part onfront of 4000 row crop

[mrhud]

what is this part on the front of this 4000 and what is the seat and what about cushions

 

[sweetskillsrk]

I'm sure one of the gentlemen on here who have clairvoyance probably knows exactly what it is down to the part number, haha. To me it looks like a front mount for a loader or maybe a blade. Feels more like a loader mount though. The stoutness of it and the fact that it goes back to the frame so far makes me think loader. The odd shape of the mount is because it's a row crop tractor, so they had to work around the front wheels.

 

[KCTractors]

That part in the front of the tractor is something that was put on the tractor not OEM and the same with the seat. Not original

 

[mrhud]

i didnt think the seat was oem but i think that i have seen some old advertising that showed a seat frame like that or maybe dealer option, not off a 6000? what ever that thing is its 6 inch pipe

 

[Fordfarmer]

I'm sure one of the gentlemen on here who have clairvoyance probably knows exactly what it is down to the part number, haha. To me it looks like a front mount for a loader or maybe a blade. Feels more like a loader mount though. The stoutness of it and the fact that it goes back to the frame so far makes me think loader. The odd shape of the mount is because it's a row crop tractor, so they had to work around the front wheels.

The seat frame looks like the ones Ford industrial models of that era came with. Would have been easy for a dealer to order one and put it on before selling the tractor...or to order it as a replacement for a customer.
I'd guess the pipe is just a homemade push bar.

 

[Andy Wickiser]

The seat frame looks like the ones Ford industrial models of that era came with. Would have been easy for a dealer to order one and put it on before selling the tractor...or to order it as a replacement for a customer.
I'd guess the pipe is just a homemade push bar.

Here's the parts pages for those, OP can decide if it's a match.

 

[mrhud]

thats the one, and now i know where i seen that seat it is on a ford skip loader a guy has near me. any one reproduce those cushions ?

 

[Andy Wickiser]

thats the one, and now i know where i seen that seat it is on a ford skip loader a guy has near me. any one reproduce those cushions ?

I doubt if you'll find any off-the-shelf reproductions but maybe someone will prove me wrong.

My late neighbor was a professional uphoslsterer and made me the cushions shown below for my 713 backhoe (of somewhat similar design). They turned out very nice in my eyes. So that's an option, probably expensive though (he didn't even charge me since I always plowed his lane but I gave him money anyway).

 

[mrhud]

looks good i would put some seat time on that , thats usally how it all works with good neighbors