Fox Choppers - ATTN:Don-Wi

Yup, that's our fox. We've had good luck with a guy we talk to at Hiniker (the legal guardians of Fox) We got a new shear bar form them this spring, we ordered new gathering chains through anothere guy they pointed us to just about a month ago, etc...

I priced out new knives from Zenith but they're a little pricey for what we do. For used parts we've got a bone yard about 1/2 hr away that has a ton of old Fox's in the lot, I'll try to call them some time about the knives.

I think it was 3 years ago we replaced all the teeth on the pick-up head, we got them through an AGCO dealer that also does Hiniker but they didn't have enough, so we went to another old Fox dealer. So far, parts haven't been too bad, but you have to do some searching to find the best price. The teeth we could have gotten straight from hiniker for probably a buck or 2 less each, but that was before we knew we could order from them direct.

First thing to do is Google Hiniker, then send them an email asking about some parts. With any luck you'll get someone who knows what they're talking about and if they don't have it, they know who can get it, and they can recomend a dealer who may still carry Fox parts.

What kind of parts are you looking for?

Donovan from Wisconsin

A new shear cost us close to $100 if I remember right, and a new set of knives priced out to about $400 + shipping from Zenith. Not bad in the scheme of things, just too much for a smallguy like us to afford for maybe 30-35 loads of corn, 10-15 loads of bedding and maybe 6-10 loads of haylage every year.

New gathering chains cost us about $450 this fall. Next thing might be the apron chain. I guess for a free chopper it can be expected to spend a few bucks on it every year.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Does anyone know how the newer fox's are built. Looking for somthing with a 3row narrow head for corn.

Thanks