Chairs Made From Tractor Seats

Chairs Made From Tractor Seats AG WORLD 28-1-22 "When I first considered using a tractor seat on an office chair I had no idea how well it would work," says Michael Wiederrich, Saco, Montana, who ended up making an IH barstool and rocking chair. "After I made the first alteration on my office chair, I stood back and thought to myself, æI can do a lot more of this.' In addition to the Deere tractor seat, I added a cast iron toolbox lid to the back, a steel wheel as a kick plate, the wheel guards as arm rests, and a steel spring on back of the chair to finish it off. Finally, I painted it Deere green and yellow," notes Wiederrich. "After the first chair I still had a bunch of extra parts left over. Following the design of the first chair I decided to make more. For the barstool I used a corn-packing wheel as the base and a wheelbarrow wheel as the footrest. The backrest is made from an old Model æA' rim and sports a McCulder emblem," says Wiederrich. "I finished it off with red and white IH paint and the name æInternational Harvester' on the backrest. "The final chair I made was a rocking chair that includes a headrest, footrest and adjustable lever to change the tilt. It even sports the IH logo. I painted it IH red and white." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Michael Wiederrich, P.O. Box 123, Saco, Montana 59261.

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