I was able to use the avant 420 for a couple hours on Friday. It rained all day and the salesman still drove a couple of hours each way to let me use the machine around the grounds of our shop.
The ROPs has top to keep the rain off with a plastic window in it so you can look up. A nice feature...
I am considering the pt425 and using it with the Branch Manager grapple to drag brush, tree limbs, and logs. I like the dimensions of the 425 but I have never seen one these machines up close. The grapple is a hanging claw type that will allow me to grab the cut ends a pull through narrow...