Anyway, my feet, knees and hips can get sore while attending tractor shows too, which is a bummer. I decided to make a small portable seat that would be fairly easy and light to carry and fairly compact. This is what I came up with. I had an old cane that had been around for decades. I cut the crook off of it and wanted to attached a small seat to it. A bicycle seat seemed like a natural selection. I pulled the seat off of an old bicycle but the mount on the seat base had a larger diameter (.875") than the cane (.750"). To make up the difference I cut a piece of 1" EMT conduit about 1-1/4" long. It was real loose around the cane tubing so I took it to work and crimped it onto the cane tubing with a hydraulic, hose crimping machine. It worked perfectly and the seat easily attached. Next thing will be to attach a strap to facilitate easier carrying, probably over the shoulder. It's not a real "sit down" seat, just something to take the load off of my feet once in a while once the old dogs start barking. I'll give it a go this weekend at one of the area's largest tractor shows and report back. I hope it doesn't end up just being something to carry around.
