Flip seat: pipe vs. plate + tractor seat

Higher- pipe seat (downriver). I personally hate being up high...feel very exposed in big water.

ENDOMADNESS said:

Higher- pipe seat (downriver). I personally hate being up high...feel very exposed in big water.

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My thoughts exactly--- I'd like to go with what keeps me lower.

looking at that specific flip bracket (dre)...they might be pretty close to the same. I would call them.

I bet you could easily have someone fab one to your exact (lower?) dimesnions. In that picture the cooler is awfully high and could be lower.

One benefit- i find the pipe flip seat (open mesh) very uncomfortable after an hour. so at least the flip bracket has a tractor seat.

Another thought- dont sit on your cooler (easier access to drinks on day trips) sit on a dry box or a cross member. Dry box is much lower (no 3" insulation on cover)

I used the AAA bracket. They can customize the angle for you to a certain extent depending on how your dry box/cooler is set up. That was about as high as I wanted to go with a seat. I'm trying out just rowing from the box on my new raft, but I still have the bracket just in case I want to go back to it.

Mesh captains seat rubs exposed skin raw, tractor seat does not.
Unless you always wear pants test out the mesh first.
Stretch a drop bag over your captains cooler and feel it out.
Tractor seat is higher, 1/2" bracket plus 3" seat in middle, 5" on edges.
2" pipe with mesh seat sags almost to ass on cooler.

Yeah sounds like a plate bracket + tractor seat is the way to go. Anyone know of a cheaper option than the $180 DRE one, that still has the back that rests on the frame (doesn't require a cooler)?

spenceuiuc said:

Yeah sounds like a plate bracket + tractor seat is the way to go. Anyone know of a cheaper option than the $180 DRE one, that still has the back that rests on the frame (doesn't require a cooler)?

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I don't know of a plate and tractor seat bracket that rests on the frame and not on a box or cooler. You could talk to AAA to see if they could help you out with something.

Recretec makes some brackets that sit flat across the cross bars. It wouldn't work well with a dry box but would work with a drop bag. I don't know how much they cost.

Drop In Adjustable Seat Brackets