[Sidponcho]

I just bought this today....with a snowblower and sickle bar and rototiller

 

[Hugh-SS/16]

Wow a sickle on a Monkey Wards? Never seen one. Is it a Haban mower?

 

[engine2quarters]

Looks in pretty good condition, Sid.

Original headlight, too.

 

[GB in MN]

Congrats on the tractor looks good, interesting muffler those tractors have, I'm thinking about one similar to that but intead of the Hydro it's a variable speed. Can anyone explain to me what a variable speed trans is?
GB in MN

 

[PA318Guy]

Congrats on the tractor looks good, interesting muffler those tractors have, I'm thinking about one similar to that but intead of the Hydro it's a variable speed. Can anyone explain to me what a variable speed trans is?
GB in MN

Would have some sort of mechanism in it to allow you to vary speed in a given gear. John Deere calls their system a "variator" and it consists of a double sheave and moving the lever forces one belt to climb higher on the sheave and one lower creating a changing ratio and thereby varying the speed. Sort of a manual centrifugal clutch if you want to think of it that way.

 

[GB in MN]

Thanks PA318Guy, that's the system that my Suburban DB uses and of course that works good I just didn't think about that system on the Wards but makes sense.
GB in MN

 

[Sidponcho]

Wow a sickle on a Monkey Wards? Never seen one. Is it a Haban mower?

The tractor is made by Gilson. Th mower is a Haban 89-33056R

 

[Hugh-SS/16]

The tractor is made by Gilson. Th mower is a Haban 89-33056R

Yup theres a yellow one just like it at my 4H club, never seen em with a sickle though. Nice machine

 

[engine2quarters]

Similiar to the Gilson S series.
I believe the vari-drive is not infinitely variable, but has certain set points you can shift into. I do know that the 'high' slot is quite fast, and the 'low' slot has alot of torque.
From my S-12 instruction booklet...'the lever is used to provide variations in ground speed of tractor in any gear shift lever setting, without shifting gears and while in motion. The lever has 6 settings'.

 

[Sidponcho]

Here's a few pics of the attachements. Will get better pics later

 

[GB in MN]

You did good the attachments look like there in good shape, I'd really like to have a sickle mower. Have been watching CL for over a year now and nothing around yet.
GB in MN

 

[ggsteve]

Very cool Sid! Can't wait to see a picture of that sickle mower mounted. It must be fun moving that tiller around with the weights attached!

 

[Sidponcho]

This machine came with so much paperwork....including the original bill-of-sale . here the sickle bar manual

 

[GB in MN]

Boy some guys have all the luck to get the original paperwork is a big plus. When ever I buy something I ask for any manuals or whatever and generally it they don't have any.
GB in MN

 

[Sidponcho]

Invoice

 

[Sidponcho]

Drove her home today.....2-1/2 miles! What a good ol' girl this one is!!!

 

[Sidponcho]

Here's the tiller

 

[ggsteve]

Here's the tiller

Very nice, those tines don't look like they've ever been in the ground.

 

[larrybl]

Grease Grease Grease everything

 

[Sidponcho]

I mounted the snowblower to the old girl yesterday. The hydraulic lift seems to work well. I didn't put the belt on yet and the chute needs some hardware to keep it in place. Going to order some new chains for it too.