Our Tractors

These are the tractors we have around the house...

#1. Exmark zero-turn. 20HP Kawasaki, 44" cut. This one does what it was made to do.


#2. Murray widebody. 14.5HP B&S, hydrostatic transmission, no deck.


#3. Murray widebody. 14.5HP B&S, 5 speed transmission, no deck. Does somewhere from 20 to 30MPH.


#4. Craftsman LT1000. 17HP B&S, hydrostatic transmission, 42" cut.


#5. Murray unibody thingy. Originally a 12.5HP (now a 14.5 B&S), 6 speed transmission, rusted deck.


#6. John Deere L120. 20HP V-Twin B&S, hydrostatic transmission, 48" cut.


#7. 1980s Craftsman. 12.5HP OHV Tecumseh, 5 speed transmission, 38" cut.


#8. Rally GT. Used to be 18HP Opposed twin B&S, 6 speed transmission (Peerless 820), no deck.


#9. Lowe's MTD. 14.5HP B&S, FNR transmission, 42" cut.


#10. Murray widebody. 15.5HP B&S, 5 speed transmission, no deck.

Nice collection. I got a murray like your gray one stored for a project.

Yea those things are pretty cool. This one actually belongs to my friend who lives in Florida so it sits around most of the time. Got it for free at the same time as the LT1000. Put about $70 in it and it works fine considering it's a mud mower. When I got it it was trashed. It's amazing stuff like this can work again for a reasonable price if you have the right connections.

what is the green incredible hulk one with the bucket engine?

That would be my brothers. it's basically a GT6000 with a Rally hood. He bought it for $75 at our local junkyard and plans on making it street legal somehow. It's possible right. He Bought it without the engine and is eventually going to put an 18 HP back in it. It came with an original sleeve hitch so he's trying to make the $75 back on that. The other cool thing about it is that it has a peerless 820. But what was not so cool was the amount of rust in that thing. Right now all that he has done to it is a paint job. And yes he just repainted it that
terrifying green. Hence, the nickname, "Lil' Green" (Mighty's "Lil Red" did not influence the name). It'll eventually have it's own thread whenever he gets on the Forum.

Wait a minute, not done yet.

#11. Craftsman GT series. 16.5 HP Opposed twin B&S, Hydrostatic transmission, no deck.



Well, we finally have a parts mower. We have not picked it up yet, but we will sometime this week. I love the rusty Ford hood on it. The exhaust shop owner gave it to us yesterday when we were there.

The non-running 16.5 Oppy will go on the Rally 'cause the bucket engine just didn't make enough horse power. The enormous hydro will one day go in another one. And from there we'll just steal parts whenever we need them. This thing was a BEAST!

Well, the Rally had it's first drive yesterday...



Now my brother's going to rewire it, maybe some new tires, and then, rebuild the carb that had rust, dirt, water, bad gas, WD40, carb cleaner, mud, and electrical cleaner in it. It ran like crap but it's a lot better than the bucket engine!