Removing tractor seats?

[magictime]

Standedge Tunnel 1 - Tractor Seat nil.

Thankfully we didn't really like them anyway. Anybody know what would be involved in getting them cut off? I'd like to think this was a relatively simple job that would be no more expensive than getting one repaired, but I don't know if it's something just any old boatyard could do or if it's more of a specialised, steelwork job.

[Dave Payne]

A hacksaw would do the job, file down, fill and paint.

[cuthound]

1 hour ago, Dave Payne said:

A hacksaw would do the job, file down, fill and paint.

An angle grinder will be quicker and easier though. 

[Dave Payne]

6 minutes ago, cuthound said:

An angle grinder will be quicker and easier though. 

Indeed, but the op may not have one or the invertor to run it and any boater should have a hacksaw at hand....

[cuthound]

7 minutes ago, Dave Payne said:

Indeed, but the op may not have one or the invertor to run it and any boater should have a hacksaw at hand....

Very true.

[Machpoint005]

He needs one of those things Paul Newman used at the beginning of Cool Hand Luke!

[ditchcrawler]

There is a boat yard a short way from the end of the tunnel at Longport, that is the south end, I am sure they would have them off in less than an hour

[WotEver]

1 hour ago, Machpoint005 said:

He needs one of those things Paul Newman used at the beginning of Cool Hand Luke!

Oh yeah, that really cool 3” pipe cutter

[Cheshire cat]

37 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

There is a boat yard a short way from the end of the tunnel at Longport, that is the south end, I am sure they would have them off in less than an hour

I think you are confusing your tunnels Longport is some distance from Standedge especially so when Marple Locks are closed  :-)

[magictime]

Thanks all. Sounds like it's DIY-able in theory, but I hate DIY at the best of the times and the hacksaw-and-file option sounds like bloody hard work if I'm honest! A boatyard taking them off in an hour sounds good though. Might ask a few locally. No hurry I guess.

[cuthound]

Can't you just go through Standedge Tunnel again, that should complete the job (maybe not very neatly though) 

[magictime]

25 minutes ago, cuthound said:

Can't you just go through Standedge Tunnel again, that should complete the job (maybe not very neatly though) 

It's a technique we've employed previously... Couldn't get the chimney off our old boat for toffee (think it had been painted on, basically), and decided in the end to let a low bridge do the job!

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, Cheshire cat said:

I think you are confusing your tunnels Longport is some distance from Standedge especially so when Marple Locks are closed  :-)

Your right again and yes I am slightly off course, not sure I should admit to being wrong.

[Taslim]

I've seen a couple of boats where one of the tubular seat supports has also been the fuel tank breather.  Best check before going at it with a mangle grinder.

[Drayke]

1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:

Your right again and yes I am slightly off course, not sure I should admit to being wrong.

Never admit to being wrong unless you are a woman, because even when a woman is wrong she is always right, so the wife tells me.

[ditchcrawler]

6 minutes ago, F DRAYKE said:

Never admit to being wrong unless you are a woman, because even when a woman is wrong she is always right, so the wife tells me.

Thanks

[WhiteSuit]

Just got rid of my cursed taff seats with the aid of a very cheap grinder from Aldi. Cutting discs then a grinder one to level off. Touch up the paint and jobs a good un. My breather is in the dolly on one side. Wouldn't have wanted to do it with a hacksaw.

Don't forget to clean off the swarf otherwise you will have a rust attack

Edited November 1, 2017 by WhiteSuit