Spent Friday afternoon and the weekend working on a light weight seat bracket. It uses two toro seat springs on a custom 3/4” square steel frame, 16 gauge. The springs have adjustment slots two change stiffness slightly. The seat is also adjustable via 3 different positions where it can bolt onto the frame. The springs could be slightly softer but I think it’ll be ok on actual bumps. It’s a little tough to tell just sitting on it in the garage. I’m thinking about starting on the running boards soon. Might do those next. The seat height is about 23” off the ground.
Been wondering what this thing will weigh, I know the 633a transaxle is about 70 and the opposed is about 100, so we’ll be over 200 i’m sure. But somewhere around 300 lbs shouldn’t be out of the question. That’s a pretty big deal considering the
#64 Simplicity is around 500 lbs and with a lot less power. Time will tell if ground clearance is a big problem.