[AT] Sickle mower ?

[Larry D. Goss]

You're right, Stuart.  Haban provided a lot of attachments for Lawn and
garden types.  I have a couple of Haban mowers and have seen a few
others at tractor shows and with fellow collectors of Power King
tractors.  With the exception of a few castings, they used off-the-shelf
bearings and seals.  Their guards were a funky design, but they are the
same size as the more conventional ones and are interchangeable.

I've been working with one for better than ten years.  What do you need
to know?

Larry

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Harner
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:58 AM
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Subject: [AT] Sickle mower ?

Since it has been kind of slow, does anyone have any knowledge about a
Haban sickle mower?

I picked up a 5 ft. 3pt. mount mower at an auction a while back.  It is
a Haban model 440 series C with a S/N 286194.  It had some missing parts
and some broken parts but otherwise looks in fair condition.

I don't know much about sickle mowers and have been trying to do some
research about this unit on the web.  So far I have found out that Haban
is out of business and this is kind of an orphan unit.  They apparently
were not too big into the 3pt. units, but stuck mostly to garden tractor
types.  I think the main difference is the 3pt. mount.

I am headed to town this afternoon to see what I can collect for parts,
but would be interested in any information/advice anyone wants to give.

Required tractor ref.:  I will be mounting this on my AC WD

Thanks,

Stuart
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