Avant Attachment Hire in Melksham, Wiltshire
A parish grounds round covers mowing, hedging and material handling across the same visit. Swap the attachment, not the machine, and the round stays on schedule.
Carrying three machines to cover one round rarely makes sense for a contractor moving between villages in a day. One Avant loader with a changing attachment usually does the same job faster.
One Round, Several Jobs
A verge and grounds contract across several Wiltshire parishes typically mixes mowing, hedge trimming and the odd material-handling task into the same working day.
Turning up with a separate machine for each task wastes time a contractor running several villages in a day simply does not have.
Coppard fits attachments to the same Avant loader already booked, so the machine changes job as the round moves rather than being swapped out entirely. Flagging the mix of tasks before the visit, rather than on arrival, means the trailer only carries what the day actually needs. This matters most on a long round covering several parishes in one day, where losing time on the wrong kit at the first stop pushes every later stop back as well.
Our Avant Attachment Range
The Melksham Forklift Rental Service page lists the full Avant loader range this depot supplies, and every attachment option sits on our Avant Attachments collection.
Flail heads, sweeper brushes, forks and buckets all fit the same quick-hitch system, so a change on site takes minutes rather than a return trip to the yard.
Call 01380 828988 and describe the week’s running order, and the attachments likely to be needed can be sent out together from the start. A call the week before, rather than the morning of, gives the depot time to check the right flail or brush is free and not already booked out on another round. This also keeps the lorry run efficient, since a single trip carrying the right attachments beats two trips sorting out a mismatch discovered on site.
Avant Attachments for Wiltshire Grounds Contracts
Verges and hedgerows on the approach to Melksham tend to need a heavier flail setting than a formal, regularly-trimmed boundary closer into town.
A contract covering both in the same week benefits from carrying two attachment settings rather than one, so the crew is never caught out by the wrong growth stage on a given stretch.
Mentioning the rough mix of tasks for the week, not just the total hours, helps the depot decide which attachments to send as standard. Listed cottage boundaries along some of these lanes also call for a gentler setting than open farmland, since a flail cutting too close can mark an old wall. A crew working the same parishes week after week usually settles into a rhythm the depot can plan around, once the pattern of heavier and lighter stretches becomes clear.
What's Included With Every Avant Attachment
Every attachment is checked and logged before it leaves the yard, with hoses and connectors inspected as part of that same routine. Call 01380 828988 for a swap mid-contract if the task list changes.
A blunted flail blade or a worn brush bristle is replaced as ordinary maintenance between hires, never charged to the contract as extra wear.
A spare set of quick-hitch pins rides on the lorry as standard, so a lost pin on a busy round is a minor delay rather than a lost afternoon. This applies just as much if an attachment needs swapping mid-visit rather than waiting until the next scheduled call. This keeps the lorry run efficient across a long parish round covering several sites in one day.
Why Choose Coppard
Fifty-four years of plant hire across Wiltshire sit behind every Avant attachment leaving this yard, backed by CPA membership and Constructionline accreditation.
Seasonal parish contracts are reviewed every few months rather than fixed for a full year, since growth rates and task mix both shift through the seasons on rural ground.
Keeping one machine working across a varied round, rather than booking several, is usually what makes the numbers work for a smaller grounds contractor. Call 01380 828988 to set up a seasonal review for a standing parish contract. Keeping the attachment set matched to the season is usually what keeps a contract profitable over a full year rather than just the busy months.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can hedging, mowing and material handling all be done on one visit?
Yes, with the attachment swapped between tasks on the same Avant loader rather than a separate machine booked for each. Give the depot a rough order for the day’s tasks, even an approximate one, and the right attachments travel out together ready for the change. A written note sent ahead of the visit, even a short one, means the attachments arrive already matched to the plan rather than guessed at by the crew on the day.
How often should the flail setting be reviewed on a rural contract?
Growth patterns shift noticeably through a season, so a flail setting right in spring often needs adjusting by midsummer on a hedge left longer between cuts. Update the depot whenever the round’s growth stage changes, and the setting shipped out follows suit. A hedge left two seasons without a cut needs a noticeably heavier setting than one kept on a tight annual schedule, so the gap since the last cut matters as much as the time of year.
How quickly can a new attachment reach a job already under way?
Where a contract’s task list changes mid-visit, a swap can usually reach site the same day if called in during the morning. Existing customers moving a contract over to Coppard can often start sooner still, since the likely attachment set is already known from the previous arrangement. Parish contracts moving over from another contractor often already have a known attachment list from the previous arrangement, which speeds up the first booking considerably.
Is a lighter attachment setting available for formal frontages?
Yes, a lighter trim setting suits a frontage cut back regularly rather than one left to build up between visits on a longer rural round. Mention which parts of the contract are formal and which are left wilder, and the depot can match settings to each. A formal churchyard frontage usually suits the lighter setting better than an open verge left to grow more naturally between cuts.
What UK rules cover using Avant attachments at work?
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 set out duties for equipment used at work, attachments included. Coppard checks and logs every attachment before it leaves the yard, so that side of things is handled before a single job starts. Operator training stays the responsibility of the contractor’s own employer. This check happens on every attachment leaving the yard, not only the ones used on the busiest rounds each week.
Looking for Avant Attachment Hire near me?
Call Coppard at 01380 828988 to discuss which attachments fit your parish round, and to set up a seasonal contract.
