Fox Tractor

[oldironlindy]

I Recently bought this part at a auction. I originaly thought it was for a old Fox Chopper but it says Fox River Tractor company on it. I looked it up in Wendel"s book and There was a Fox tractor but only a handfull of them were made. Could this part be from one of those tractors?

 

[noncompos]

Wendels Ency also says Fox became leader in ensilage harvesters when tractor business failed, and became Div of Koehring as of 1988 pub date...
I wouldn't know an ensilage cutter if it ran me over, so don't know if part is applicable...

 

[noncompos]

I should've ran smokstak first, I wouldn't've sounded so dumb--I just didn't equate "chopper" with "ensilage harverster".

 

[Anonymous-0]

It is the cover for the cylinder that holds the knives on a "FOX" feed cutter or "silo filler". They were made in Appleton, WI and the company did make a few early gas engine tractors. They were one of the first to make a self propelled forage harvester and went out of business about 20 years ago. The factory is still there.