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Fox 3000 chopper info

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barnrat

03-05-2007 07:28:35




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Got a guy owes me some money($750) for some work I did on one of his tractors. Wants to trade me an old Fox 3000 chopper for the work. I do allot of chopping and a backup to my NH 782 might be nice. I've done some searching I know I can get knives, shearbar, shapening stone, but how about Blower bands, gear boxes etc. How good a chopper were these and what size tractor would it take to run it. He claims to have pulled it with his 806 turbo. Im gonna go look at it tomarrow so any info would help.

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JOHN HARMON

03-06-2007 20:12:17




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 Re: Fox 3000 chopper info in reply to barnrat, 03-05-2007 07:28:35  
With a single Row Corn Head ,which was common back in the early 70's ,I pulled mine and a Chopper Box on a 10 ton Case Gear wqith Flotation Tires with an AC 190 Gas .The 190 had Power to spare. I did Custom Silo Filling for a number of years.



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Allan In NE

03-06-2007 00:55:06




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 Re: Fox 3000 chopper info in reply to barnrat, 03-05-2007 07:28:35  
You'll end up parking that New Holland. :>)

Allan



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Don-Wi

03-06-2007 00:24:30




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 Re: Fox 3000 chopper info in reply to barnrat, 03-05-2007 07:28:35  
The name is now owned by Hiniker, and we buy directly from them. We've got a 300 we were given for free from a neighboring farmer who did custom work with it along with his business partner's (and another neighbor) widow. The last they used it was for making wood mulch.

It cuts really nice, and we could use the 2 row corn head with an 85 HP Oliver 1755. We adjust the shear bar every 10-15 loads for corn and it cuts a heckuva lot better than the neighbor's Gehl. We replaced all the teeth on the pick up head, the gathering chains on the corn head, the shear bar, the band (had a newer one on another older model that we used prior to this one) a few sprockets, fixed and replaced the plastic grease lines, and did some other fixing up on it. We like ours and it's been a fairly reliable machine.

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BLinWMi

03-06-2007 20:34:02




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 wheres the corn? in reply to Don-Wi, 03-06-2007 00:24:30  
Just wondered if it was a drought year or? I am sure being a successfull farmer, that corn like that is not normal for ya. I haven't chopped corn in 3 years since I sold the cows but it was normal on this side of the big pond to not be able to even see the muffler on my 3020 pulling the 3800 through the field. Infact the Mycogen TMF did so well that I bought a 5020 just to run the chopper. If it wasn't for the cab and the smoke, the 5020 was pretty well hidden. I had EXCELLENT results using the TMF corn and Growers liquid solution for fertilizer.

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Don-Wi

03-07-2007 00:01:29




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 Re: wheres the corn? in reply to BLinWMi, 03-06-2007 20:34:02  
This feild got off to a really rough start last spring. We got it planted, then the temp dropped drastically and the seed sat for 3 weeks before it came up. We replanted patches that were bare, then the guy who sprayed our first planted corn did a pi$$ poor job of it and the weeds were nasty. My dad complained to the coop later on (after the weeds came back from being knocked down a little) and the corn was too high for another spraying. We're pretty sure the guy got fired or severely reprimanded because the rep from the coop just kept apologizing to us.

Oddly enough, it still met the numbers the insurance company looks for so we didn't get squat for it.

Our later planted corn that got put in near the middle/end of June did much better, but it was still planted after cutting 1st crop off the feilds and plowing then working the feild under. If it would have had another week or 2 to grow, it really would have been nice but we need the hay even more so we take off 1st crop from the poorest feilds and then plow them under right away so we can get corn in yet.

We do plant Mycogen though, and it has grown over the top of the wagons already. Just not in a good 2-3 years. Over all it's a really good brand and we've had the most success with their hybrids.

The 986 was '05, when we had enough to need to rent a bagger after the silo's were both packed full. We rented the 986 to run the rented bagger, but the clutch went out in our 1855 so we swapped and kept plugging along.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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oj

03-05-2007 17:22:32




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 Re: Fox 3000 chopper info in reply to barnrat, 03-05-2007 07:28:35  
Neighbour of mine has one, i think it's vertually indistruckable... we run it behind a JD 8630, yep 250 ponies and we've had no problem except for blowing shear bolts (too much crop...) if i remember rightly he gets parts from i think, Norris Works, someplace in Indiana, i think... Grat machine otherwise he's been very happy with it. oj in manitoba



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Fordfarmer

03-05-2007 08:08:10




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 Re: Fox 3000 chopper info in reply to barnrat, 03-05-2007 07:28:35  
I've never run a 3000, but I know that Fox has a well-deserved reputation for not needing a lot of power. You might have to go slower, but any tractor with 80h.p. or so should run it OK. Probably even get by with less than that, but more h.p. would be better. I have a Fox 4310 now, and had to run it with my Ford 7000 (85 h.p.) a few years ago when my big tractor (140 h.p.) was down. Had to drop a gear, but otherwise OK. Unfortunatly, parts for any Fox are getting harder to find. Some dealers still carry them, and of course parts yards. Blower bands were available last I checked. Don't know about gear boxes, but haven't heard of many (any) of them failing as long as they have oil. I think the 3000 was their biggest model at the time. Neighbor has one and pulls it with a TW10 or TW 35 Ford. (110 or 170 h.p.)

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Bill Becker

03-05-2007 10:57:07




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 Did Fox make Moline Choppers? in reply to Fordfarmer, 03-05-2007 08:08:10  
I was told that fox manufactured the first forage choppers for Minneapolis Moline in the early 50's. Can anyone confirm this? I have a Moline chopper with a Moline power unit on it, but PTO was an option. I am trying to find the parts to convert it to a PTO driven model.



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