Avant questions

[Marc]

Does any one have a price for the shear ? And a timber grab with rotator ? Also how is the rotator and grab operated?

 

It was around £1000+ for the tilt rotate grab, obviously the Avant only has one feed so there is some sort of solenoid valve fitted to the grab which you plug into the Avant for power and keep the switch besides you to switch between rotate and grab functions on the joystick or levers, takes a bit of getting used to.

[Domino]

so far the issue I have with the shear is its fixed, i think it would be an awesome bit kit if it rotated, I know you get the tilt kit but not the same really and makes it quite expensive. However not used one yet so could be wrong, happened before.

 

Yep I get what you are saying and was of the same opinion before I got one. The reality is because of the way the shear is mounted, you can crowd up stuff from the floor so it is standing up, like when a tree is in the ground. This means a long section that maybe 30ft long, for example, becomes only as long and wide as the Avant itself. This provides an amazing ability for getting large sections through tight areas to the truck/chipper etc.

Other plus points are the strength of the grab itself, you can literally split wood with it. And of course the optional shear function is HIGHLY efficient on the right job.

Also by holding a section loosley at the butt end, it is easily possible to drag and allow the section to take it's own path, like with a freely rotating grab.

If you were timber stacking lengths all day long, obviously the rotating timber grab would be better for that, but for all round tree work it's gotta be the shear, hands down.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Talk to Doug at Exac-1

 

Some Avant (& MultiOne) branded attachments are a little behind in "usability" and ahead in pricing.

 

http://www.exac-one.co.uk

[Brett]

mmmmm........

 

hows the shear for loading trailer, van etc. In my head the rotater has the advantage of being able to load from all angles with the HD log / silage grab from 90 degrees and shear from the rear only ??

[woody paul]

mmmmm........

 

hows the shear for loading trailer, van etc. In my head the rotater has the advantage of being able to load from all angles with the HD log / silage grab from 90 degrees and shear from the rear only ??

 

If silage grab is strong enough you can pick lumps up by end and load from rear as well.

[Domino]

Does any one have a price for the shear ? And a timber grab with rotator ? Also how is the rotator and grab operated?

 

When I looked into it, the rotating timber grab was about 1800+vat, plus the cost of the switch gear to operate the rotator.

 

The shear is around 3500+vat list.

 

But in my experience, you have loads of bargaining power on attachments when buying the machine. If a dealer thinks they can sell you the machine, they'll knock off silly amounts on the attachments.

[Blake@waveney]

Depending on budget look at the MultiOne machine ranges

[Marc]

Yep I get what you are saying and was of the same opinion before I got one. The reality is because of the way the shear is mounted, you can crowd up stuff from the floor so it is standing up, like when a tree is in the ground. This means a long section that maybe 30ft long, for example, becomes only as long and wide as the Avant itself. This provides an amazing ability for getting large sections through tight areas to the truck/chipper etc.

Other plus points are the strength of the grab itself, you can literally split wood with it. And of course the optional shear function is HIGHLY efficient on the right job.

Also by holding a section loosley at the butt end, it is easily possible to drag and allow the section to take it's own path, like with a freely rotating grab.

If you were timber stacking lengths all day long, obviously the rotating timber grab would be better for that, but for all round tree work it's gotta be the shear, hands down.

 

Again aftermarket shears can be found and adapted to fit the Avant.

 

The rotator isn't particularly good for stacking timber, and to be honest what you describe seems all the benefits of our grab and more.

[Brett]

yeah I am. still to demo one though. have to say, all things considered, if the prices were the same and I had faith in the local service agents I could easily be swayed to multi-one. but....

Edited April 24, 2017 by Brett

[Marc]

When I looked into it, the rotating timber grab was about 1800+vat, plus the cost of the switch gear to operate the rotator.

 

The shear is around 3500+vat list.

 

But in my experience, you have loads of bargaining power on attachments when buying the machine. If a dealer thinks they can sell you the machine, they'll knock off silly amounts on the attachments.

 

It was a while ago I think we paid around £1500 for the rotator grab and switch gear.

 

Problem is no one will ever tell you the price which frustrates the hell out of me it always seems so cloak and dagger.

 

I'm not even sure what an Avant-Multione realistically costs but I know what we paid and it's nothing like the list price.