Avant 755i, thoughts on hiring out

[6feetdown]

Has anyone used an Avant at all, preferably 1 of the bigger models?
If so what was your experience like with them?
I wonder how they would perform in uk wet conditions too.
Your thoughts welcome!

 

[Lancs Lad]

Thread 'Avant / Multione Wheeled Loaders' https://www.planttalk.co.uk/threads/avant-multione-wheeled-loaders.2253/

Worth a look

 

[6feetdown]

Thread 'Avant / Multione Wheeled Loaders' https://www.planttalk.co.uk/threads/avant-multione-wheeled-loaders.2253/

Worth a look

Read through that few weeks ago. I wonder what they run like during our lovely wet weather

 

[Giles]

There’s a tracked one about looks pretty good

 

[6feetdown]

There’s a tracked one about looks pretty good

Yes they look pretty good in the wet. Not too much on the net about them and not many advertised in the UK.
I think the track can possibly be retrofitted

 

[Grahams]

The tracked conversions are all done by Moorend Ltd, whichever make loader you have. My understanding is the can be fitted or removed as required and are all effectively retrofitted. Not sure if they will deal direct over converting an Avant or whether you have to go through Avant.

http://www.moorendltd.com/gallery/

 

[6feetdown]

The tracked conversions are all done by Moorend Ltd, whichever make loader you have. My understanding is the can be fitted or removed as required and are all effectively retrofitted. Not sure if they will deal direct over converting an Avant or whether you have to go through Avant.

http://www.moorendltd.com/gallery/

Had a rough quote for the tracks yesterday 16 to 17 big ones

 

[Grahams]

They certainly aren’t cheap, but if you really need them and the job can cover it certainly the way to go. I compromised by fitting the widest turf tyres you can buy. Real Carlos Fandango style, but are fantastic for not marking wet grass and very good on soft sand.

 

[V8Druid]

They certainly aren’t cheap, but if you really need them and the job can cover it certainly the way to go. I compromised by fitting the widest turf tyres you can buy. Real Carlos Fandango style, but are fantastic for not marking wet grass and very good on soft sand.

for them as ain't old enough

 

[Lancs Lad]

for them as ain't old enough

Wondered wtf you meant! Brilliant

 

[Grahams]

for them as ain't old enough

Back in the day when adverts were adverts not some woke nonsense.

 

[6feetdown]

Back in the day when adverts were adverts not some woke nonsense.

Yeah the best adverts were usually the things that are banned on the TV now

 

[Giles]

Mate sent me this was on local film set for new game of thrones prequel

 

[6feetdown]

Mate sent me this was on local film set for new game of thrones prequel

Cool piece of kit

 

[doobin]

Avant etc are OK in wet, wider tyres the better. You can't expect them to keep running in the shittest conditions though, just as you can't expect a wheeled dumper to keep running.

You'd need some seriously specialist work to warrant those tracks. So much to break on them, and I bet they give a hard ride. There was one on eBay not long back with not many hours, so I reckon they're nowhere near as cool to own as people think they look!

If the ground is that bad that you need tracks, do you really want to be carrying pallets across it? Use a tracked dumper instead. Same goes for moving muck. A digger with auger/postknocker/whatever will be much more efficient in the slop as you can position the tool with the arm.

So what good actually is a tracked Avant?

 

[Smiffy]

Avant etc are OK in wet, wider tyres the better. You can't expect them to keep running in the shittest conditions though, just as you can't expect a wheeled dumper to keep running.

You'd need some seriously specialist work to warrant those tracks. So much to break on them, and I bet they give a hard ride. There was one on eBay not long back with not many hours, so I reckon they're nowhere near as cool to own as people think they look!

If the ground is that bad that you need tracks, do you really want to be carrying pallets across it? Use a tracked dumper instead. Same goes for moving muck. A digger with auger/postknocker/whatever will be much more efficient in the slop as you can position the tool with the arm.

So what good actually is a tracked Avant?

Seeing pictures on social media they seem to have there place in the snow.
But if the grounds soft enough to warrant tracks I can't see wanting to lift much as surely you would have stability issues.
Also the advantage of a pivot steer is being able to turn the wheel whilst stationary to move the forks. That surely wouldn't do a set of tracks much good.
Surely cheaper and easier to fit duals which is tried and tested by farmer on full size loading shovels so must be up to a fair bit of abuse and nice and easy to swap out

 

[Russell]

Mate sent me this was on local film set for new game of thrones prequel

I bet you could buy a house for what that cost

 

[6feetdown]

Avant etc are OK in wet, wider tyres the better. You can't expect them to keep running in the shittest conditions though, just as you can't expect a wheeled dumper to keep running.

You'd need some seriously specialist work to warrant those tracks. So much to break on them, and I bet they give a hard ride. There was one on eBay not long back with not many hours, so I reckon they're nowhere near as cool to own as people think they look!

If the ground is that bad that you need tracks, do you really want to be carrying pallets across it? Use a tracked dumper instead. Same goes for moving muck. A digger with auger/postknocker/whatever will be much more efficient in the slop as you can position the tool with the arm.

So what good actually is a tracked Avant?

Our towing laws are a pain in the arse, tracked loader would be my preference but can't find 1 with high flow that's towable

 

[doobin]

Our towing laws are a pain in the arse, tracked loader would be my preference but can't find 1 with high flow that's towable

Having

 

[Smiffy]

Our towing laws are a pain in the arse, tracked loader would be my preference but can't find 1 with high flow that's towable

Don't know the price but I think all posi tracks are high flow, this is the biggest towable one I think
But they do some really little ones

ASV RT-50 | Our Newest Mid-Size, Posi-Track Compact Track Loader

Economical meets versatile with the all new RT-50 compact track loader. Featuring a powerful, lighweight design to help you get the job done on a variety of terrains.

www.asvi.com

Or I know no one really wants to operate standing up but would the biggest ditch witch be nearing what you want??
800kg operating capacity and over 2t tipping capacity so not quite as good as an avant but getting there.