[AT] Ford built their own 2110 / Haban mower

[Stuart Harner]

Kevin,

Interesting thoughts on the backhoe.  I had wondered about the usefulness, 
but since there are so many outfits selling 3pt backhoes and CadPlans has 
several models, I figured it must work OK.  Does the backhoe want to pivot 
on the 3pt and put side loads on the arms?  I wonder if I could build 
something that attaches to the drawbar to compensate.  I really like the 
idea of being able to "dump" the backhoe off and not have to leave anything 
on the tractor that would be in the way of other tasks.

As for the 2110, I did get a chance to see it and drive it a little 
yesterday.  I got there kind of late and it was getting dark.  After we 
figured out it was out of gas and the salesman put some in for me, it seemed 
to start and run just fine.  The tach cable is missing, so I really don't 
have any idea what the hours are, but it shows 6500, so it has at least that 
many.  I did not get a compression test done, and it did spin over quite 
easily.  However, I did not see any blue smoke when it started and it is 
only a little 3 cyl. engine.

The castings all have FoMoCo cast in them and I was able to find a number 
stamped in the engine block on the right side just above the oil pan.  LG 
2440864 167.  They also gave me the number of the guy that traded it in and 
said it came from the Jamestown ND golf course.  I was surprised that it did 
not look more beat up than it does. The seat hinges are nearly worn out and 
need rebuilding, but I suspect any seat frame with that many hours on it 
would look that way.

The 2110 reminds me a lot of the 8N, the way the controls are laid out and 
their action.  There is a lever on the right side of the rear end, between 
the 3pt control and the ring gear.  I figured out that this disables the 
3pt.  The PTO lever is on the left of the housing down a little lower.  The 
brakes need work, but function enough to put a load on the engine in all the 
gears.  While the shifter is a little noisy when moving between gears, it 
did not pop out of any gears.

There is a hyd. pump to run the 3 pt. and there is a strange shaped 
rectangular cover bolted on top of the rear housing, just in front of and 
below the seat.  It looks like this may be a place to tap into the 
hydraulics.  Question is, will the existing pump and reservoir have enough 
capacity to run anything else but the 3pt.?

The weirdest part of this little 2110 is the really REALLY wide tires on the 
rear.  They are low profile turf tires and the rims are designed to not go 
back over the brake drums so the entire rim/tire arrangement is outside of 
the brakes.  This gives the rear end a total width of 96"!  Great for 
stability when mowing, but difficult to transport or get into tight spaces.

I need to find out a lot more about this model of Ford before I make a 
decision.  I can envision a way to make a quick attach type bracket to mount 
on the frame and be able to put a small loader and maybe a backhoe 
stabilizer frame on it.  I guess if the tractor could handle the loader hyd. 
but not a hoe, a separate PTO driven pump for the hoe would not be all that 
bad of a thing either.

As for the Haban mower.  I replaced all the guards except the inner most one 
with standard 110 double guards.  Unfortunately, this changed the alignment 
on the one single guard and it dragged enough to cause problems.  I have 
since rebuilt the bracket where the pitman arm attaches to the bar and have 
figured out how to space the old guard down for the proper clearance.  I 
needed to use the chipper so I took the pto shaft back (too cheap to buy 
another one) and have not had time to play with it any more.  If I get the 
2110, I will need to trade it for a 9' just to get 5' out beyond those wide 
tires!

There is nothing quite like jumping into 10 more projects when there are 
already 50 that aren't quite finished!

Thanks for the advice, it will not be ignored,

Stuart


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin" <ironman1962 at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: [atis] [AT] Ford built their own 2110


I am thinking of going with a CadPlans kit for the backhoe, I can build one
for about 1/2 the cost of a new one from a dealer, and get a unit that is
better suited to this smaller tractor.  I was just on the Woods site and the
only one they have is a frame mount (not 3pt.) and it is $5K.

Thanks,

Stuart
<<<<<<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Stuart  You DONT want a backhoe that only mounts to the 3 pt hitch.
You will need to make a frame mount,
or you will rip the 3 pt off the tractor.
Ebay has the elcheapos backhoe attachments on their site all the time. That 
I belive only attach to the 3 pt hitch with stabilezer bars, and you know 
how easy it is to ruin a stay bar in less than 1 minute.
If you dont want to mess up your tractor,
get or make it solid to the tractor frame ect. But really it depends on if 
you are going to use it or just have a backhoe.

  Howd your mowing machine work out ?
I was wondering if you got it ready to mow ?
ironman
Kevin Mosier
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