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45 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

Only let down I didn’t have a suitable Avant attachment for dealing with the arisings.  4/1 only grabbed big stuff and small fell through, big stone rake was the same, forks and beak no use as I didn’t want a q00m trail across the lawn that needed tidied up at the end, so lad had to handball everything on neatly.  I need a big oversize bucket, the Avant will handle it no bother.  

Muck grab I reckon, rake backwards with the tines into a pile, then pick it up (mostly!)

I had to shorten the bottom tines for better ergonomics.

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I’m going to go for a grab bucket with solid bottom and no sides and 2 independent grabs.  Theory being no rubbish falls out, longer bits than the bucket can be lifted and if an uneven grab full there will be pressure on both sides plus it will lift timber and do levelling and dozing. 

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8 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

I’m going to go for a grab bucket with solid bottom and no sides and 2 independent grabs.  Theory being no rubbish falls out, longer bits than the bucket can be lifted and if an uneven grab full there will be pressure on both sides plus it will lift timber and do levelling and dozing. 

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I have that. It’s great for the larger, ‘branchy’ stuff. Once that’s outta the way, you will find that the .4-in-1 does a great job on the rest. Especially on stuff like dead ash where there’s lots of little

bits. 
 

A springtine take and possibly a broom for the pallet forks are a great help too. Trouble is, where do you stop?

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2 hours ago, doobin said:

I have that. It’s great for the larger, ‘branchy’ stuff. Once that’s outta the way, you will find that the .4-in-1 does a great job on the rest. Especially on stuff like dead ash where there’s lots of little

bits. 
 

A springtine take and possibly a broom for the pallet forks are a great help too. Trouble is, where do you stop?

That’s easy.

When you die.

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2 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Do you rate the broom?

Any pics of the grab at work?

thanks 

The broom is great for stuff like sweeping stumps off as you grind them so you can see where you’re going. I mainly use it to keep the concrete yard tidy. 
 

here’s the grab 

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