Tractor Seat Swivel Gives Full Circle View

Tractor Seat Swivel Gives Full Circle View TRACTORS Cabs 6-3-32 If you've been wishing the seat on your tractor would swivel full circle, a new seat base introduced by Altoll Mfg., Havre, Mont., may be just what you need to get the job done. It allows the seat to swivel a full 360? for a complete, panoramic view to the front, sides, or rear. What's more, the swiveling seat base also moves laterally, allowing you to move the seat to either side, if needed, to clear hydraulic control levers or other obstacles, and to eliminate the clamped steering position common with regular seat swivels, explains Alfred Tollefson, Jr., inventor-manufacturer. "This lateral movement, coupled with the 360? swiveling motion, lets the operator monitor a pulled implement behind and watch ahead without unnecessary twisting and turning, which can leave a driver tired and sore after long hours of field work," says Tollefson. "The lateral base is equipped with a spring loaded latch which provides positive locking, and eliminates wear from vibration." The seat base's swivel turns on preloaded tapered wheel bearings for smooth operation and is locked with an adjustable toggle assembly. Controls for adjusting and locking seat position are conveniently located and simple to operate. Seat height is adjustable for different operator preference and is locked into position with a split clamp that won't loosen under vibration. The new Altoll seat base (modelAVLS1) is a simple bolt-on replacement for all Versatile tractor seat mounts (except for some very early models which would require replacement of the suspension seat with one from a later model) and can be custom-adapted to fit other makes of tractors. The base itself sells for $570 (you can use your existing tractor seat, or Altoll Mfg. will supply an air suspension seat). The base will accommodate Bostrom and Grammer suspension seats and has provisions for seat belt mounting, if needed. The seat base can easily be removed and transferred when you trade tractors. For tractors and cabs which do not require lateral movement of the seat to get complete or nearly complete 360? swiveling of the seat, Altoll offers a lower cost seat base which has the 360? swiveling feature but doesn't move laterally. For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Altoll Mfg., Star Rt. 36, Box 84B, Havre, Mont. 59501 (ph 406 265-8349).

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