Was the new foam fire-resistant, too? That's the material that kills people faster than anything, not the cover fabric.
I have a friend who owns an upholstery shop (he has done a lot of aircraft seats & interiors, too)- they recover tractor seats all the time and in fact, we know some people who work(ed) for Milsco, which is based in Milwaukee. I asked how they recover these and was told that they add a gusset for attaching the foam & cover and because I didn't have mine with me, the details weren't so easy to follow, but the foam bisquit is glued in at the factory.
I'll post photos and more info when I recover mine this Winter- it has a hole at the right upper corner, where a hand is placed when getting on & off. They needed to have a wider top edge, behind the line where the backrest and shell meet- The other problem is that when weight is on that corner, the seat rocks hard to the side.
I have a friend who owns an upholstery shop (he has done a lot of aircraft seats & interiors, too)- they recover tractor seats all the time and in fact, we know some people who work(ed) for Milsco, which is based in Milwaukee. I asked how they recover these and was told that they add a gusset for attaching the foam & cover and because I didn't have mine with me, the details weren't so easy to follow, but the foam bisquit is glued in at the factory.
I'll post photos and more info when I recover mine this Winter- it has a hole at the right upper corner, where a hand is placed when getting on & off. They needed to have a wider top edge, behind the line where the backrest and shell meet- The other problem is that when weight is on that corner, the seat rocks hard to the side.