we have decided to add an avant laoder to our line up, i know dan has a smaller one and he's been really helpful. i have a search saved on ebay and a few leads with dealers.
looking for a good used one ideally 600-700 series so the bigger ones, cab not really important, we'd like a 4:1 bucket and pallet forks to start, we can adapt our breakers, augers, post post driver to fit as well.
if any one hears of any or has any leads let me know
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
we have a bloke round here who we call out occasionally to move packs of bricks and bags of sand on poor access jobs
he used the smallest 1 and it can just about do a pack of bricks or a tonne of sand but for £120 its worth it
LLL
the 530 can lift 985kg we are looking 630/653/640/700 series 1000kg+ biggest one is still only 1.7 tons so still towable with pickup
the smallest one is a funny thing more a garden tool
this is what we are after
local theyd be great for snowing clearing so much better than a mini, been thinking about pushing the snow clearing we have tele handler with 3m cube buckets, 3cx, john deere 6400 with big bucket, what rates yo getting? £100 per hour, do you salt/grit or just clear and pile it up?
Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
Giles, we take £40 per hour for the machine plus £40 per hour delivery as in the snow it can take 3 hours to deliver a machine over say 60miles. and extra men at £18ph not done any gritting but npw looking at a plough and gritter for the fourtrak. Reckon that acant would be unbeatable to clear snow especially as most of the big clients want all the snow tucked away in one corner
I have a 525. Ideally need a 630 to get the lift I need, so I would advise maybe a 630 if you can. Tony knows someone with a 730. That will lift 1.5tonne
Dan the Crusher Man
01442 212315 www.crusherhire.co.uk
"a satisfied customer? we should have them stuffed!"
hes just let all his lads go sold everything other than the avant and a 3.5 kubota and gone back on his own. he had 2 x 16 ton hook lifts, jc130's, 7 ton yanmar, 9 ton dumpers and 6 lads on now just back to himself he was working for a neighbour with his and we were very impressed with it.
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Giles
Groundworks and Equestrian specialists, prestige new builds and sports pitches. High Peak, Cheshire, South Yorkshire area.
Those Avants are for shortarses the operator space is tiny. I've been using a small Weidemann loader on a job I've been on for a few months. It weighs about 2.5 tons and is a seriously powerful and useful bit of kit that's much heavier duty than an Avant and has all the same attachments. Easier to use being that it's a more conventional setup and the operators not sitting on the front section.
