The Farmers Mart Dec/Jan 2016 - Issue 43 | Page 45

YAMS 2016 Avant is Perfect for Me, says Peter »»The owner of a North Yorkshire dairy goat farm was so impressed with an Avant compact loader he’s used for the last five years, he has traded it in for two new similar machines, supplied by Britcom. The new pair of Avant 220s are busy every day spreading sawdust in the parlour areas with a bucket attachment, pushing feed to the animals in the housing sheds using a simple, angled blade and tackling other general tasks including snow clearance when necessary. Farm owner Peter Simpson said: “The Avants are fantastic” If I was to design the perfect tool for my application it would be exactly the same as the 200 Series machine!” ‘the perfect tool’ He likes the easy to drive machine’s compact dimensions and manoeuvrability. Powered by Kohler 20 hp petrol engines the each machin H\