which one

so i have a scrapyard 10 minutes away and when a lawn mower comes in they set it aside and let people but them or take parts and but em and im going to buy a new tractor and i have 200 dollars and only want one tractor and fix it up with slight modification i have 3 choices and only can have 1 dad said so so which should i get
all of them are the same price

old sears 3 speed  


old craftsman 6 speed


or a old murray


so i can only have one and i can modify it so you choose or tell me which is better for my money each one is 100 dollars

and the craftsman and Murray look a hole lot rough then in those pics

get the craftsman, ayp's have really strong frames, they are easy to mod, with that square hood, you could fit a big motor, the tranny is probaly a peerless mst series, they are alot of different mods you can do easily on that mower

Id get the craftsman or murray. The older murrays have really strong frames, and the flex alot, but they wont break or crack

crafsmankiller wrote:

Id get the craftsman or murray. The older murrays have really strong frames, and the flex alot, but they wont break or crack

really? panframes like that murray are notorious for cracking

I vote old sears if its the 3 speed that means it is probably the old cast iron style helluva puller if you get the right motor

The sears looks like it is missing a few things to me, I love the way it looks and it would look amazing if it was restored. The older murrays have always looked cool to me as well because they kind of remind me of a race car (no idea why). If the sears is complete I would go with it because its old and most likely has a cast iron in it, The old ones never seem to die like the new tractors.

Id get the sears 3speed, but i wouldnt mind the craftsman. Richie makes a good point so its up to you

well here is the deal all 3 pics i found on the internet

so the old sears the real one has not rear tires no lights not gas tank but everything else is on it but it looks just as rough as the one in the pic

and the crftsman is missing the rear tires what is with rear tires but anyways and seat but i dont know how the motor is has no deck and it is lightly used

the Murray has no deck not seat and not hand throttle or key switch

the only reason i dont have pics is because they said not videos or pics of the yard and i dont want to be kicked out so i promise it happened

if i buy the old sears my plans are to fully restore it to the original part and put wide racing atv tires on the back and skinny atv tires on the front and thats all


with the craftsman i will be making it a off roader just like arild365 on youtube his buddys crftsman



and the murray is going to have all the same mods as fearlessfront murray its just a different year same collar and everything

Get the craftsman. That is all I run currently. They have really good frames and the big hood for bigger motors, like stated above. I'd get it and make it a rally .

BTW... That old Sears has a peerless 600 not the heavy-duty ones like what fearless has in his Sears.

well i was thing of making a rally so i though i make it just like the craftsman above but lower it and smaller tires
and LMM the sears your right its just a 3 speed with reverse no H and L

id get the craftsman or the sears. both looks fun to modify

so searching google i found the closes pic of the murray i could find

The old sears is going to be the beefiest.

But don't get it because it has a cast iron rear... If you are going to be dissatisfied with the speed, and want to replace the rear anyway.

so this junkyard is 5 minutes away and they have every lawn tractor you can thing off like both style craftsman like LMM has and old deers every mtd you can think of ,murrays ,all wheel steers ,sears only 1 and its the i the pic
craftsmans like the H and L the boxy kind , old i dont know what it is but it is the same as the camo mule doc has, this place IS LIKE HEAVEN TO ME

the sears and the murray both are panframes, which crack alot,

Well if they have every kind of MTD I have question. See if they got a MTD yard machine GT 18/46 14 speed HI-LO transaxel. If so how much. 
And my vote is the mower that you like the most. In my eyes there all about the same. Maybe go for looks an get da craftman?

the scrap yard said that all transmissions are 15 dollars vary drive, 820, all peerless and mst all 15 dollars but i didnt see and mtd trans with H and L but i can check next time i go

can u give me a pic of what a tractor with the mtd trans you are looking for looks like

i do have a big craftsman trans like fearless 3 speed with H and L / if i get enough people say i shoud get the sears ill put it in and pulley swap it

I posted a pix in my wont ad. Check it out thanks

so the murray is out of the competition because it hasnt got enough people say get it so its all up to the craftsman or sears if the sears gets voted in i can work on it the second i get it but the craftsman i wont because i dont have the stuff to do it but i can get it done some how  

PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR VOTE

this is what color the tractor is and what it looks like

Ooo ooo i wont da dynamark. Just box it up