This spring’s acquisition: the company’s 17th Avant!

To say British Grass Care Services Ltd is a loyal fan of the Avant brand is something of an understatement. According to company founder Adrian Smith, Avant’s versatility has boosted the success of his company.

Over the past 30 years, several different Avant loader models have been in use at Grass Care Services Ltd, which specializes in grass cutting, ground and poultry site maintenance, and hedge and tree cutting.

“The Avants are perfect for the business. They are so versatile, very adaptable for different tasks, reliable and easy to transport from one job to another, so what’s not to like about them?” says founder Adrian Smith, who speaks from a long experience.

“I bought my first Avant second-hand, and it just made my work so much easier, especially in tight spaces.”

Over the years, the company has bought 17 machines, and currently, they are running four.

“The loaders have been integral to the successful development of my business over that time, as has been the support from the dealer, Fentons of Bourne. They have been excellent, always on hand if we have any problems, and we have had very few. I believe the machines are only as good as their back-up support, and that provided by Fentons has been second to none,” says Adrian.

Just right for landscaping

Grass Care Services recently invested in a new 640 model. With a 1.1 tonne lift capacity, the loader has proved to be just perfect. It features powerful auxiliary hydraulics which can run almost all Avant attachments – which there are over 200 of.

Adrian enjoys many features in his Avants: The standard telescopic boom gives a great outreach when the boom is fully extended, and lift capacity when it is retracted. The machine’s excellent all-round visibility and stability due to the low center of gravity get appraisal, too.

The hydraulic multi-connector system for coupling the attachment’s hydraulic hoses guarantees easy and effortless connecting and detaching with just a single hand movement. Connecting can be done with the engine running. The mechanism is leak-free, and the attachment cannot be connected in the wrong way.

Thanks to the hydrostatic drive system, the loader is gentle on soft and sensitive surfaces when turning. The system also provides improved traction on slippery and uneven terrain. All these features have made the Avant particularly appealing to Grass Care Services.

Good machinery expanded business operations

At the beginning of his career, Adrian Smith specialized in ground maintenance and grass cutting on his client’s poultry farms. When a larger company bought the customer’s operations, Adrian gained much more work. As he removed all the equipment from inside the poultry sheds using a compact tractor with pallet tines on the back, he learnt it was not an ideal machine for the work.

“After seeing the Avant in action, I thought that it could potentially be the machine for me. It would make the job a lot more efficient and be a great tool for manoeuvring through the tight spaces in the sheds.”

After acquiring Avants, Adrian found himself using them more and more, not only on the poultry sites, but also on groundwork contracts, and tree and hedge cutting. The Avants have proven to be versatile thanks to numerous attachments such as the Root grapple, the Auger, the Pallet fork, mowers, brooms, and buckets.

“In addition to the new Avant 640, we also have two other 640s and a smaller 528 on turf tyres that we use in gardens and on lawns so that we create no wheel marks or ruts – and that leaves a good impression with the clients.”

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