Fox Truckmounts: Please share experiences

[bmxin]

Fox Truckmounts- I haven't read anything much about these. I know they're a small family generation business in West Cali not at any of the tradeshows and not one of the big HM, Legend banner ads Here.
afaik no mikeysfest/board interviews?

I've been interested in these units for the performance (Nissan mass produced industrial emgine@55+hp)
5.9 blower true dual wand
2500psi
FI
Proprietary heat 16+flow

on paper seems like a great alternative to direct drive, or any HM, legend 30+hp, 47blower.
Anyway just seems like a stellar value with what you get. Is the catch that you don't have JonDon at the ready with parts?

 

[BIG WOOD]

I love how their truck mounts look. I just read somewhere that they're starting to add on normal size recovery tanks due to the amount of people who are interested in them. If they had a supplier/service location on this side of the country, I would probably be considering one of those as my next tm

 

[SamIam]

Fox Truckmounts- I haven't read anything much about these. I know they're a small family generation business in West Cali not at any of the tradeshows and not one of the big HM, Legend banner ads Here.
afaik no mikeysfest/board interviews?

I've been interested in these units for the performance (Nissan mass produced industrial emgine@55+hp)
5.9 blower true dual wand
2500psi
FI
Proprietary heat 16+flow

on paper seems like a great alternative to direct drive, or any HM, legend 30+hp, 47blower.
Anyway just seems like a stellar value with what you get. Is the catch that you don't have JonDon at the ready with parts?

The older ones with the same engine as the 405 never heard any complaints.

Never actually seen one running.

 

[hogjowl]

Wonder if Paul Brown is still alive?

 

[bmxin]

The guys at Pro line Equipment said they're good But for all around performance/reliability and 18+flow Everest is it.
But my question still stands as I think Fox is a nice $12k discount compared to Legend brand

 

[hogjowl]

What makes the Legend a better TM?
Does it squirt or suck better?

 

[bmxin]

they just said the overall HX design is better on Everest with standard stainless HX, has a well thought e-idle, and parts are the most extensive with dealers/distributors making the job easier for mechanics.
In terms of suction/pressure both with 4cyl But Fox has big #5.9 blower (65ocfm) and the older Prochem Everest has #4 with 408 cfm. I believe Legend brand upgraded Everest in 18'
The 650HP model though has a nice pump with 5.5gpm/3000psi and the better heat with it

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Is this your first truck mount?

 

[Mikey P]

The owner of Fox lives near me. He has a few in the road here, big, quiet and not so scorching hot are my observations

 

[bmxin]

Is this your first truck mount?

No. Currently have a 2100hr Legend GT.
3 SS HX(not original) With valve completely open can run 6flow with steam all day. Just did a urine flush @750psi and was fire breathing.
The hotbox is set @150 and never dumps.

I have a larger urine job coming up and posed the idea of linking my Mytee air hog as an inline pump out/air boost... but have only got responses.

 

[SamIam]

they just said the overall HX design is better on Everest with standard stainless HX, has a well thought e-idle, and parts are the most extensive with dealers/distributors making the job easier for mechanics.
In terms of suction/pressure both with 4cyl But Fox has big #5.9 blower (65ocfm) and the older Prochem Everest has #4 with 408 cfm. I believe Legend brand upgraded Everest in 18'
The 650HP model though has a nice pump with 5.5gpm/3000psi and the better heat with it

More heat, buy a propane or diesel heater, and save money the difference will buy 5-6 years worth of fuel.

 

[BIG WOOD]

No. Currently have a 2100hr Legend GT.
3 SS HX(not original) With valve completely open can run 6flow with steam all day. Just did a urine flush @750psi and was fire breathing.
The hotbox is set @150 and never dumps.

I have a larger urine job coming up and posed the idea of linking my Mytee air hog as an inline pump out/air boost... but have only got responses.

Can you take some pics of your setup with those heat exchangers? Seems interesting

 

[bmxin]

Can you take some pics of your setup with those heat exchangers? Seems interesting

I have a 13' Legend GT the factory pre heat HX, hx#2, and hx#3 all were copper.
Last year When I took them out to clean&descale I noticed the fins weren't the best looking.
Chuck at Legend said the newest Stainless HX are more durable and retain heat better. The design of Legend gt has HX all right between exhaust and blower with the compact size I always thought it could handle higher than 3 flow.


The SS HX were bought new from JonDon in 23' and while they are 40-50% more $$ than copper the upgrade in Heat is worth it!! If I'm nerding out looking at different TM I'm checking for HX that are Stainless as in why would they bother with copper?

 

[bmxin]

More heat, buy a propane or diesel heater, and save money the difference will buy 5-6 years worth of fuel.

How would that work with the hotbox? I wouldnt do that with Legend gt because it's setup is and uses just over 1gallon/hour.

I do own a hydroTek diesel heater I've used this linked to a small 3000psi power washer and it's very fast cleaning for dumpster areas/small walks.
Would be way cool to use as a build kit with Kawasaki Engine, 2500Cat, #5 blower, and 150gallon waste tank...Is it that simple??

 

[SamIam]

How would that work with the hotbox? I wouldnt do that with Legend gt because it's setup is and uses just over 1gallon/hour.

I do own a hydroTek diesel heater I've used this linked to a small 3000psi power washer and it's very fast cleaning for dumpster areas/small walks.
Would be way cool to use as a build kit with Kawasaki Engine, 2500Cat, #5 blower, and 150gallon waste tank...Is it that simple??

Well you were Talking about an Everest compared to a fox unit, the heat difference and cost difference that's what I meant.