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This is my story with the Avant 860i & dealing with Avant as a a company. I Purchased a new Avant 860i machine from ASCO in Tyler Tx 1.5 months ago. Soon as I took delivery of the machine I took it to a job & it immediately started chewing up hydraulic hoses near their proprietary grapple. So I loaded it up & took it back to the dealership to find that the edges on the grapple were so sharp they were cutting anything in site. I get the machine back from the shop grinding them down & take it to a job & the machine immediately starts shears off the bolts that hold the bracket for the other hydraulic hoses, which causes the bracket to gouge the tire & a whole myriad of other issues once that bracket is displaced. So I take it back into the shop where they replace the bolts. Back to the job I go & it immediately shears off the even harder bolts twice more. So back to the shop I go.. Then the same process repeats itself. So I get ahold of Bill at Avant in Illinois at the behest of the local tech that wants to weld the bracket to the back of the boom head. Then the shop calls me & says they done it but it doesn’t fix the issue as it needs to be redesigned by Avant to move the entire hydraulic coupler system to a new location otherwise further destruction will occur. So I reach back out to Bill who then admits there is a known design flaw in existing machines that’s being fixed in the new machines by moving the whole hydraulic system to a new location & so forth.. At this juncture I ask them to stop work on the unit & request a sit down & with ASCO & Avant. Since the machine has spent its entire lifetime up until this point in the shop I simply asked that Avant stand behind their product & take it back & cancel the contract between us. To which the sales manager refuses & says I’m sorry we don’t do that & simply offers a longer warranty, as if I want even longer to be plagued by their brand new machine that has oddles of issues. The meeting was short & I plan on litigating at this juncture because that’s my only option it would seem is to now have to prove what a joke the machine is I guess once that occurs I’ll have that information to share on what a complete lemon of unfinished poorly designed junk they produce is but also the company Avant itself does not stand behind the product in any way shape or form. I would never do business with them going forward & would suggest anyone looking at a piece of Avant equipment look elsewhere to a company that has worked out their design properly. I’ve been in business many years & bought used & sold tons of equipment & I’ve never seen anything like what I’ve seen with Avant. Buyer Beware!

Hi there, I have a 2016 Avant 528 with timber grab, log grab and augers available for hire in West Sussex and surrounding areas. The machine can be equipped with a hydraulic swivel timber grab (see bottom of page for video), forks and log grab, augers, or a general purpose bucket. Other attachments can be sourced so please ask. The machine has the large 190kg rear side weights and 25kg rear weight with a tow ball and pin. I also have a Carlton SP2010 stump grinder available for hire. The machines are available with me as an operator or I can deliver and collect or it can be collected and returned with either a supplied plant trailer or your own means. I collected the machine Saturday last so have no pictures of it in operation as yet but will be working on that over the next week. Machines will always be supplied clean and ready for work. Please get in touch if you would like prices or availability and machine specifications and dimensions. Cheers, Sean. 07724639681 Timber grab (please note the video shows attachment mounted on Avant 635). (Source: avanttechno) Carlton SP2010 (Source: orangeplant)

Hi there, Avant 528 and Carlton sp2010 for hire with and without operator. East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey. Further afield will be considered so please get in touch. Delivery or collection. 2016 Avant 528 with hydraulic swivel timber grapple and standard forks and bucket. Other attachments can be sourced including post hole borer, grader, breaker etc. The machine has the large rear weights fitted and will comfortably handle a full bulk bag of aggregate (850+kg) and has more to give... with some finesse on the controls. Carlton SP2010 also available. Pedestrian 27hp Kohler engine with the Sandvik cutting wheel. powerful and efficient. Operated hire:- Avant - From £250/ day but please get in touch to discuss your requirements and the job in hand. Stump grinding will vary dependant on the job and access etc. so please get in touch for a quote. Without operator:- Avant with forks and/or bucket £120/day £475/week Hyd. swivel timber grapple £45/day £165/week For other attachments please get in touch as these will be cross hired. Stump grinder £100/day For longer periods please get in touch. Contact Sean - 07724639681 Please have a look at the facebook page below for a few pictures facebook.com/SMCPlant Cheers!

Hi there, Avant 528 and Carlton sp2010 for hire with and without operator. East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey. Further afield will be considered so please get in touch. Delivery or collection. 2016 Avant 528 with hydraulic swivel timber grapple and standard forks and bucket. Other attachments can be sourced including post hole borer, grader, breaker etc. The machine has the large rear weights fitted and will comfortably handle a full bulk bag of aggregate (850+kg) and has more to give... with some finesse on the controls. Carlton SP2010 also available. Pedestrian 27hp Kohler engine with the Sandvik cutting wheel. powerful and efficient. Operated hire:- Avant - From £250/ day but please get in touch to discuss your requirements and the job in hand. Stump grinding will vary dependant on the job and access etc. so please get in touch for a quote. Without operator:- Avant with forks and/or bucket £120/day £475/week Hyd. swivel timber grapple £45/day £165/week For other attachments please get in touch as these will be cross hired. Stump grinder £100/day For longer periods please get in touch. Contact Sean - 07724639681 Please have a look at the facebook page below for a few pictures facebook.com/SMCPlant Cheers!