Avant questions

[Brett]

I've just looked at a 14ft beaver tail. Looks handy.

 

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[Brett]

 

Loving this thing!

 

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[carpenter1]

Which model would lift 1 ton? And what is the rough price?

[Dillinger86]

Anyone used a 200 series? They're the smallest but look quite handy

 

 

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[Mick Dempsey]

Great, so where did you get it from please? The branch manager rotator I mean.

Edited July 23, 2017 by Mick Dempsey

[Mick Dempsey]

Never mind I found it on the avant website.

[Brett]

Which model would lift 1 ton? And what is the rough price?

600 series is rated to lift a ton but can lift more with added weights on rear. Around

25k list price

 

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[Blake@waveney]

If anyone's interested in the MultiOne machines I am a now a sales agent for these. Please get in touch for more information.

[warren]

Anyone use a hedge cutter / finger bar on the avant ? Either avants own or slanetrac?

 

Am interest to know what the finish is like on the hedge .. comparable to hand held hedge cutter or better or worse.

 

The avant finger bar is a bit pricey, don't know about the slanetrac yet.

 

Thanks

Edited October 12, 2017 by warren

[richy_B]

I have a scanmek hedge cutter on my MO. I doubt there is going to be much between the brands as they are essential the same implement.

 

- Finish is decent, better than a flail. It isnt as clean cut as using a good handheld petrol hedge cutter though. The handheld cutter gets that steady 'up and down' motion which helps gets every bit. The finger bar can push branches a little before it cuts them so you get some bits end up slightly longer than others. Biggest problem is the finger bar is single sided so you can't go back the other way, which I think would solve the problem. Obviously will do vastly more and higher than you ever could with a handheld cutter so probably not a fair comparison. I did a 1000 metre hedge to 4 metres in less than a morning this week.

 

It's a relatively new item to me so I am still getting good on it but I have found you can wiggle the steering slightly on thicker sections and it significantly assists the cutters.

 

I had my go pro on so I have about 2 hours of footage. I'll try and find a few decent minutes of it.