![]() The club owns a small mower and it takes them about four hours to mow the field, I do it in an hour and 15 minutes. I am a member of a radio controlled airplane club and cut the grass there with my own mower. This past summer I bit the bullet and bought the springer front wheel forks and they seem to be doing OK, but nothing to brag about. I intend to make it myself and also will post pictures when it's done. My next addition is a Convertable top to use here in the summer sun. ![]() ![]() I have a 34 foot "ex" camper frame that I can pull with it. I have towed utility trailers around on my property so the tow capacity is pretty good. If you use the idea that the vac company shows you need to remove the Operator Controlled Discharge (OCD). I had to make a special attachment in order to connect the exhaust tube. I tell my friends that you cannot eliminate it but you can control it and the sprayer does it very well.I also purchased a brand name yard vac and its works quite well. This sprayer is a great investment and I use it to spray for the nasty bahia weed on my property.What a thrill to see thay bahia go away. I have modified a 26 gallon atv sprayer tank to fit my chopper and will post photo's soon. I have a "High Performance" model with a 60" cut. Ok Guys, Let's show everybody what we are doing with our "Chopper's". The Jet Mower and Dixie Chopper Bike are mentioned in the Company History 19.First of all I want to say Thank You to the forum administrators for adding the Dixie Choppers to this forum.Way to go!!!!!:cloud9: The Bike featured a modified 1000cc Generac lawn mower engine rated at 32 horsepower (24 kW), which after some modifications produced a surprising amount of power despite not being a normal bike engine. The company was also featured on an episode of American Chopper where the Dixie Chopper Bike was built by Orange County Choppers and unveiled at Daytona Bike Week in 2004. Dixie Chopper's promotional video includes a brief clip from the episode. This mower was featured in a 1993 episode of Home Improvement. ![]() The most famous example was the Jet Mower, custom built by Art Evans in 1991 using a 150 HP Solar T62 APU from a Chinook Helicopter. ĭixie Chopper claims to build the world's fastest lawn mowers. 104 days after the company was acquired, the first Dixie Chopper mower has rolled off the assembly line." However, their Facebook post on the same day includes the caveat, "This is a pilot run where we address any quality and assembly concerns before full production begins". Long hair, loose clothing or jewelry can be caught in moving parts. a When you operate the mower, wear correct clothing, slip resistant work shoes or boots, work gloves, hard hat, safety glasses and hearing protection. On December 5, 2019, Dixie Chopper posted a video to their YouTube channel announcing, "Dixie Chopper has a new home in Gibson City, IL at the RhinoAg manufacturing facility. The Dixie Chopper XCaliber 3160KW, 3360KOE, 3566KW, 3366KOE, 3574KW, 3574KOE and 3674BR with a Gasoline. Our goal is to have Dixie Choppers available for our dealers in time for the 2020 mowing season". we’re in the process of ordering parts and retooling the facility to start making Dixie Chopper mowers. On August 29, 2018, Dan Samet, president of Rhino Ag, stated that, “. On August 9, 2019, Alamo executive vice president, Dan Malone stated that they were working to transition equipment from Dixie Chopper's former manufacturing facility in Fillmore, Ind., to Alamo's Gibson City, Ill., location where Rhino Ag equipment is manufactured. On August 5, 2019, Alamo group announced that they had acquired the assets of Dixie Chopper from Jacobsen/Textron. However, on December 5, 2018, Textron notified dealers that they had ceased production of the Dixie Chopper. ![]() In February 2014 Dixie Chopper was purchased by Jacobsen/Textron. Dixie Chopper was founded by Hoosier Art Evans in 1980. Many of the original assemblers from the Fillmore (Coatesville) facility returned to Dixie Chopper. Dixie Chopper is a brand of industrial zero-turning lawn mower formerly manufactured in Fillmore, Indiana, relocated to Gibson City, Illinois for a short period of time, but returned to Greencastle, Indiana. ![]()
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