stu675:
There are controls to switch off the rocking forward & back and up & down.
No there aren’t because it’s the cab suspension causing it. It’s not the seat, you can lock that in solid and you’re still going to get chucked about.
So why did I have a problem before springy suspension?
Because the tractor unti wheelbase was about the same as a Morris 1100, you had solid cart springs on the back and most likely no dampers at all on the drive axle, coupled with if you drove a Mickey Mouse Foden the steering column was a steel casting bolted to the chassis so not only did the cab shake your body to pieces the steering wheel destroyed your arms and wrists.
Funnily enough though, people complain rightly about the 2016ish Mercs, how come Merc tractors on steel springs back in the 80/90s gave a limo quality ride, and they talk about progress
Spot on There Juddian I reckon, although I do think sleeping across two brick hard seats with a big engine cover in the middle did not do my back many favours.
Strange thing is I loved it back then.
Jake, you could have been in luxury if only you’d cut two planks and laid them end to end from window ledge to window ledge butted up to one another on the bonnet.
Thanks, some good advice given. Not driving a Merc is not an option as it’s a Merc only fleet. I could change jobs but like it where I am and the pay is good. See what the Dr says when I see them.
A handfull of paracetamol every now and again, enough to make you sweat at -2°, then some massage, then some physio, then some exercise to strengthen those muscles and then keeping in shape helped me.
Dimlaith:
I have suffered with sciatica for years, after a nights sleep it usually gets better but for the last month it’s now getting worse. The poverty spec craptros seat is now crippling me after half an hour. I was thinking of trying a seat cushion designed specifically for sciatica relief. Any body use a cushion when driving or have any advice?
Can’t go on like this. Appointment at Drs next week.
