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ogdenenterprise
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3 Haflingers found

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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.
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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?

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Highlights why there doesn't seem to be many Haffies out and about in Aust - they are all stored in everyone's backyards.

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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.

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Rick K wrote:so there must be a lot of them ferreted away on properties around the country.

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Rick

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Rick K wrote:In Rick's backyard??
Actually, not one. Number 1 wouldnt have it.
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Hi Constantin, Photos as requested.
regards Dave.
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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.
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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!
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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.

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