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3 Haflingers found

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:21 pm
by ogdenenterprise
I visited the owner of the Haflinger mentioned in the Rebuild post , this is the one up on chain blocks ,apparently his son ripped the swinging arm off a few years ago and they have not got round to repairing it yet. While I was there I was told about another Haflinger about 5 Kms away so I took the chance at locating it while I was in the area. When I arrived at the property I found the owner had 2 Haflingers . I was informed that the green one was ex army, it only has 1 foot well and a small panel on the body behind the drivers seat (RHD). The other Haflinger is a ex telecom vehicle, both are used regularly,the yellow one had its battery on charge while I was there.

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:48 pm
by pathfinder700ap
Hi David,

thanks for posting the pictures. The one that is supposed to be ex Army looks more like a younger civilian Series 2 Haflinger to me, because it has the fuel tank under the passenger seat. No rear right seat possibly means that it has a PTO and hence a rack for additional equipment on the underside of the platform. The small panel can be used if additional equipment is mounted on the cargo bed and driven by a belt from underneath.

Do you have more pictures from other angles?

Regards,
Constantin

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:09 am
by AustHaflinger
Highlights why there doesn't seem to be many Haffies out and about in Aust - they are all stored in everyone's backyards.

Garry

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:20 pm
by Rick K
Nice work tracking these down Dave. I recall seeing a factory figure of 740-odd Haflingers exported to Australia (I think Constantin's website), so there must be a lot of them ferreted away on properties around the country. Perhaps they are not a rare as we might think. Its a fair bet that most are in a sad state.

regards

Rick

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 12:20 am
by AustHaflinger
Rick K wrote:so there must be a lot of them ferreted away on properties around the country.

regards

Rick

In Rick's backyard?? :o

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:16 am
by Rick K
Rick K wrote:In Rick's backyard??
Actually, not one. Number 1 wouldnt have it.

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:05 am
by ogdenenterprise
Hi Constantin, Photos as requested.
regards Dave.

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:50 pm
by pathfinder700ap
Thanks David, looks like a Series II 700 APTL to me, not like an Army one.
But the vertical engine door has possibly come off an older Haflinger with raised air vent.

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:55 pm
by Grobb
Apologies for reviving an old thread, but are the chunkier tyres on that red telecomms Haff, Steyr Puch issue or a later addition?

I like how they look over the standard width although I wonder how much extra wear you might put on the wheel bearings?

I saw Haffy for sale in Mexico, that was on a Unimog forum, that had been completely restored but with modern quad bike rear wheels and tyres fitted all round. Looked very business like!

Re: 3 Haflingers found

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:58 pm
by heinkeljb
Considering the method of setting the free play on the original wheel bearings, I would not be putting extra wide wheels on the hubs for an extended period of time.

The only good thing in their favour is that there are 2 bearing quite close together on a short axle. So they ought to be able to take more "strain" but only if they have the correct free play That appears to be quite a difficult thing to achieve without the correct tool and a lot of patience!

Too many people would just put bigger wheels on without checking the hubs first to make sure they were correctly set up.

John