The 'Today's Job' thread

[V8Druid]

bet its not grey now though !View attachment 81353

that is bloody impressive trickery Kevin
that really looks like me, even down to the hands -- 'praps 10 years ago ... still got more hair than that though

and no it's still grey

 

[Smiffy]

Tbf I'm always amazed where mine will go. But still trailable which was the main thing.
@Grahams I might look at the bag lifter if they make that much of a difference?

I find them to have a really poor steering lock.
We where on a site where packs of blocks where bought in 2 at a time on a trailer.
The trailer reversed a 100m down the drive. Then the Avant would pick them up and take them to their final destination. We started with a 7 series that would pick the blocks up. Do a u turn and trundle off. Then had an 8 series a bit later on in the job. And it picked the blocks up of the trailer and then had to do a 95 point turn to travel down to site.
I know it isn't trailer transportable and can't run a flail or the like. But the JCB 520-40 would do the u turn in the same place.

 

[Spurry]

what do they look like @Grahams ? any pix?

If It's the A36221..https://avanttecno.com/is/attachments/big-bag-transporter/

 

[Lancs Lad]

I find them to have a really poor steering lock.
We where on a site where packs of blocks where bought in 2 at a time on a trailer.
The trailer reversed a 100m down the drive. Then the Avant would pick them up and take them to their final destination. We started with a 7 series that would pick the blocks up. Do a u turn and trundle off. Then had an 8 series a bit later on in the job. And it picked the blocks up of the trailer and then had to do a 95 point turn to travel down to site.
I know it isn't trailer transportable and can't run a flail or the like. But the JCB 520-40 would do the u turn in the same place.

Agreed on that tbf . Deffo takes a bit of thought to plan your turns but I still want one

 

[V8Druid]

like it

needs one of my bag lifters to complete the ensemble

 

[Lancs Lad]

like it
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needs one of my bag lifters to complete the ensemble
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Looks like it was designed for the big single hook fert bags?

 

[DaveDCB]

Looks like it was designed for the big single hook fert bags?

Yeah give it the extra height to get into fert spreader , otherwise your better off just moving them around on a pallet

 

[6feetdown]

that is bloody impressive trickery Kevin
that really looks like me, even down to the hands -- 'praps 10 years ago ... still got more hair than that though

and no it's still grey

Is it trickery though could be an only fans page?

 

[6feetdown]

like it
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needs one of my bag lifters to complete the ensemble
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No good for Travis bags without a strap as they only have 2 fork pockets

 

[William127]

Nice morning yesterday, couple of dead trees/stumps knocked over and tracked to the bonfire, quick scratching round job in the cow pen, bit of timber shifting

 

[Giles]

Anyone run a flail mower / topper on one?

Seen a lot on the groups on Facebook about them getting hot

Ppl running them professionally on mowers mount a second hydraulic radiator behind cab/canopy and put extra blow out chaff clearing fans on them as they clog quick on the back radiator while mowing

 

[hiluxman]

Looks like it was designed for the big single hook fert bags?

Mines a fixed bag lifter not the adjustable version as pictured.

Ideal for bulk bags of sand, stone ect.

Don't use it much but when you do, you realise how much nicer it is to move bulk bags on it than using forks.

I've 15 bags to move later this week and that's what I'll be using to move them.

 

[DaveDCB]

Tbf I'm always amazed where mine will go. But still trailable which was the main thing.
@Grahams I might look at the bag lifter if they make that much of a difference?

So they say it can lift 1900kg, but I can’t find a lift chart anywhere.. what can it do full stretch? Can it do much at 1000kg?

 

[6feetdown]

So they say it can lift 1900kg, but I can’t find a lift chart anywhere.. what can it do full stretch? Can it do much at 1000kg?

It'll lift around 1000kg at full extention but be straight with the wheels, you get used to the way it behaves it'll lift around 2t on the ground one of the 1st jobs I posted it was on the limit but did it

 

[hiluxman]

Had a metal on metal noise from the new to me citan van.

Pads looked fine enough looking through the wheel but further investigation showed otherwise.

Caliper isn't right and as such pulls the outer pad on a strange angle...

So one new caliper on order and a set of pads ect.

 

[Lancs Lad]

No good for Travis bags without a strap as they only have 2 fork pockets

Sactly shifted a few yesterday

 

[Storrsy]

It'll lift around 1000kg at full extention but be straight with the wheels, you get used to the way it behaves it'll lift around 2t on the ground one of the 1st jobs I posted it was on the limit but did it

Will they push into a pile of 803 easily enough to get a fullish bucket? Can't imagine they really have enough weight behind them

 

[Lancs Lad]

So they say it can lift 1900kg, but I can’t find a lift chart anywhere.. what can it do full stretch? Can it do much at 1000kg?

735 happily chucking tonne bags of 20mm about yesterday at full stretch.

 

[Smiffy]

Will they push into a pile of 803 easily enough to get a fullish bucket? Can't imagine they really have enough weight behind them

They aren't for digging. If it's loose freshly tipped stuff it's fine. They are brilliant materials handlers but if it's sat there 6 months and self consolidated it won't do much. Also quite disappointing trying to strip off turf/topsoil.
But then even full size telehandler are pretty poor at these tasks

 

[hiluxman]

Will they push into a pile of 803 easily enough to get a fullish bucket? Can't imagine they really have enough weight behind them

Yeah.

I can get my 640 rammed full with planings.

Earlier in the year I had 100t of planings, 5 loads, and pushed them all out with relative ease.

Sometimes it'll dig in and spin the wheels but that's when I know I've been greedy but done it anyway