97 Murray wide body WITH PICs!

ill post a pic later. ..At this time it still looks like a stock mower with the deck off ..

What i got done so far is.

Upgraded the brakes with homemade pads. i like to stop too!

Front pulley swap.

Upgraded and relocated the battery.

upgraded exhaust and added homemade spark arrestor.

Is this for going fast or offroad? If its for being fast, stock stuff wont work - i found that out with my stock murray , why im cutting and hacking it up to handle more speed.

Its for putting around the farm. After the pulley swap it will go 10mph Tops witch is good for me. ..DAM i am giten old..

Raised the stock seat by 4" both for comfort (i have bad knees) and easier weight transfer going up the vary steep hills.

...Honest i'll get a pic!...

Hillbilly Homer wrote:

Its for putting around the farm. After the pulley swap it will go 10mph Tops witch is good for me. ..DAM i am giten old..

Raised the stock seat by 4" both for comfort (i have bad knees) and easier weight transfer going up the vary steep hills.

...Honest i'll get a pic!...

You better! I'm dying to see this haha

Up date exhaust.

Wheels on.


The new seat.

i am currently looking for taller tires to place up front.
...The downward angel has me sliding out of the seat...
also got two 80lp bags of concrete to fab wheel weights.

what size of tires are on the back

H 26" W 6.5" on 15" rim

also how you gonna fit big enought tires in the front so theres no angle with out them hitting

i have not decided yet.

....any suggestions.....

on mine i thought about make a new wider front axle from box steel

What did you use for your home made brake pads???

i cut up the brake liner of a 1931 Desoto. But any car brake will work.

how much ground clearance you got in the back of that

From the ground to the lowest point on the transaxle is 9 1/2"

damn thats a ton of ground clearance for a mower

put duallys lol i have duallys work great

greener179 wrote:

put duallys lol i have duallys work great

They were easy to do BUT it comes at a price.

...With all the weight on the very end of the axle it puts an ASS LOAD of stress on the transaxle!...

i got the donut spare tires on the mower and it handles 200% better.


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Awesome, is that a rat mow(er)?

Thunderdivine wrote:

Awesome, is that a rat mow(er)?

Rat mower?

Hillbilly Homer wrote:

Thunderdivine wrote:

Awesome, is that a rat mow(er)?

Rat mower?

Yeah like hot rod, but rat rod, so rat mow in this case

Love the pan seat, that's awesome

Well is a rat any way
The top speed on it is 20mph +- which is more than fast enough of me.
Future plans is to lengthen the frame and have the seat over the motor even with the big tractor battery out front is still to light!

Thunderdivine wrote:

Love the pan seat, that's awesome

Thank you the seat came off a horse drawn cultivator.