GREEN DREAM MACHINE! Arrives at the Woodyard AVANT 860i 

Good morning, Mike and Morgan fans. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. God bless. 🇺🇲

Say what you want ,I love your skid loader Mike.

As a retired CAT&CUMMINGS knuckle buster I'm impressed with the well thought out build of the little payloader/telehandler and it's attachments. Also I like the way you think; rent it a week or two and see how it fits in. And I was never impressed with wheel skidloaders but all that changed for me when they were produced with track's! It's almost like having a D3 but much more agile.

Advant pulled a fast one on Kubota and other machine makes as for the hydraulic and electric attachment. A great feature. I love your show. Hi to Hunter. Cheers to Mike and Melissa.

Praises all around for a European made machinery from Belgium .... you know why it's so compact? Our European cities and roads are compact so we need compact machinery .... Have a nice day.

That thing is the Swiss army knife of machines. I can see that in your future. Have a great day everyone.

I Believe a bucket with teeth for the Avant will make a world of difference… Love your videos!!

We love our Kubota R540 Articulating Wheel Loader for moving logs, stacks of lumber, dirt, etc. around the sawmill. It is rated for 7,000 pounds straight and around 5,000 on a turn. I have lifted 8,000 pound logs with it. Only 54 horsepower that sips diesel. We are thinking of getting a similar log grapple attachment that will rotate a log to get it out of tight spots

Thanks, Mike. I really enjoyed that video. In my younger days, I was a diesel mechanic and worked on some of the largest mining equipment in the world. I believe I was the first non-Caterpillar employee to operate the new-at-the-time raised drive sprocket D10 crawler. It was deployed as a prototype to Mintac mine in northern Minnesota. We had some of the harshest operating environments on the planet, so we used to get a lot of equipment for testing. I miss those days, but at 70 years old, I'm happy with my tractor. But machines like the one you showed in this video intrigue me and bring back a lot of memories of the huge monsters I used to work on. Thanks for putting out such fantastic videos. I'm about to go out and use my logging winch to retrieve some downed trees on the otherwise inaccessible parts of my property. Working in my woods is keeping me young and fit. And machines allow me to continue to work beyond the point where my body would otherwise give up. I appreciate the content that you create. It's both useful and informative. Tell Hunter that I said hi, and best regards to you and the rest of your family. God bless.

Love that one-lever release. Very well thought-out. Great way to make sure you don't misalign the hose ends and struggle to get them on.

Good morning y'all !! Have a great Sunday, spend some time with your family today.

The connections and the fact it doesn't destroy the ground it's working on. I'm sold. Tyler from Guilty of Treeson has one now.

Just a boy (at Heart) with his toys! Great choice, go for it. You know you want it!

Good Sunday morning Morgan family! Rainy and cool here in SE PA. Hope you have a great weekend and productive start to your week.

I love how you’re always looking for a better way to be more productive and efficient

Good morning everyone!

Really impressed with the lifting capabilities, great design! Happy Sunday Mike! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

Great new machine Mike. You can now stack the totes on top of each other to create more space. 👍🏻

Green with envy Mike … you got the best toys. .. I wanna come over your house and play! Have a productive week and a good morning.

After one minute into the video, I said he will never give that up. What a handy machine. Love the hydraulic- electric disconnect! Really enjoyed the video Mike.

The articulating feature works to your favor for sure. Less wear and tear to ground when turning, tighter turn radius too. Extending forks a game changer in capabilities. Temporary scaffold for construction / painting. Winter use - pushing snow? Total package wise…more useful features and unknown features for your many property uses. Big drop off when moving dirt.

Thanks for the video Mike. Like your new machine, but I can't imagine you not having a compact track loader not only for personal use but you use it to help others which is in your heart to do

Thats a neat compact utility loader, that will save wear and tear on your track equipment!.

Good Sunday morning to The Morgan Clan Hope Y'all are having a great weekend God bless

The availability of over 200 attachments is awesome on its own. The 860 is a great unit , we sell a lot of 528’s and 755’s to arborists and contractors

You are right about those tires. Won't pack your ground, or tear it up. Nice machine.

Looks like this machine hits so many needs in your work flow.

That's a nice addition to the Stable Mike, seems like you will get lots of use out of such a versatile machine!

Good Morning Mike and Friends.... gloomy, dark and raining here today, send me some sunshine svp... Pete 🇨🇦

Looks like a very capable machine for the work you’re doing. Looking forward to seeing more of it!

I think Mike that new machine would be a game changer in your yard, You need one.

A man of your stature should be able to just buy this machine and everything you already have. I've had a skid steer for 13 years and can't imagine life without one.

I have to say that is one great machine for around a wood yard. Very impressive.

I would say that after you get your projects done and don’t need the bigger equipment the Avant would be a good addition. Love your channel.

WOW! Excellent machine! Imagine when you are completely versed in the operation side! It's definitely a game changer!

Good morning Morgan family ☕️

Awesome machine! Thank you for sharing Mike!

Good job by the Finns👌

Good morning Mike, this is well thought out. But I think you would really miss the skid steer if you were to get rid of it. Don’t get me wrong the green machine has its place, but it appears to me that you would be most comfortable in the green machine if you were doing a lot of repetitive work. The creature comforts heat/cooling, getting in and out repeatedly and the earth moving capacity are items on the negative side that come to mind. Moving splits out of the bunker with the bucket might be also on the negative side. One for final item I like the way you can rake with the grapple on the skid steer. But you ultimately know best and what will work best for you. Have a Wonderful Day and a Productive week. 😊👍👍👍

Since 1991, Avant Tecno has manufactured more than 45,000 loaders at their manufacturing plant in Ylöjärvi, Finland. The company has sales offices in Germany, UK and US, and import partners in more than 55 countries.

Good morning Mike Cool surprise on the green machine. Has a lot of features making it very handy no doubt. Have a good day.

Thank you for your videos, look forward to watching them every day. Keep Keeping It real.

That avant looks like a great machine. I see them all the time around here on tree service trailers...

At least there is a touch of orange on the boom and an orange sign on the back. 😄

GOOOOOOOD SUNDAY MORNING EVERYONE OUT THERE IN OWTM’s VIDEO LAND!!!…Mike I definitely see one of them in your future. Looking forward to watching all it can do this week. Can it Plow snow? 😮 Thanks for the review Catch yinz on the next one Have a day HELLOOOO Hunter 😊

The hydraulic/electrical hookup is a very junior sized version of what the ag companies use on their massive combines to hook up the grain and corn headers. You can see them in action in the harvest videos posted by a number of big midwestern grain operations like the Larson and Brown Family Farms. Those 50’ grain headers have to be transferred to a special cart before the combines can move between distant fields.

Nice! A Landscapers Dream for Big Yards. That Bucket would be good for pin pointing Mulch 👍

I wouldn’t give up your Kubota skid steer for anything. It is such a powerful and universal machine with all of the attachments you have for it. As for the green garden toy, I would be taking it back to where it came from.

Good morning to the Morgan family!

That new machine is surprisingly quite not to mention the versatility is incredible.

Love this green machine. Good wide tires for stability! A winner! From New Fairfield CT

That articulated steering and short wheelbase makes that loader really nimble in close quarters and the pivot on the grapple helps there too. Amazing lift capacity to weight ratio. It’s probably worth renting just to clean the long stuff off your road! Nice machine. Thanks for showing it to us.

Can you smell the diesel smoke inside the cab? All in all a very useful.machine. Can't wait to see the ladies run it!!

Good morning Morgans and friends

Morning outdoors fam👋👋

Great video Mike. Dang, you went full lumberjack mode. I love it.

Hello Mike. I read most of the comments before I wrote this so as to not beat a dead horse. I owned one and it replaced our Kubota tractor. You and I know it will not replace the skid steer, but it can replace both tractors. That would mean half the expenses and maintenance with same mobility and the skid would still be in the fleet. With the optional front or rear 3pt available for an Avant, I think combined with the two tracked Kubotas you would have everything covered for years to come. It worked for me so thought I would direct your attention away from your first thought. I am 73,and learned the hard way sometimes or would not have commented. LOVE the videos!! Wayne

Those quick couplers are great as long as they are used frequently otherwise they like to seize up

Been using 635 for a year or so here in Maine and I absolutely love it. It is not as powerful as a skid but unbelievably versatile!

Mike, nothing is like a skid steer. The fact the bucket is quite literally at your feet makes it feel like your part of the machine. Everything feels effortless. I agree, the down side is climbing in and out and the older you get, the tougher that will become.

Looks like nice little machine Mike! Hope you’re drier than we are on the other side of our glorious state. Here in NePa it’s still raining. Had another .19 inches overnight again. Stay dry.

Almost as handy as TWO pockets on a shirt! And great idea to rent for a week.

I use an 860i for my company and we also have a Vermeer of comparable size and the avant is far more capable and never gets stuck as we use it everyday on large construction sites that are incredibly muddy and we usually use the forks and the units we pick up with it are 2300 lbs. And it will easily carry these units through very deep mud with ease

Melissa, Mike needs one of those machines....thanks for sharing, honestly never seen one of those!

Good Morning to the Morgan Family hope you are all ok. Good morning to Hunter hope he is doing well and ok. and we have a nice big green mean machine on the homestead. this is going to be a game changer in lifting logs on to your saw mill and lifting lumber or using the forks to lift them. now all you need is somewhere to store them all under cover like a bilding hint hint LOL i know thats what you have in mind anyway.looking forward to next week all the best to you and your family mike all the best

I have a dingo with attachments. I spray painted my forks yellow. I give them a respray once a year. It makes it so much easier to spot them under all lighting conditions.

Very nice machine, I could see that being very much a helpful piece of machinery for you.

Cool machine. Thanks for showing us!

Our neighbour (farmer) just bought a Cast Loader (40 XD, 38 HP, lifting capacity 4400 lbs). It looks similar to the Avant, but is made in Italy. He has 4 attachments (out of the 9 available): log grappler, V-plow, bucket, and bale grabber. Very impressive!

Good Morning Morgan Family 🌞- Have a Wonderful and Blessed Sunday 🤠

Good Morning Morgans!! As always, another great video. Have a great day sir!

Good evening, Morgan's and everyone! Hope everyone is having a great day. That Avant looks to be a handy machine

The connection on the attachments is like what's used on farm equipment mainly combine heads.

A small wheel loader is a very handy and versatile tool.

i operated one of the small loaders that had four wheel steering to move concert equipment around a few years ago. It was an outdoor show with 5 big bands. The telescoping boom and self leveling made placement easy. I have seen these machines at the Equip Expo. I didn’t try to demo them.

Hello! 🙂 Good idea to rent a piece of equipment before a contemplated purchase. That self leveling feature is so cool snd much needed. Too bad they had to put the black joint in the windshield right in the sight line of the operator.

Nice machine Mike! Looks like a keeper, trade the skid steer in for it. Take care, God bless and hello to all!✝️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Imagine a trailer behind it to bring your trees in to the log yard ❤

That is what you need at the wood yard look great working there keep the skid steer for moving dirt

Love those adjustable forks, beats the heck out of lifting, and kicking them where you need them and have to do it again for next lift.

Mike, I love the Avant. I can see where moving dirt could be a little more tedious. Especially after using the skid steer. They are pretty hard to beat in that department. I would like to see if you could dump a tote full of fire wood into the dump trailer with the forks on the Avant. I know you have done that with the Kubota and that worked pretty well. If this can tip far enough, that might be a pretty neat thing as well. I realize you would still need to strap the tote to the forks some how just like you did with the Kubota. Thanks for showing us this neat tool. I hope you are able to add one to your arsenal real soon.

That is one super cool piece of equipment! I'd love to have a compact wheel loader! There are just so many uses for one and like you said, no mess when driving around. - Tim

Take it back before it's too late ,this is to perfect for you 😅😊❤

I love watching you expand your fleet!! Keep it up!!

That MACHINE is perfect for your operation.

One could go broke buying all the great toys out there.

hi Mike, I use a Avant 560 most days in 16 years in a large garden, turning compost and moving stuff around with the ability almost any where, if only we had the out-front mower and road brush and full cab, i would be still in that job. i love your youtube,oh bye the way, i have cerebral palsy

Love this little green machine!

Good morning to Hunter 👋👋😸 and family and friends 😸😺

Wow !! That's great Mike. Now you have to get some orange paint for it. Lol

Mike have been watching you for the last couple years. First time commenting just got computer was using smart TV to watch. Will be able to ask and comment now , just retired and love what you have been doing with the home and WV property. Keep up the fun and make sure to take Hunter to Sheets

What?! Greene?! Has Neil seen this video yet? 😉 That said, that machine seems to fit your lumber business well. Put a digging bucket on it instead of the material bucket and it would do better with that mound of dirt. Taking those attachments on and off is super nice. Love seeing the new tech.

Morning Mike, when you were talking about the bucket on the Avant and getting/digging dirt compared to the skid loader, I think the adding of a tooth bar to the bucket would be a game changer. I know there are companies that make the bolt on tooth barthe and they're amazing.

Looks like the right machine for your wood yard.

I've seen the smaller machines before and I'm very impressed by them

Looks Very Handy And Versatile!! Keep Smiling On!! 😅👍👊❤️

I like the skid loader much better! Skid loaders are excellent for leveling land! I would have both!

Holy cow! That one lever hydraulic hook up should be industry standard!!! My Kubota M62 TLB is often a nightmare to get married up when it gets locked up. Kubota has no explanation as to why my unit is such a bugger. I concur, it’s great for all the reasons you mentioned. Obviously not a dirt moving machine, so yes… the skid loader kicks its pants off for that task. Otherwise, I understand what you’re saying when you refer to being in maintenance mode and not wanting to rip up parking lots. Looks like a wise choice for your scope of work. That grapple… 😍 And telescoping And the forks width adjust Low GVW Somebody who works designed this 👌

Love it! I always said man that skid loader is nice but fixing the gravel all the time is no fun. This Avant is awesome. Years ago when my bosses backhoe burned I tried talking him into getting a small wheel loader and a mini ex but he didn’t want to. Also a snow pusher on the wheel loader would be really slick. Thanks. Take care.

Mike, new follower here. Love your content. Got a much smaller property but am often do similar tasks - on a much smaller scale. Thanks to you & your wife for all the great videos & information.