Difference between vinal and canvas seat cover?

Mike CA · Mar 23, 2012

I'm looking at two different materials for a new seat for my H. I'm going with silver because it's a '44. But what is better, canvas or vinal? I'm assuming canvas is more 'original'?

Janicholson · Mar 23, 2012

Vinyl makes your skin sweat and you will be siting in a puddle in California. The vinyl also is much easier to tear with something in your pocket. I give the Canvas the thumbs up. Jim

John M · Mar 23, 2012

Canvas, for lack of a better word, and the one I have, is more comfortable, cooler, and just looks good, for a while! Dirt has accumulated makeing my "silver" seat look brownish! I went as far as to pressure wash it to get it back the way its suppose to be, but now its all sreaked up. Im glad its the only one I have, and when it tears, Im putting the vinyl on it.

gene bender · Mar 23, 2012

Silver gray canvas is original. The vinal will work fine also i have both

sflem849 · Mar 23, 2012

(quoted from post at 23:03:00 03/22/12) Vinyl makes your skin sweat and you will be siting in a puddle in California. The vinyl also is much easier to tear with something in your pocket. I give the Canvas the thumbs up. Jim

That was a lot nicer than the way I was going to say it. Mine involved nuts...and a swamp. :lol:

Yes, the canvas is THE original. Go to Darrel Darst. He advertises in HARVESTER HIGHLIGHTS. IIRC $120 for a primed seat pan and $140 for a painted one. I have not heard one bad thing about his seats.

I did it again. Highlights NOT RPM...

Janicholson · Mar 23, 2012

Because you are not jumping from the bilge water in a carrier to the seat, the canvas will be fine. If worried, the use of a cover to protect the canvas while using it is also easy and allows for the originality in a show. Jim

Farmallhal · Mar 23, 2012

Darrel Darst has restored all of my letter series Farmall seats and I really like the canvas feel. Unless you are heavy enough to compress the coil seat spring to where you are sitting at least level you will constantly be fighting to get back up to the back of the seat with vinyl. That canvas seems to "bite into" a pair of jeans and grips well. I think you will have more of a tendency to sweat on the vinyl ones as well. I believe he will color them silver or black for you. I grew up on those tractors in the 1940's and 50's when they were new and never remember anything except the silver color. Good luck in your choice, Hal.

mike1972chev · Mar 23, 2012

You and Jim are cracking me up with the "Swamp A$$" references!!! LMAO!!!!

Mike CA · Mar 23, 2012

I don't have any RPM's out here with me. My wife hasn't sent me any, so I'll have to catch up when I get home.

Does he have an e-mail?

David G · Mar 23, 2012

Mine has a canvas seat, the cat likes it the best of all the tractors. I
think it is the most comfortable.

GeneMO · Mar 23, 2012

I started cultivating corn with a two row cultivator on our '44 H when I was 10, about 1964. By the time I started the original seat cover was long gone. It was bare metal my whole life. In the winter we had one of those slip on, padded covers. The kind that tie on. Not perfect but they worked.

Gene

CNKS · Mar 23, 2012

Vinyl. First seat I bought was canvas. Every time I touch it leaves a finger print, which are hard to remove from canvas. Canvas is shot in a year or so of constant use, although it will last a long time with little use. I don't remember sitting in a puddle or slipping in a vinyl seat either. I believe Steiner sells a vinyl seat with the "pebbles" like canvas has. Still not orignial and costs more than the smooth vinyl. To each his own, but I will never buy another canvas seat -- only my sometimes contradictry (sp?) opinion.

Paul Shuler · Mar 23, 2012

Way more important that the seat is bolted down well than what color it is aint it Hal. I lost about 35 lbs last year and I noticed that I slide down on my seat on the super C now. It has a real stiff spring on that seat.

Super A · Mar 23, 2012

'44 would have been a black "canvas." Silver didn't show up until later.

Al

mike1972chev · Mar 23, 2012

M A Y B E E, a good compromise would get the seat redone in canvas,if you want more comfortable,and "showy",THEN go get one of those vinyl,slip over covers(mentioned in below post) with the drawstring like I have and put over the top of it? Pull it off when ya want to show off the "pretty seat" !!! lol

The vinyl will probably last longer,but is less comfortable.

DC Snider · Mar 23, 2012

Mike,
Here's a picture of seat on my '51 "M" that Darrel Darst recovered for me back in January. It was a Christmas present from my lovely bride. I've been waiting two years to have it done and it was worth the wait.

I may get a cheap silver slip-on to put on it when trailering and unloadin' and stuff...I'm known far and wide for havin' greasy hands!

mkirsch · Mar 23, 2012

Is that canvas? It almost looks like terry cloth (towel material).

DC Snider · Mar 23, 2012

It's canvas...and it really makes you "stick" to the seat, no slippin' and slidin' at all. Glad I had him do it, it's top notch!

Anonymous-0 · Mar 23, 2012

Uncle Mike used to throw real sheep skins on the tractor seats when we were working ground. Very comfortable but didn't smell too good with sweat or rain. The smell would stick to you also.

sflem849 · Mar 23, 2012

(quoted from post at 06:33:58 03/23/12) '44 would have been a black "canvas." Silver didn't show up until later.

Al

I don't mean to jump you, but where did you learn that? Guy Fay's book doesn't seem to mention black seats and I have always wondered why you see them for sale.

Farmallhal · Mar 23, 2012

Paul, I certainly deserve the ribbing on the seat for sure. That SMTA seat will be well secured every time from here on out when hopping up on the tractor. By the way, I received my release this afternoon from my Orthopedic doctor at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. It took 3 weeks in the hospital and 5 months of out patient rehab to get back to this point. The rest of the strength building in my left arm will come from normal use I'm told. Looking forward to being able to plan my week without rehab worked in every other day. Take care and looks like a nice spring is here - hope you didn't mind the mild winter either, Hal.

Farmallhal · Mar 23, 2012

Mike, Darrell is also the editor of the Harvester Highlights Magazine (quarterly publication of the IHCC) which also has his ad in every issue. His email is: [email protected] which is published in the magazine. Hope this helps and all is well wherever you are serving our country, Hal.

gene bender · Mar 24, 2012

Where did you come up with that i never did see a new H,M or B when new with a black seat.

Mike CA · Mar 24, 2012

Thanks Hal, I'll e-mail him right now.

And I agree with the others... I've been researching H's for a couple years now. No where have I ever seen black mentioned as an original seat cover, nor have I seen black even as an option other than aftermarket. Silver before the '50s is what I've seen.

sflem849 · Mar 24, 2012

(quoted from post at 03:51:38 03/24/12) Thanks Hal, I'll e-mail him right now.

And I agree with the others... I've been researching H's for a couple years now. No where have I ever seen black mentioned as an original seat cover, nor have I seen black even as an option other than aftermarket. Silver before the '50s is what I've seen.

Same goes for red and white.

Mike CA · Mar 26, 2012

e-mail sent, just waiting on a reply.

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