Rock Hard Concaves Made In Farm Shop
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Extended wear concaves made from armor plate grade steel are being fabricated in a Saskatchewan farm shop. Wildfong Enterprises isn’t just any farm shop. After a 2-decade hiatus, a third generation of the family is building and selling replacement combine parts.
“We introduced our new concaves for the 2014 harvest,” says Danielle Wildfong, whose brother Russ is the company engineer. “We’ve started building air foil chaffers and feeder chains, too.”
The Wildfong’s grandfather Bert and father Rick had been building concaves and other replacement parts since the 1980’s, but sold the business in 1995. When they went to replace concaves on their own combines several years ago, they got sticker shock. Russ questioned his dad about building their own. After seeing only one other high-wear unit on the market, the family decided to re-enter the business.
The result was the STS series concave ($700) with an improved design for Deere combines. That was followed by the Vortex Concave ($1,000) for Case IH rotaries. Concaves for other models are to follow.
The abrasion resistant AR400 steel is sent off-farm for laser cutting before concaves are assembled and welded in the farm shop. The concaves feature a smooth continuous bar with customizable wire spacings, depth and radius added at no charge.
“Our steel is twice as hard and 4 times as strong as ordinary concaves,” says Wildfong. “It can handle rocks and sand.”
Wildfong’s lightweight airfoil chaffers are reported to be half the weight of conventional top chaffers. They are specifically designed for a cleaner harvest.
Feeder chains have a unique slat shape to feed any crop. They are made from 557 heavy-duty, American-made chain.
Price was key to the family’s decision to re-enter the concave market. OEM replacements cost more and are not made with hardened steel. Comparable high-wear units are considerably more.
Parts can be ordered direct from the company online or by phone. The new company is currently looking for dealers.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wildfong Enterprises, Box 222, Craik, Sask., Canada S0G 0V0 (ph (Rick)306 734-7721; (Russ) 306 260-2833; russell@wildfongenterprises.com; www.wildfongenterprises.com).
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Rock Hard Concaves Made In Farm Shop COMBINES Accessories Extended wear concaves made from armor plate grade steel are being fabricated in a Saskatchewan farm shop Wildfong Enterprises isn’t just any farm shop After a 2-decade hiatus a third generation of the family is building and selling replacement combine parts
“We introduced our new concaves for the 2014 harvest ” says Danielle Wildfong whose brother Russ is the company engineer “We’ve started building air foil chaffers and feeder chains too ”
The Wildfong’s grandfather Bert and father Rick had been building concaves and other replacement parts since the 1980’s but sold the business in 1995 When they went to replace concaves on their own combines several years ago they got sticker shock Russ questioned his dad about building their own After seeing only one other high-wear unit on the market the family decided to re-enter the business
The result was the STS series concave $700 with an improved design for Deere combines That was followed by the Vortex Concave $1 000 for Case IH rotaries Concaves for other models are to follow
The abrasion resistant AR400 steel is sent off-farm for laser cutting before concaves are assembled and welded in the farm shop The concaves feature a smooth continuous bar with customizable wire spacings depth and radius added at no charge
“Our steel is twice as hard and 4 times as strong as ordinary concaves ” says Wildfong “It can handle rocks and sand ”
Wildfong’s lightweight airfoil chaffers are reported to be half the weight of conventional top chaffers They are specifically designed for a cleaner harvest
Feeder chains have a unique slat shape to feed any crop They are made from 557 heavy-duty American-made chain
Price was key to the family’s decision to re-enter the concave market OEM replacements cost more and are not made with hardened steel Comparable high-wear units are considerably more
Parts can be ordered direct from the company online or by phone The new company is currently looking for dealers
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Wildfong Enterprises Box 222 Craik Sask Canada S0G 0V0 ph Rick 306 734-7721; Russ 306 260-2833; russell@wildfongenterprises com; www wildfongenterprises com
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