I had the same issue. I took the foam zip off seat from my turkey vest and then I double the LW seat and then set the turkey vest seat on top of that. It is a lot more comfortable, but I stand about 50% of the time anyway. Something else you need to check is the black cross bar on the platform. Mine developed a squeak one day, take out your belt and there are two holes on each side with an allen head bolt in there, check that they are good and tight.