[AT] Sickle mower ?

Larry D. Goss rlgoss at evansville.net
Sun Aug 13 19:03:58 PDT 2006


This is going to take some time for me to respond, Stuart.  BTDT with
all the problems you're having -- including having made the "mistake" of
loosening all the guard bolts at once.  I'll answer in detail later
after looking through other emails that came this afternoon.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Harner
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:29 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: RE: [AT] Sickle mower ?

Larry, thanks for the reply.  First, do you know where I can find any
info 
about setting up and using this mower?  Even some general information
would 
be helpful.  I have not found much in the little searching of the web I
did. 
Have not had time to check at the library.

That being said, I went to the farm supply store and found that the BU
220 
guards that fit a JD 37 mower will bolt right up and seem to have the 
correct shape.  You are right, the original guards were quite different
than 
any others available.  A couple of the old ones were damaged and a
couple 
looked like someone had tried to sharpen them, so I decided to just
replace 
them all.  Same with the sickle sections, which were cheap enough, but I

could not say the same about the guards.

This unit had a single guard in the middle, but from what I have been
able 
to find, the single guard usually goes on one end or the other.  I am
having 
trouble getting the double BU220 installed at the head end of the bar.
What 
can you tell me about this, can I move the single guard to the head end
OK?

I thought my mower bar was bent, but when I loosened the guard bolts, it

straightened out.  A closer look proved that the bar is two pieces of
flat 
iron laminated together with the bolts and a third flat iron on the top.
I 
think this top piece is called a ledger plate?  It has slots in it that 
allow it to be moved fore and aft.  I am sure with the proper blocking
and 
tightening of the guard bolts I can get the mower bar to be straight
when it 
is on the ground.  Is it supposed to be straight or should it have some
arch 
to it one way or the other?

The sickle bar itself was quite bent up.  I worked on it some and
improved 
it considerably, but it is not perfect when compared to a straight edge.

How critical is this?

There were two "skids" on the bottom of the bar, one about mid-way and
one 
at the outer end.  They held the guards up off the ground a couple of 
inches.  I have not seen this kind of setup on other mowers, should they
be 
put back on, or can they be left off with the BU220 type guards?

The bushing in the pitman arm at the crank was all but gone. there was
less 
than a 32nd. of an inch left.  Could not find one on Saturday but found 
something to make one out of.  I still need to do that and I would like
to 
fix the hole in the bracket where the pitman connects to the bar, it is
egg 
shaped.  I would also like to find two new bearings for the main drive
shaft 
as the old ones sat out in the open for some time.  One seems OK but the

other has a "catch" in it when you turn it.  Can you believe there are 3

bearing houses in Bismarck and not a one is open more than 8-5 Mon-Fri.?

Doesn't leave much for the working man or an out of towner.  I am going
to 
search the internet, screw 'em.

Well, that is where I am at so far.  What do you think?

Stuart



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 12:33 PM
Subject: [atis] ***Possible Spam*** RE: [AT] Sickle mower ?


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
Harner
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:58 AM
> To: atis
> 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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