Beehive mover

The Avant beehive mover is intended for loading and transporting of beehive boxes, but it can handle other objects such as cardboard boxes as well. The mover can carry as many as 12 beehives at a time. It consists of a mast, a pallet fork that is mounted on the lower end of the mast, and a hydraulic grapple at the upper end of the mast which presses the boxes against the pallet fork. The grapple is equipped with rubber pads which hold the beehives firmly but gently.

The beehive mover can be mounted on all Avant loaders, and if the beehives need to be transported longer distances by truck it is easy to transport the Avant on the truck and unload and move the beehives at the destination.

The grapple can be set to five different heights between 16.7–53.75 inches following the height of the load, and the vertical movement of the grapple is 13.8 inches. Distance between the rubber pads can be set manually to four different widths between 11–29 inches. Max. load on the beehive mover is 2,204 pounds.