Avant 650i GT walkaround

[@nothingspecial5875]

Do yourself a favor and remove the transparent water-protection rubber cap from your On/Off switch on the joystick. You have the GT cap, no need for water protection. The transparent cap comes off easily and the switch can be reseated to look perfect. Huge quality-of-life improvement, I resisted initially, but am happy I did it. When you have a tool that requires to switch a lot it is really helpful. One of tghe top Opticontrol switch became a little loose for me after a few weeks, I had to open the joystick and hot-glue them all into place. Perfect ever since.

[@Tarqwak]

Haven't actually used the Opticontrol buttons/switch with any tool, but yea it does seem a bit clunky to toggle with rubber boot there. In todo list is to use the Opticontrol for my snowblower, which is doesn't have the FASTER quick coupler but currently with ISO quickcouplers and cigarete lighter plug 12V power line with toggle switch for chute turning.

[@ahanen2]

Onnittelut! Nyt on hieno kone hyvillä varusteilla.Talvella mukava tehdä lumityöt kun on lämmin hytti.

[@ringstinga]

Very tidy looking machine.

[@nothingspecial5875]

Surprised to see rear and front aux hydraulics installed at the same time. The Avant website claims these two options are not possible to install at the same time. Did your dealship just wire it up with a Y-fitting?

[@Tarqwak]

Yes it's just a Y-fitting solution, would be nice to have a manual threeway valve there too, but this is good enough already. My 650i was a floor display model and already came with most of the options I wanted, local dealer installed: * Auxiliary hydraulics outlet in the rear, double acting (A449939) * Second auxiliary hydraulics outlet in the front (A449940) * Smooth drive (boom suspension) (A445633) * Engine heater (A449947) * 7-pin trailer socket (A418817) * Road legal registration (TH7) There's more "you can't have" options that a competent dealer can work around, like the Digger 260 with tilt adapter and a thumb at the same time. Or you could have 600 series boom lift cylinder on a 500 series Avant.

[@nothingspecial5875]

@@Tarqwak Interesting. When I ordered my 860i I was told I can get either the front AUX or the rear AUX, so I prioritized the front AUX. So if I order the rear AUX kit and get a Y-fitting I could have both. Maybe the reason it can't be done officially is because there would be constant pressure on the unused coupling? Funny you mention the 260 digger. I have the remote controlled 260 with thumb and was wondering if the tilt couldn't be installed at the same time. Maybe I'll get around to it one day, but then again I don't like the cylinder that sticks out to the side in the Avant solution. Maybe there is a third-party roto tilt adapter which could be put in between. I'd need a secondary remote then. Nice project, but unlikely I'll find the time.

[@nothingspecial5875]

@@Tarqwak A manual 3 way valve would be hard to make the switch accessing in the cockpit. You could get an electric 3-way valve and use one of the empty switch sockets in front of the radio to toggle between front and rear AUX.

[@Tarqwak]

Should have gotten the rear AUX from the factory because it's a bit of pain to install later, as I was told ;) I'm thinking the fittings should be able to handle the pressure even when not flowing through, but you could also install a blind plugs in them perhaps. Tried the RC 260 on a demo day, super nice fine thumb control compared to the levered one. I have the regular 260 and tilt adapter, digging trenches there hasn't been a issue of scratching up the tilt cylinder yet, even with a 250 mm bucket. But tiltrotator with a thumb on the rotator body would be nice pick & place machine.

[@hajujajajuha2863]

One drooling here!!!