[Sam Mac]

I’m getting started on Haban #2. This is the deck that came with the 1782 that I picked up a couple months ago. It’s in pretty decent shape except for the rear hanger bracket. Looks like the PO didn’t know that the Habans are supposed to be run riding on the wheels. The bracket had been broken & welded, broken & welded at least 2 times. If you want to call the pile of poop welding. As you can see they didn't bother to remove the bracket and weld it on both sides. Now I get to grind this mess off, weld it and reinforce it. The lift control rod is also broken. No plans to replace it at this time since it serves no useful purpose with this deck. My guess is that riding around with it being the only thing hold the deck up caused a bending moment in the threads where it connects to the rock shaft. Anyway the deck is disassembled and just waiting for warmer weather so that I can sand blast it with the pressure washer sand blaster.