founder art evans headquarters coatesville indiana united states products residential and commercial lawnmowers parent jacobsen textron slogan the world s fastest lawnmower an american tradition website dixie chopper homepage dixie chopper is a brand of industrial zero turning lawn mower manufactured in fillmore indiana . it was founded by hoosier art evans in 1980 . in february 2014 dixie chopper was purchased by jacobsen textron . dixie chopper claims to build the world s fastest lawn mowers . the most famous version is a prototype that was built using the jet engine from a chinook helicopter . this model was featured on an episode of home improvement . contents 1 dixie chopper pulling truck 2 dixie chopper monster truck 3 dixie chopper motorcycle 4 external links dixie chopper pulling truck edit in 2005 dixie chopper began sponsoring a pro pulling truck . in 2007 it was national champion of the lucas oil pro pulling league circuit . dixie chopper monster truck edit dixie chopper also sponsors a dixie chopper monster truck . dixie chopper motorcycle edit 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 . the bike featured a modified 1000cc dixie chopper 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 . external links edit official website v t e textron subsidiaries aai corporation aerosonde ltd avco bell helicopter cushman greenlee jacobsen dixie chopper ransomes lycoming engines textron aviation beechcraft cessna textron marine & land systems millenworks tru simulation training joint ventures bell agusta aerospace company electric transit inc. people scott c. donnelly dick millman jack j. pelton products m1117 armored security vehicle landing craft air cushion millenworks light utility vehicle cbu 97 sensor fuzed weapon ship to shore connector stingray light tank see also textron aircraft retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dixie chopper & oldid 739195143 categories lawn mower manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 09 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view