Those other Brands - Murray, Lowes

[Don1977 604]

My neighbor was given a few, and we made something out of them with some other

junk we had, angle iron, water pipe, plywood packing crates. We call it the Junkmobile.

The hood is Murray turned backwards and cut out with an old AC grill . The transmission is a 6 speed form the Murray. The fenders are Lowes and the 14hp Briggs, and the motor mount. The wheels and tires are from the rear of the two mowers. It has been widen to 42" and is 66" long.

[Jim_M 178]

Nice work! It looks like a handy piece of equipment to have around.

[hodge 6]

Who says you can't make something out of nothing? :omg:

[zieg72 209]

Great use of otherwise useless stuff. Been thinking of doing something along that line myself. Great idea I thin I will keep my junk pile around.

[Operator 7]

Imagination gone wild! Nicely done.

Randy

[wallfish 17,014]

Nice work! That thing looks really good.

I have been wanting to build a similar utility vehicle out of old WH parts ever since I saw this picture that is posted in the gallery. I just haven't been able to get started on a new project but most of the parts are ready to go. An old rusted out 3 x 5 dump cart, '72 charger 10, frame and hood from a C160 and the front end from a Warrior ATV.

[Buzz 502]

I love it! Sure hope the wife doesn't see it or I'll have to build one..... "But Honey, I don't have any junkers, they're all Wheel Horses".

[Just Piddling 0]

Nice ingenuity! I start all kind of projects, but just can't seem to finish. :omg:

[TJ 175]

Nice work! :omg:

[Rollerman 290]

Very nice looking rig....& for what the import utility vehicles are going for at the farm stores...you'd probably do pretty good if you were to sell.

Just curious, how did you go about widening the "Junkmobile" & off setting the steering?

[Don1977 604]

Very nice looking rig....& for what the import utility vehicles are going for at the farm stores...you'd probably do pretty good if you were to sell.

Just curious, how did you go about widening the "Junkmobile" & off setting the steering?

We just had to add longer spindles on the front for the rear tires and wheels. wWE bored out the wheels and added brass bushings. With the wider wheels the front came out just right. The rear we off set to one side and supported it with frame rails at existing trans bolt flanges then we added and extra frame rail with a carrier bearing. The axle was extended with a keyed sleeve to fit the trans axle with a 3/4" axle welded to the sleeve. The steering is not great it turns left better than it turns right. The steering gear is located on the wrong side for it to ever work great.

These are the only pictures I have of the frame.

[Coadster32 793]

Great job. Looks like a real neat project.

Hey John, (wallfish), I'm thinking you have enough laying around to make a really unique something or other :thumbs2:

[d180man 5]

Hi very nice joe! :thumbs2:

[Red Iron 1]

Now, that's what I call kit bashing! I like doing that type of thing! Now, I need to

get my junk yard restarted.

Great talent!

[rippedf150 0]

That thing is amazing!!!! im building one a bit larger than that but now i know what to do for a hood! But did tou change the raito of the belts? or did you keep it stock speed?

[Don1977 604]

We used the blade pulley and about doubled the speed. I would guess about 12 MPH.

[smoreau 658]

:thumbs: Just don't over load that rear axle. I found this out the hard way when I tried to use one of them for my 1/3 scale ambulance. some pics

After going through 4 of these rear ends, I built a heavy duty hydrostatic drive system that had 3" of susp. and it had 1" axles with a diff.

I think your project should be fine as mine ways over 1000lbs. just would like to warn you they were to just move a lawn mower to cut grass. but looks awsome what you did and my hat is off to you for the great creation and thought that went into it. have lots of fun with that at the showsjavascript:emoticon('') also!! :thumbs:

[rippedf150 0]

OverLoad how? Like by weight or speed? Because on mine both axles are in pillowblocks on the frame and just like there's, sleeved on to the trans. It is also a 6 speed out of a MTD.

[rippedf150 0]

i dont have pictures but this is the setup.

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[n1defan 47]

Nice job on the little truck. Here is an idea for your steering problem. Go on fleebay and get a yerf dog rack and pinion steering. That is what we used in the ambulance and picnic table.

[smoreau 658]

i dont have pictures but this is the setup.

That is the way n1defan had his picnic table at first and we had the rr wheel brake of at the Okley tractor show in 09. we had two kids and 4 adults on it at the time it broke. it broke right next to the pillow block there the outer axle went into the sleeve. My problem was the weight of the ambulance would take out the gears. input gears was the worst. not only did I go through 3 different peerless trans axles but I fixed all three twice with parts from other peerless axles. My advice is don't work it hard if you have a heavy load in your little truck. just take it easy. I do really like your little truck and would like to see more pics of it I just wanted to share my problems that I had when I used a peerless or spycer 6 speed axle for a project like that. I do hope you don't have the problems that Tom and I have. With it empty I think it should be fine and should be no different then it being in a normal tractor. the ambulance is part of Junction Vally Railroad's spook Train and I had to run it for 4-5 hours a night, fri-sun every week end in Oct. this last year I got a 1" differential go cart axle from northern tool and a hydralic motor from surplus center. that was chain driven between the two. A special made hydro-gear pump was ordered through tsc with my specs and it works like a dream this last year. I also added 4 motorcycle coil over shocks that gave me a little softer ride. That was my fix and Tom works at a tool and dye company that make splined axles for monster trucks. So he just made longer axles for his mtd type hydrostatic trans axle and had them splined at his shop, then added two more pillow blocks to make 4 total. that solved his problem with the axle braking.

[rippedf150 0]

Thanks that's good to know. but i was thinking also, what if i used 1 inch axles sleeved on to the trans and out to the wheels? would that help solve the problem? and my truck is going to go around 25-30. should i replace the grease in the trans with gear oil?

By the way your ambulance is great good job!

[mr.pipes 4]

Nice job on the little truck. Here is an idea for your steering problem. Go on fleebay and get a yerf dog rack and pinion steering. That is what we used in the ambulance and picnic table.

Do you have any pics of the picnic table you could post? I noticed the wheels on it in your avatar but had no idea it was ????? Driveable?? A Vehicle?? I'm not sure what you would call it.

[smoreau 658]

Thanks that's good to know. but i was thinking also, what if i used 1 inch axles sleeved on to the trans and out to the wheels? would that help solve the problem? and my truck is going to go around 25-30. should i replace the grease in the trans with gear oil?

By the way your ambulance is great good job!

thank you and I did add 80-90 gear oil to all of my trans axles and did help in shifting. another problem that I had that I don't think you will is the drive belt was so short that I would burn it up in 5-6 hours of use. your engine is in the front and mine is in the rear. I think yours will be fine. the little brake on the side will go through pads like crazy with the extra weight. good luck :thumbs:

[rippedf150 0]

thank you and I did add 80-90 gear oil to all of my trans axles and did help in shifting. another problem that I had that I don't think you will is the drive belt was so short that I would burn it up in 5-6 hours of use. your engine is in the front and mine is in the rear. I think yours will be fine. the little brake on the side will go through pads like crazy with the extra weight. good luck.