Air Suspension Seats
Submitted by trepangdua on Thu, 2015-06-25 10:11
I'm looking to prolong the life of my back by getting a smoother ride in my 6.5 m ali.
Has anyone put one of these Kab seat in their boat?
http://www.kabseating.com.au/Category/truck-seats
I was recommended the 414. It come in at $2k
Any other suggestions appreciated
Tradewind
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Check out this DIY thread
Check out this DIY thread started by JasonP
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/suspension-seats-diyer
dodgy
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Wavemaster.net.auThey are
Wavemaster.net.au
They are supposed to be pretty good and very easy to fit.
Shockwave ones are great and better than a kab but they are closer to 6 grand a seat.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Iceman
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Rescue boats
We have them in our rescue vessels. Depends on your wait but they sometimes still bottom out in big seas. I would expect they would be ok for pleasure craft as ypu would not be going out in the sort of weather we have to go out in.
We looked at the shockwave but too expensive
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carnarvonite
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Ulman
We have Ulmans in the Naiad, bloody expensive and can be a real pain in the arse if you have to sit on them for a long time. At over $5grand a pop one would expect something better
Alan James
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Another thread here
I didn't proceed in the end as it would have involved a lot of work. My seats already sit on a fibreglass box and these would have required modification due to the additional height.
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/pneumatic-boat-seats
Georgejungle
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Had one in a cray boat was
Had one in a cray boat was awesome could change suspension weights to suit rough seas and different body weights. Highly recogmend
Ian S
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The good truck
seats require a constant air supply as they adjust for the load on the go. The ones with an inbuilt compressor you have to manually adjust the amount of air and they will bottom out in rough conditions.
solly
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Isri seats
Used to fit them all our trucks,you have to have a compressor fitted to use them
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Sharky1
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Ebay
I don't know what you currently have but if its rigid then these will make a huge difference. $650 for 2 of them delivered to your door. No DIY, no mortgage extension.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gas-Lift-Suspension-Adjustable-Boat-Seat-Pedestal-Slide-Set-430-610mm-/181817262389?hash=item2a55274135