 2010

I have a 1945 B that I would like to put dual seats on. Can anyone help me find where I can purchase the seat pan, brackets, and seat for the extra side?

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Bullstove

glennster · Jan 12, 2010

oem tractor parts in chenoa illinois had the seats and stuff for the farmall a and b, you could prolly mount one on the other side too.

Dave H (MI) · Jan 12, 2010

I bought all mine from Gene Bender who posts on this site regularly. He's a straight guy. Here is a picture of it with my youngest learning to use a rake in an overgrown field I mowed. Neither the operator or the rake was really up to the job.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 13, 2010

Dave H (MI), am I wrong in thinking she is going backwards around the field? In our hay conditions that was always a no no, or could I learn something here?

Stephen McCoy · Jan 13, 2010

I got the second seat, brackets, and pan from a nearby tractor salvage yard. Total cost in parts was about $200.00.

1) I had to do some grinding on the left side extension tube to have the pan sit flush.

2) I reshaped (by grinding) the back of the floor pan a bit to mirror the original one.

3) I drilled and tapped a new bolt hole in the left side extension tube for back bolt nearest the transmission to mount the floor pan.

After that it was just a matter of bolting everything on.

I'll attach a picture when I get it put back together. Right now it's all apart getting restored.
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As for the direction of raking. Dad said he would go into the field and rake the first row in the direction shown in the picture (counter clockwise) after the first row he did all the others in the opposite direction (clockwise).

It might have made baling the first row a little slower (thicker windrow) but I'm guessing he just did it the way Grandpa told him to. Not sure if it was right or wrong.

mkirsch · Jan 14, 2010

To make this post on topic: There is no kit or special parts for the second seat. Just use salvage parts off another B. It all bolts on with minor modifications.

Back to the raking: You rake the outside windrow in to make room to rake the rest of the windrows out. Otherwise, you have to rake the outside windrow into the woods/ditch/hedgerow, and then you can't pick it up with the baler. Unfortunately, the outside windrow ends up doubled, which is not good in heavy 1st cutting hay.

The outside windrow is called the "back swath" because it's mowed by going backwards around the field. You need to rake it backwards anyway.

When Dad switched to a 12' mowing machine, we discovered that if you were very careful, you could rake the outside windrow out and just roll it up, leaving just enough room between the windrow and the edge of the field for the baler. This helps cut drying time on the outside windrows where the sun doesn't hit until noon because of the trees.

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