+bryanm214dallas Yessir, it's a 420. Check out my other company's 420 videos here if you're looking for more info: th-cam.com/play/PLgVC-UFZAmLWcAhW7nkPfjl_GQqCDHg51.html
+Rutherford Contracting LLC I appreciate the reply.we are in the tree service industry as well out here in Dallas and are possibly trying to purchase a loader such as this one,we have experience with a vermeer s800tx but do not like the fact that it isn't turf friendly. in your opinion, what would suit us better for heavy hauling logs and feeding a bc1800 chipper the gehl or the avant? thank you for your time. your machinery is quite impressive
+bryanm214dallas I sell and have used both brands for tree work. I've had the Gehl AL340 and 540 while my climber has an AL140 (the 140 has been discontinued). On the Avant line I've used the 420 and 528 and played a bit with the 520. The first question is do you have to fit through a 3' gate? If so, there is a third option coming to the market soon that offers that option. If you don't have to fit through a 3' gate, the question then is how much do you want to lift? The 800 has a 2400b tipping capacity. By comparison, the Avant 528 has a 2100lb tipping capacity (can be increased significantly with factory counterweights), the Gehl AL340 has a 3500lb tipping capacity, and the AL540 has a 5000lb capacity. The AL140 had an ~1750lb tipping capacity while the Avant 420 has a 1200lb tipping capacity. For feeding a chipper, I recommend the Branch Manager Grapple, which is available for all the machines listed above. With the Avant you sit on the front section, so it is an issue occasionally keeping up with your steering angle. With the Gehl and third option machine you sit on the back half, which prevents the steering angle from being unknown. Aside from that, none of the machines are any better or worse for feeding a chipper. The telescoping function of the Avant and the third option can be handy to increase your distance and working range. By pound lifted vs purchase price, the Gehls lead the way for sure. The down side is they're bigger and heavier than the other two options. Feel free to call/text me any time. 662-251-8686
+Compact Equipment Store thanks again for getting back with me, I agree the gehl is tough machine. but I also like the other machine you speak off fitting inside a 3'gate that would really come in handy when hauling brush in a back yard.I will definitely keep you info, and check out your inventory .
+bryanm214dallas Sorry for the confusion, I own Rutherford Contracting (Tree and equipment work) and Compact Equipment Store (equipment sales). I was in the wrong account when I made that post. Will you be in Pittsburg for the TCIA Expo? What's your email address and I'll email you some information on the new machine when it's available. Thanks! Carl
That job was $600 including disposing of the wood. I was expecting to find substantial metal and rock out a 36" chain and when I bid the job I was planning to use the excavator which would have required dumping the load then coming back for the equipment.
Rutherford Contracting LLC Thanks for the quick reply. I have had a stump grinding business in Oklahoma City, for years, and my wife thinks I am crazy because I watch every stump grinding video there is. I love this business. I think your price of $600 is very reasonable and probably very close to what I would charge for a similar job. From a customers point, however, it is JUST a stump. Good video.
So not a good purchase to do stump gringing as well as tree removal? Was looking as a 635 with a 37hp machine
I wouldn't use it for my primary stump grinder.
How is the machine running? Still feel it was the best one to buy?
I sold that grinder last year, but I still think the 7015 is one of the best residential stump grinders on the market!
hello, I was wondering what model avant this is? the 420?
+bryanm214dallas Yessir, it's a 420. Check out my other company's 420 videos here if you're looking for more info: th-cam.com/play/PLgVC-UFZAmLWcAhW7nkPfjl_GQqCDHg51.html
+Rutherford Contracting LLC
I appreciate the reply.we are in the tree service industry as well out here in Dallas and are possibly trying to purchase a loader such as this one,we have experience with a vermeer s800tx but do not like the fact that it isn't turf friendly.
in your opinion, what would suit us better for heavy hauling logs and feeding a bc1800 chipper the gehl or the avant?
thank you for your time. your machinery is quite impressive
+bryanm214dallas I sell and have used both brands for tree work. I've had the Gehl AL340 and 540 while my climber has an AL140 (the 140 has been discontinued). On the Avant line I've used the 420 and 528 and played a bit with the 520.
The first question is do you have to fit through a 3' gate? If so, there is a third option coming to the market soon that offers that option. If you don't have to fit through a 3' gate, the question then is how much do you want to lift? The 800 has a 2400b tipping capacity. By comparison, the Avant 528 has a 2100lb tipping capacity (can be increased significantly with factory counterweights), the Gehl AL340 has a 3500lb tipping capacity, and the AL540 has a 5000lb capacity. The AL140 had an ~1750lb tipping capacity while the Avant 420 has a 1200lb tipping capacity.
For feeding a chipper, I recommend the Branch Manager Grapple, which is available for all the machines listed above. With the Avant you sit on the front section, so it is an issue occasionally keeping up with your steering angle. With the Gehl and third option machine you sit on the back half, which prevents the steering angle from being unknown. Aside from that, none of the machines are any better or worse for feeding a chipper. The telescoping function of the Avant and the third option can be handy to increase your distance and working range.
By pound lifted vs purchase price, the Gehls lead the way for sure. The down side is they're bigger and heavier than the other two options.
Feel free to call/text me any time. 662-251-8686
+Compact Equipment Store thanks again for getting back with me,
I agree the gehl is tough machine.
but I also like the other machine you speak off fitting inside a 3'gate that would really come in handy when hauling brush in a back yard.I will definitely keep you info, and check out your inventory .
+bryanm214dallas
Sorry for the confusion, I own Rutherford Contracting (Tree and equipment work) and Compact Equipment Store (equipment sales). I was in the wrong account when I made that post.
Will you be in Pittsburg for the TCIA Expo?
What's your email address and I'll email you some information on the new machine when it's available.
Thanks!
Carl
What does a job like that cost? I am going to guess $500. High or low?
That job was $600 including disposing of the wood. I was expecting to find substantial metal and rock out a 36" chain and when I bid the job I was planning to use the excavator which would have required dumping the load then coming back for the equipment.
Rutherford Contracting LLC Thanks for the quick reply. I have had a stump grinding business in Oklahoma City, for years, and my wife thinks I am crazy because I watch every stump grinding video there is. I love this business. I think your price of $600 is very reasonable and probably very close to what I would charge for a similar job. From a customers point, however, it is JUST a stump. Good video.
Haha just a head high, solid stump; whoever cut the tree almost finished the job! We've been grinding since '98.
I cringe every time you drop a cookie haha
Can't the avant grind stumps?
That'd be pretty slow by comparison.
@@RutherfordConLLC slow but do able?
Sure, you could grind a stump with an angle grinder, if you wanted.