Page 1 of 2
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:19 pm
by dig dug dan
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:56 pm
by local patios and driveway
Great kit dan, how have you found the avant? I keep looking at them.
Is there a rental market for it domestically?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:03 pm
by lutonlagerlout
if its the green avant they are handy for getting packs of bricks/blocks/sand onto sites
but a pack of blocks is their limit
dunno about rental but the guy comes out when we need him for roughly £100
LLL
saves a lot of barrowing
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:03 pm
by lutonlagerlout
how much quicker is that dan than the old way?
looks a great bit of kit!
LLL 
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:31 pm
by Pablo
Tony those processors knock the socks off a chainsaw and an axe big time I've borrowed one a few times to sort out the annual wood pile for the fire and it can do a days work in a few hours..
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:50 pm
by dig dug dan
how much quicker is that dan than the old way
i have a pto saw bench, and a pto log splitter (the screw type)
I used to have to put the saw bench on, saw up all the long lengths, then take it off, put the splitter on, split the logs, and load them onto the truck by hand
There isn't much money in logs, and its just a sideline i do as it gets rid of the timber i have aquired through tree work
The long term plan is when i extend the house, to put a log burner in. Then i will reap the rewards!
Great kit dan, how have you found the avant
Fantastic. I was looking for over a year for a decent second hand one, and this one came up on flea bay, it came with standard bucket, 4in1 and forks, was 5 years old and had just 500hours. I paid 8k for her, and it was meant to be a yard machine to load up crushed and sand etc
I am using it more and more, and just brought a sweeper collector for it, which is also a great bit of kit
I had a bobcat before this, and i would never go back to one again after using this.
not sure about the rental side of things, No one rents them, so is this a niche market?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:06 pm
by local patios and driveway
Like your crushers and my trenchers, its not well covered so could be a gap for it
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:50 am
by Dave_L
Pics aren't working!
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:16 am
by dig dug dan
sorry dave. I moved them to another folder last night and forgot to change the links!
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:39 pm
by bobbi o
dig dug dan wrote:There isn't much money in logs, and its just a sideline i do as it gets rid of the timber i have aquired through tree work
cheapest price i found locally was £80 per bulk bag.thats good money surely considering its a free resource?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:29 pm
by dig dug dan
cheapest price i found locally was £80 per bulk bag
blimey! i charge £30 for that! mind you its mixed logs, some conifer and allsorts. am i too cheap?? what are other people charging?
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:21 pm
by msh paving
My mate charges £140 for a split, cabstar tipper load, leval full slightly heaped,apple trees , £30 is way to cheap i was selling wood for a pickup truck full at 50 quid 15 years ago MSH
Edited By msh paving on 1323026575
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:40 pm
by digerjones
£95 for mixed, transit pickup level. would say £45 for bulk bag.
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:01 pm
by dig dug dan
I have been selling my cabstar rounded off load for £100
time for prices to go up me thinks!
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:07 pm
by Pablo
Yes I'd agree you're far to cheap Dan as long as the wood burns well you could get another 15 to 20 quid a bag easily.
