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5 hours ago, dumper said:

On a mini loader you only have a small amount of lit capacity if you put hydraulic rotation on the implement this reduces the capacity on the avant the rotator is 96kg and plus 200mm on the load so on 4/5/6 series you loose 10% of your lift capacity I thought hard and not bought one yet

on the klou grab they don’t recommend hydraulic rotation for saftey reasons if you are holding a tree vertically and a pipe fails the tree is no longer vertical a hole world of hassle you don’t need. 
bmg grabs hang down so don’t have this problem

Never thought about that dumper good advice

Just now, Moose McAlpine said:

 

That's a lot of money to buy 2 machines. I can't comment on any of the other machines but the Vermeer i used was used both on-site and in the yard. Moving and stacking logs and chip, dragging chippers and trailers, etc.

 

Find the one machine that ticks all boxes. 

Well hopefully will find the right machine 😂😂

4 minutes ago, Clicky said:

Yeah I didnt know how much we were going to use the bollard on the side, but we use it for everything its brilliant. Tow ball aswell for shunting chippers about. Loaders are essential no matter how big or small as long as it stops me from knackering, my back I don't care

Exactly and if it saves people’s backs and means they don’t have to lift silly sized logs it means they are more productive through the week as they not so knackered 

I would never base a capital expenditure on price, which is why a lot of Avants and Multione etc get sold - because a lot of people do.
 
There are only 2 machines that I would even consider - One is the Tobroco- Giant and the other is yellow also.

I’m looking at the 5 series in both machines but if go for a Vermeer will go for the bigger multi one or avant that’s why looking at all options right now as think a skidsteer on site for small jobs and avant for yard and bigger jobs so can cover rather more 

17 minutes ago, Clicky said:

 I've got it in my head it would be no good and needs to be hydraulic, but I haven't used one so not sure

That’s brilliant but like you say is it essential. Love the bollard on the head for speed lining and pulling trees over 

6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

You mean it doesn’t rotate hydraulically?

That would be nice, yes.

Yes but how much of a hardship would it be to do it manually after the time it saves moving big logs

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Klou.

They don’t do a hydraulic grapple anyone found it a problem being manual

Apparently it should be here start of the year with a ce mark so we will see 

6 hours ago, Jonny69 said:

The Vermeer machine is pretty good. The grapples are really not good, Id buy a grapple off someone else. 

Any suggestions? 

11 hours ago, dumper said:

Your not comparing same machines but get a demo on both the Cormidi build quality is as good as the American machines and far better track system design had Vermeer and Cormidi side by side for two days also look at micro bull if you are want to work in back gardens they will give you a weeks demo and knock cost of machine if you purchase you can’t loose with a demo like that

Can’t seem to find the warranty on the cormidi either as the Vermeer is 3 years or 3,000 hours I will compare all the machines that are the same size and lift the same. 

£25,000 + vat fpr vermeer think the cormiddi is around £14,000 but don’t think it lifts the same weight and I’m not convinced on the build quality

Will get a demo and see but the vermeer is ticking all
Boxes so far and everyone who has one hasn’t got a bad word to say about them and they seem to hold there value very very well

We use chest harness from tree Austria on treemotion works well for our lads but will be buying a rope runner pro as the chicane is rather long and hard to fold it up to descend easily 

Where are cormidi made?

They are very tough and we haven’t had any problems with-ours but the lads are good with the kit as they know how expensive they are and we only put them on when working road side or on big take downs or noisy sensitive jobs

Because i want it to be able to get i to gardens so we can use it more on site and then look at an avant for the yard further down the line. Have arranged a demo for avant and vermeer and see where i get with it

14 minutes ago, Jim0685 said:

I have sent his contact details to you.

Thank u 

1 minute ago, dig-dug-dan said:

Ian flatters from target trees has a vermeer. He used to post a fair bit on here. He seems thrilled with his, and uses it daily. Cormidi does look good, but not sure it's as powerful.

Avant is better all round though

Only concern with avant is that it won’t fit down most garden gates and a big machine to try get in 

Just now, Jim0685 said:

I will message him for a contact number.

Thank u 

16 minutes ago, Jim0685 said:

Anyone have contact details for the sale please? 

6 minutes ago, Jim0685 said:

Looks good we don’t have tree bay sadly as very interested in it 

Thanks just a bit concerned about built
Quality dont want to be replacing it 2 years down the line cos its fallen to pieces [emoji23][emoji23]

Merry Christmas to everyone and have a wonderful day 

We have a greenmech and its amazing and will be buying naother at the end of next year service is outstanding from peteb and jasehutch and for that reason i will buy another one but like you say everyone has different experiences and most of the time it is down to how they are looked after i think imo