Budget build murray [2018 Build-Off Entry]

+1 on the nice weld.  Looks like you prepped well.  That's what I always heard.    Looks good.

EDIT: I just realized the clean removal of the pulley from the hub.  Sweet!

Looks like some good penetration on those welds. I moved up from flux to stick and I like it better, no annoying triggers or cables that you have to worry about bending.

I'm looking into a stick welder.

Found some time today after work to start on the frame.
I left it extra long for now till I get the body work all figured out. Going through the parts bin I found a pit bike triple clamp thats looked like it would make a good gusset so two more gussets on the back and I will be happy.

Nice work man. Interesting how you are mimicking a wheel horse frame. I think you can incorporate your seat and fender mount into your trans mounting plate too.

nice work man.... very nice welds.

I really like this design , simple but super beefy!

Small update. Today I started the body work I cut down and narrowed the murrays top part of the frame to fit the one I made. Also cut down the dash and as much as a didnt want to I cut the side off so i use just the grill.I'm trying to still have a murray look in the end with a little bit of wheel horse features.

Today I got the dash mounted. The hood is not mounted down its clamped Into place. I'm not really feeling the grill or hood at this point as they are to wide.

I think it would be cool if you narrowed up the hood like you did with the trans tunnel.

Looking good! Yeah I don't like the wide hood either. You should find an old dynamark 1036 hood, they are narrow at the back and widens towards the front with cool headlights. Got fenders?

@biggasmowers Good thinking wit the Dynamark hood. That would look cool.

I saved the hood from mine for ever , and never had a project to put it on so I scrapped it. Kinda regret it

That is a nice hood. Old mowers and tractors don't get listed very often in my area. Maybe I can ebay one but for now I will mod the one I have.

Very nice... I see where you are going with this thing and I like it! Great Job!

I got the hood and grill narrowed up today. Its a little wider than the grill because I noticed after I did one side that the hood was mounted to the dash off to one side about 1 1/2". Next I will add some sheet metal to the sides of the grill .

All in all I think this is a improvement .

Looks really good!

Wow, one moment I suggest that you narrow the hood and then bam! you did it. Looks way better now than it did before.

Lol. I'm going to draw out some grills this murray one is just not popping

How about cutting a couple of circles into this one for lights?

Looks more and more like a wheel horse every day

That hood metal is super hard to weld, burns right through. Good job tho

Its a pain and time consuming but it will be perfect when done.

I don't know... leave lights out and use external lights in a bumper? That may look nice. You are doing a bang up job in that fab work.

Got some more done on project murr-horse today. That's what the wife calls it. I never planed on all this body work but that's usually how my projects go.

Today I added sides to the grill. There where folds on the sides of the grill so I kept those adds to a factory look. Most of this murray was folded and spot welded.

Other thing I did was start to shape and clean up the sides of the dash.

For headlights I will go with some round ones and place them much like a ford 8n tractor

Youre doing good work on this.

Question though, will you be using the original mounting point on the transaxle right above the axles?
If you can tie those into the frame I think that would be a good thing.

I will be looking at trying to use those mounts when I'm further along in the build. I'm still not sure if I will be using a pan style seat or a riding mower seat. Also im still unsure of the rear fenders.

Today I started to work on and mock up the front end and its looking a little long. Rear tires are 25" front are 19" and I have a 48 1/2 wheelbase. I'm thinking I'm a little long from seat to where the dash start but when sitting on it it feels good. Any opinions would be appreciated.